hi, why not show us the plans you rejected. When you are also able to explain why, those plans could be a great start for help.
This HO plan is by the late SteinJr, who passed away some month's ago. Quite some of his designs were based on the Mnpl milling district.
Hi Robbie, do I understand you right about the available space? When allowing space for the stairs and the sloping roof the maximum train area is...
hi, This book gives a lot of information. Paul
hi gentlemen, since I am not aware of the complete trackplan, I assumed the interchange is just a spur; not leading to a staging area or to an...
My dear David, sometimes you are not very careful, I used the words "the size of a pond" and a bridge justified by a river or larger body of...
With all due respect you could have read my entry a bit different. A tiny pond does not go well with an expensive bridge, so the trick to play is...
hi Noah, bridges are extremely expensive to build and maintain. A RR company will always compare cost between a bridge, dam, dyke or a landfill...
http://books.google.nl/books?id=F9CZQyKPA4AC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=carolina+central+model+railroad&source=bl&ots=bcYHVl5etZ&sig=unPEC4zmcYEUdz54VAYYB...
Never ever a bridge would be constructed by a RR-company over a tiny inlet, a culvert would do. IMHO the river is a great excuse for heaving...
Hi Noah, the spacing by Kato standards is 1 3/8 at curves; Atlas uses 1 1/4. If this will do, depends on the kind of equipment, though I never...
Hard to judge, maybe you should try something in between. Just a few inches more for scenery between the tracks and the back of the layout. I...
hi, [IMG] I am not sure if the picture you showed still is a quarry. Hoppers are being unloaded on those two tracks, the device is below the...
Hi Luis you seem to miss the point. When i am looking at both plans, i see a yard in both of them. Which one is looking more pretty is not the...
hi David, Keep in mind aisles don't shrink with scale. With 3 of them lengthwise I doubt if the width of your plan can be reduced to less then 15....
Do you mean you have 4 shelfs? Or is your layout to be L-shaped with only two shelfs? Keep in mind long modern cars need radii of at least 24" and...
Hi Luis, a roudy round with switching for sure. You will probably want a small yard to facilitate easy switching of an industrial area. However...
hi gentlemen, some remarks about this plan. Most important are the vertical easements. Their length should be a carlength for every percent of...
yeah, it seems so. However I might have been not specific enough. My first plan was for access from the front only, the second when access from...
however the cabinets are on casters. Can't you really pull it out? Will depend on the floor. BTW those engines are huge for the kind of plan you...