Backshop, I apologize, I work on dozens of plans at a time, and being human I make mistakes too, like forgetting that I created issues in the...
Steve, I understand where you're coming from, but I've found that beginners often have a harder time visualizing what you and I may take for...
Sorry, Grey, I was not trying to push anyone's buttons, just presenting some information.
The plan I posted is designed with sectional track, per the OP's spec, so there is nothing to measure or cut. For myself, the final steps with...
#150. Straight 9". 6 #175. Crossing 3". 60ยบ 2 #821. Straight 9". 4 #822. Straight 6". 3 #823. Straight 3". 4 #825. Straight 1.5". 5 #831. Curve...
Likewise. I too have been tinkering with this plan. A few observations on Backshop's revisions. Reversing the two-track industry at the lower end...
William, welcome to the forum. 4x8 foot layouts are space hogs. This is because you cannot place one long side against the wall owing to reach...
Which translates to something like this using Atlas snap track: [IMG] Interesting plan. The interchange tracks are kind of short, and it's a bit...
If you're still half-serious about trying this, one way to reduce that awful grade is to eliminate continuous track support, since Unitrack...
So, in re-reading your post a few times, and looking at the image, I'm not sure whether you have two 2 x 5 foot sections connected into an L, such...
Alex, welcome to the forum. You've discovered a model railroading maxim: track planning software doesn't make one a track planner. But that's OK!...
Bear in mind that curves will increase the effective grade. A 6% grade (following a straight path) can become 8% or more on a curve, and the...
Atlas True Track is Code 65 to better accommodate deeper flanges ("pizza cutters") which cannot be used on their Code 55 track line. This way they...
That's really up to you. Start with the railroad you wish to portray, and dig around a little to see what the railroad did. If it's a freelanced...
No, actually I can see where Doug is coming from. Boxcab, if you care to delete the whole grain silo exchange, it wouldn't bother me at all. I...
Bob, I'm a little vague about what it is exactly you're looking for--a suggestion for the HCD, an expandable HCD, and/or a full room-sized plan?...
I see something connecting the building with the silos, but perhaps I'm imagining things. Nevermind. [IMG] Don't bother; I think we are arguing...
Regardless, look at the total area taken up by the just silos themselves; if arranged in a row, they would barely fit on the layout in the space...
The "six silos and a larger house" I drew were rendered at an arbitrary size merely to suggest a grain silo complex. It's not a scale drawing of...
I've superimposed a roughly scaled image of the facility you posted over the corresponding location on the plan. As you can see, it's larger--and...