04-28-2009, 01:49 PM
Steamtrains Wrote:Are you referring to prototype, or model? I don't recall seeing unit trains per se, lots of unit train cars, but not many layouts will handle a full blown unit train. Freight yards..?? What's a railroad, unless you're modeling strictly passenger service, without a freight yard...?? Roundhouses/turntables..?? Unless you're modeling a present day prototype, roundhouses & turntables were an integral part of nearly every yard, or even small one-track spurs....
Perhaps you are inclined to a single, meandering main with a couple of spurs....That could grow old quickly....
Just my thoughts....
We're discussing over-used cliches. A previous poster mentioned how overused mountains and so forth are. I feel the same way about the mandatory cliches that make up large layout modeling. In other words, it's in the eye of the beholder. I would much rather see another scene of a steam loco struggling through rugged mountains than look at the endless monotony of huge switch yards.