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I've been working on a yard plan for my new layout and was looking at different prototype yards..... Try modeling this un'...sign1 Frankfurt Germany.....

I broke down and bought RR-Track and have been playin' with the layout in it..:) Now if I can learn it... Here's a sample of what I've come up with so far... Not sure what that gray rectangle in the upper left is...it ain't on the plan. And its covering up an industy..

I'm still thinkin' n doodlin' here is an idea for a yard on the long wall that has an East and West bound main thru the middle of the yard. I looked at Denver's 31st street yard and this is about what they have except thier mains are on the out side tracks not the middle of the yard. Also they...

At-540 is remote snap switch left At-541 is remote snap switch right

Thank's Jim I was trying to see what overall width the curves would occupy. It looks like connecting wide radius to short radius on the switch cuts 1/2" off the total width....

Does anyone have a drawing or a pic of this turnout in a 180-270 Degree curve? I would like to see one if you do....:wave:

Thank's Guy's I was trying to get the space occupied by the passing siding down to a minimum that was passable.

Will this work using 2 Wye's for passing sidings on a main line?

HeeHee Thank's Josh....That is suppossed to be a yard but it needs connected to the main somewhere????? I'm thinking it and the grain buisness needs connected at both ends as one track. So I have trains able tho enter and exit the yard from both sides...just ain't got the right design yet.:cry:

MasonJar I took some of your idea's I think. I took off the double folded dogbone and figured out a folded loop that gives a very long run between the mine and dumper...added some staging that looks too tight and tried a yard which I have no experience with real or modeling and some of the other...

OOp's double did it....

MasonJar You bring up all good points. My druthers must be a bit confused as my preference is for scheduling the trains to get down the main... ie....lots of main with long enough passing siding's to fit the coal drags... Switching will be the limited item but I do want some at oil and grain...

Well the real McCoy I unloaded at work last night was BNSF 9622 C-EBMPAP0-12A with a new ESC44 in the lead and a dead SD70Mac behind it pulling 124 coal loads with a SD70Mac D.P. in the rear. Total length was 6582' and weighed 17607 Tons. With the dead power behind the lead I had 8400HP...

Got a bit more redrawn. The Green Track would be an elevated portion higher than the black track. Also put in some passing sidings but everything is still basic straight and flat as my 3D thinkin' ain't very 3D.....:cry: Regard's John

I've only been at this for a bit over a year but have 10 Loco's ... But thier all DCC.:) 5 Athearn Genesis SD70Mac's BNSF 1 P2K GP38-2 BN 1 Athearn GP35 Rio Grande 1 Spectrum 4-8-2 Unlettered 1 Spectrum 0-6-0 Colorado Mining 1 Spectrum F40PH Amtrak So far they all run pretty well...:thumb...