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Interesting. I just dug out and read the article. However, I would be unable to implement the small hidden staging area. The layout will have to be against a wall. Still, it is an interesting plan and

This is a forward of a email that came out on the "DEMU" list on the 15th. My entry is already in planning. It's a very restrictive space, and British outline, but I thought you'd like to

Hey that's a really good idea, you'd have to be careful not to leave cars over the join on any other track, but that sounds like it could work. Martyn :-)

Hi Greg, A similar layout that could be adapted to your space can be found in the June 1999 MR. It's called Maine Central's Rockland North Yard. It's quite similar in that two locos make up for the

Martyn, Welcome aboard! Could you incorporate a 5 or 6 track traverser behind the scene? Pull the fist cut of 5 off, then the second. Move the traverser over and pull the third cut etc... This

so when Yes it would, but a couple of ways to counteract that: 1. Don't try & pull a massive cut out at once....if you're taking them one at a time it'll take you a fair while to take apart ten

I recall this layout well. There is a similar layout (sort of) in John Armstrong's book on Realistic Track Planning for Operations book. Many years ago I had the bug to get going on building a

Hi Martyn, I like your idea but I may be missing or misunderstanding something here so please bear with me. You say the actual train may be only 5 to ten cars but this length is hidden back in

Jon, A variation on the 'threaded rods to the bottom of the rails' trick is to screw a tiny brass screw underneath the end of the rail then solder the rail to it (leaving enough room for rail

Hello Ken -- Thanks for the link to your site. Some interesting work you're doing there -- I hope to see more on what you come up with. Your notes on getting started and keeping the momentum going

Greg, That plan (which incidently is at http://www.mcs.net/~weyand/www/ tractronics/switching_layout/layout_diagram.gif) looks good. That is alot of track, but I think it's possible to give it a

Hello Greg -- Thanks for finding and posting the link -- that's an interesting plan! If anyone is having trouble getting to the link, the last few words of the link should read as:

--- jonp@... Yes, it easily could. BUT I have found another trackplan that I think lends itself better to industrial switching. Odd arrangements are not uncommon on the

Hello Greg -- Could this track plan serve as the basis for an industrial switching layout? Rather than mountainous scenery, consider surrounding the tracks with large industrial structures. And

I was thinking the same thing. However I think the original intent was to have some senic interest and not have it be a flat layout. As you say, it could easily be adapted to that form. I wish I

Just A thought on this... I did a design a couple of years ago based on the Illinois Terminal in Springfield Illinois. The idea was to model big trains (up to 3 SD39's) but to get away with not

Hi there folks, Just to introduce myself, I'm from Exeter, in England, and I model midwestern roads from the 70's such as ICG, Rock Island, BN, Illinois Terminal etc in HO. I've just read back on

Greg, My question is, do you need the elevation change? Why not have the tracks cross on the same grade? It seems the train will spend a long time (relatively)just getting to a flat area so it can

Greg, My question is, do you need the elevation change? Why not have the tracks cross on the same grade? It seems the train will spend a long time (relatively)just getting to a flat area so it can

Hi all, I've recently started a small layout using an interesting storage idea. Check out my layout at: http://home.earthlink.net/~ksipel/trains/ It's a shelf layout made with 3 sections 2 being