another concept plan

[Wiredup]

Well.... we got the insight... lets see how this concept looks completed:







Its hard to tell from the profile... but there is some elevations going on here.


I'm getting three scenes here...and I'll admit, the two seem a lil cramped, I'll probably extend one of the of the "levels" into the town area... depending on how it looks when I lay it out with sectional (the beauty of unitrack!)

By the time the tracks cross over the station platform tracks (the pair that get crossed) the elevation is at 4 inches. Once the train overlaps itself again... its at 6 inches max elevation. The max grade is surprisingly only 2% (I know, I was shocked too...but thats what Winrail says!!!) with 2" clearances minimum whenever tracks cross.

This puts ALL the switching in the terminal, and just lets the train manouver through the layout on its own where I can focus on scenery...

I got a few other ideas to modify the plan a bit, but keep the basics in there... (ie, put the town on the 4" height... and the 0" height would be a tunnel that just comes out for abit. kinda like this.....




As for the yard... I do plan on building and dispersing trains from it.