03-01-2010, 01:32 PM
shortliner Wrote:Hey, hey! tucking that team track in there really does work out well
Yes, I rather think it will work. Thank you very much for that idea!
Also, I'd like to thank Galen for reminding me again that the double slip was fairly untypical for the type of place I was modeling.
I knew it, and had eliminated it before, but I was sorely tempted to add it again - I am glad I was able to find room for a regular right turnout (and enough straight track between the two turnouts for one of my small switchers or a 40' car).
Galen - I never replied to your question about planned traffic. I am tempted to have different railroads serve different customers, with each train moving around cuts of around 7-8 cars, with one railroad serving the barge terminal, one serving the warehouses, and one serving the mill.
We'll see - right now I am just trying to stay fairly flexible - and have a little staging, a little yard along the aisle on the shelf along the top wall, and some industry spurs and supporting tracks in the warehouse district.
Main goal is to have switching for a two person crew or two persons each running one train at the same time.
And Sumpter - I and my wife both feel blessed to have our two boys. They are sometimes the proof that insanity is hereditary - you get it from your children. But they also make us laugh, makes us feel proud, and makes us feel very fortunate.
Grin,
Stein