Hmmmm...her excursion train would run through only one yard. But with my luck...she would just open THE RV door and point outside and say... "Thats your yard...go MOW it!!!" :closedmouth:
On the GandG Laura has gone over the track plan and named everything: Laura Town Laura Mountain Laura Valley etc
"Dispatch to THERR6969...you are clear to enter Far Yard." I can hear the conversation in the cab now... "Is FAR Yard the one on the left or right?" "Its HIS Yard." "No HIS yard is way out there !" "Then it must be HER yard !" "They are both HER Yards !" "Is it THIS Yard or THAT Yard ?" "No THIS Yard is THAT Yard !" "Then That Yard is This Yard?" "No...I think its the East Yard." "No...we are heading South so it must be the WEST Yard. " "It's the Yard the Yardmaster has the switches aligned for." "I'm closing my eyes...let me know when we are in there !!!" "No 'In There' is the spur to the Scrap Yard." "Where is THAT ?" "On the other side of the Yard." "The Yard on the left ?" "I thought THAT was HER Yard." "No...Her Yard is Both Yards." [video=youtube;kTcRRaXV-fg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg[/video]
Now that works. Heads yard and tails yard. That way you can flip the Lucky Penny to see what yard to enter.
BUt seriously...I just wondered if there was some kimd of written or unwritten railroad rule as far as naming North, South, East, West yards. It seems in the modeling world...as in the real world...compass oriented yard names are choosen by whatever someone wants em to be. None of this.... "It's the law" rule
And the modern day version: [video=youtube;K0Jg7pvVzKk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Jg7pvVzKk&list=RDkTcRRaXV-fg[/video]
You might want to avoid "Front Yard" and "Back Yard". That could lead to you running the "Briggs and Stratton Turn" that connects the two !!!
I'm sure this will help alot. The EJ&E (before CN) yard here was situated North and South. It had a hump yard in the middle, with East Departure Yard on one side, and West Departure Yard on the other. The problem was East Yard was on the West side, and vice-versa !!! To "simplify" things even more, there was a small yard to the West, situated East and West, that held coal and coils to be transferred to the GM&O,which was situated and ran North and South. GM&O was right next to AT&SF Transcon, which was situated North and South, but ran East and West. EJ&E interchanged with AT&SF North-West of Joliet Yard, and CRI&P South of the yard. MILW had trackage rights on EJ&E through Joliet, but I don't know if they ran timetable East to West, or North to South. GM&O and AT&SF also had interchanges with CRI&P and PC, which ran East and West, at Joliet Union Station. ALL these roads, except MILW, had yards in Joliet, but I'm only familiar with the EJ&E. Plus, we have a shipping canal that basically runs right through the middle of it all !!! And some people think Griffith, IN was confusing !!! HA !!!
Why can't you name them something totally unrelated to compass or running direction. That way when you get bored of running "right handed" you can switch around and not have to worry about the yard names (e.g., Biff yard and Baker yard). By the way, Great looking layout!! Brian
TY Brian Yea...all this has me re-thinking. The yard as a whole is called "Lucky Penny Yard"...then within the that I have 2 seperate yards ? "Georges Yard" or "Jeans Yard" within "Lucky Penny Yard"...sounds like its getting more confusing...lol. Maybe as someone earlier mentioned...."A" and "B" would simplify things...lol. As of now...if THE Wife wants to take her excursion train out of her passenger terminal...she has to pull the freight thats on 'her track' into Lucky Penny Yard. She always asks "Which side should I park your freight on?" I just point at one of the 2 and say "That one." :-D
Not sure where I found this and hope it isn't a duplication here. LOL [video=youtube;Ml1Yf489BnI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1Yf489BnI[/video]
No you can't do that because that would offend some NIMBY who doesn't want anything in his back yard.
