03-20-2010, 01:10 PM
Stein - that is a very good question - I have had to change the dimensions to fit the area that I have - the board needs to fit into the back of my Ford Ka - I actually measured the area inside very carefully several times before I built the baseboard - and never thought about the width of the rear door, so it was impossible to get it in! - I ended up having to take a 2" wide strip off one side. The prototype originally had a long narrow wooden freight house beside the tracks along-side the river, just north of the float-bridge - at some point this was moved into a larger space inside what is on mine, the curve. That track should really be longer but I had to go with what I had, so the freight-shed might end up with just two loading doors . I agree that it might work by removing a siding, but that would also remove some of the switching, so I'd rather try it as it is and see what I can get away with 
in theory it would be possible to build a HO version TO SCALE in 66" x 48" - the yard really was that tiny (I suspect that hand-built points might be needed - I have used RTR)- but I simply don't have that much space. I also didn't realise that when they built the Major Deegan Expressway it actually was built over part of the tracks on that side almost putting part of that building underneath it too.
I hope to be running Boxcabs on it too!
in theory it would be possible to build a HO version TO SCALE in 66" x 48" - the yard really was that tiny (I suspect that hand-built points might be needed - I have used RTR)- but I simply don't have that much space. I also didn't realise that when they built the Major Deegan Expressway it actually was built over part of the tracks on that side almost putting part of that building underneath it too.
I hope to be running Boxcabs on it too!