Port Able Railway v2.0

[Mike Kieran]

Hi Mike, just for fun, I tried to do something with Kamerad47 comment.

Your layout gave me some ideas about an average small rural community. The local is based on a stretch of CNR trackage part of the old Intercolonial between Levis and Montmagny. It's protofreelanced from 3 small villages in the area. Basically, it's you same old track plan, but I tried to see if something could be done about a interchange track long enough to store cars useful to operate the layout. Dimensions are similar to yours, they could be made a little bit smaller.

For visual divider, I used a combination of a low profile Appalachian ridge caracteristic of the area and also industrial buildings and three line.

The layout is made of three scenic blocks wrapped around 3 parallel streets: Grain Elevator, Village, Industrial district.

Most structures are leftover from the club layout I decided to pluck to see if I could come with something that could work.

Turnouts are PECO ST-245 and streamline small radius. Min. radius is 18".



Maybe I'll try to build it with leftover from my previous 2012 resolution contest. I should take about 1-2 hour to build a benchwork out of foam and a pair of 18" closet doors.

Honestly, I really surprised how this simplified track plan can fit many different settings. Lots of possibilities.

Matt

Matt, I love this plan and had a similar design. I would want this plan with 22 inch radius curves.

I would go with the width and an extra siding, but I want to keep the with to 38 inches so that I can fit the layout into my 1995 Nissan Maxima or something smaller down the road since I don't see myself buying a larger car.