David Forsyth wrote: > ---I don't mean to impose my ideas or dictate how to design ones > layout, but I find visible yards a design feature i'm not interested > in devoting space and other resources to. During the ongoing design > for my new point-to-point switching layout,I have incorprated 3 > hidden stagging yards and devoted the visible layout portion to long > runs between towns/industries with plenty of room for scenery. Am I > the only one with this mentality?
Not exactly, David. You have company. I have a 12' x 43' layout, and there is just one terminal, 3' x 16', that consists of a five-track passenger terminal and a four-track freight yard. Additionally, there is one loco service track, one freight arrival/departure track, and one thorougfare (run-around) track serving both passenger and freight movements. This complex empties out onto a double-track main line via a wye. The rest of the yards are staging yards, hidden from normal view (once scenery is in place). The rest of the layout consists of a through passenger station, three branch lines, a car-float operation, and an increasing number of industrial spurs. Dick Karnes Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
