03-22-2010, 09:03 PM
Josh:
The escape crossovers will work. I don't know if you need that many. Try to picture how the yard is going to work. Your train pulls in. The loco uncouples and:
the loco tries to make its way to the servicing tracks.
The yard goat takes the cars and moves them to other tracks. It shuffles them around, cuts the deck, and makes other trains out of them.
A road loco backs onto one of (each of?) the new trains and takes it away.
How many trains will come into the yard at a time? I think that 3 tracks with escape crossovers on the engine shed side (call it "arrivals") should do. You shouldn't need any escapes on the departures side.
What may be a limitation is the length of the track leading in to the yard. Your goat won't be able to pull an entire train onto it, but you may not need to -- you can drag the cars out in smaller segments.
The escape crossovers will work. I don't know if you need that many. Try to picture how the yard is going to work. Your train pulls in. The loco uncouples and:
the loco tries to make its way to the servicing tracks.
The yard goat takes the cars and moves them to other tracks. It shuffles them around, cuts the deck, and makes other trains out of them.
A road loco backs onto one of (each of?) the new trains and takes it away.
How many trains will come into the yard at a time? I think that 3 tracks with escape crossovers on the engine shed side (call it "arrivals") should do. You shouldn't need any escapes on the departures side.
What may be a limitation is the length of the track leading in to the yard. Your goat won't be able to pull an entire train onto it, but you may not need to -- you can drag the cars out in smaller segments.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.