01-02-2014, 05:33 PM
Hi and welcome! 
I'm definitely not the expert on track planning around here but we have a lot of members that really enjoy it and I'm sure will be interested in your project. No worries about not knowing a lot about rail operations...that's the sort of thing that you pick up by talking with folks here. I'm still learning abut that myself and find it a fun part of the hobby! A glance at your plan tells me that you have a yard for freight cars that can be accessed by your locomotives coming out of the engine house. I also see some runaround sidings that should be useful for switching those local industries and for giving locos access to service. Are you thinking of assembling trains in the yard or simply setting them up by hand on the staging tracks...or maybe either as the spirit moves you? I guess that if you can talk a little about what you'd like to be able to do with your layout the track planners will have some thoughtful recommendations!
Glad you could join us!
Ralph
I'm definitely not the expert on track planning around here but we have a lot of members that really enjoy it and I'm sure will be interested in your project. No worries about not knowing a lot about rail operations...that's the sort of thing that you pick up by talking with folks here. I'm still learning abut that myself and find it a fun part of the hobby! A glance at your plan tells me that you have a yard for freight cars that can be accessed by your locomotives coming out of the engine house. I also see some runaround sidings that should be useful for switching those local industries and for giving locos access to service. Are you thinking of assembling trains in the yard or simply setting them up by hand on the staging tracks...or maybe either as the spirit moves you? I guess that if you can talk a little about what you'd like to be able to do with your layout the track planners will have some thoughtful recommendations!
Glad you could join us!
Ralph