I have a 11 'x 14' HO layout and i am going to run a coal train to a dpm power plant i have on the layout . I now have the chance to get the Apalachin flood loader for the layout heres were the problem starts .
The flood loader will have to be put were i had planed for the power plant because thats were i have the room for it. And for the sideings to be as long as the coaltrian (20 to24 100 ton hoppers not counting the motive power ) .
I would be moving the power plant to my industral switching part of my layout .
The problem is i dont have the room for a train that big there .this is how i was thinking of making it work
Now here is the question .
Will it work and would the real thing split a unit train to deliver it's load ?
I would pick up the unit train at the flood loader (20 to24 cars).Then bring it to my class yard and brake it up into a smaller train . Deliver one part of the load (10 cars) to the power plant . In a day or two thay would call and say it's time to bring us the next shipment. At that time the local crew would bring the next set to the plant (the last 10 or so) drop them and bring the emptys back to the yard. Were thay would be put into a unit train and shiped to the loader . I would have 2 unit coal trains running so there is coal ready in the yard when its called for. I would just be staging part of a train in my class yard for when it's needed.
Is that to much work for a railroad or would thay do this if space is a problem?
i have 2 A/D tracks and 4 class tracks in my yard so i dont think space will be a problem there
The flood loader will have to be put were i had planed for the power plant because thats were i have the room for it. And for the sideings to be as long as the coaltrian (20 to24 100 ton hoppers not counting the motive power ) .
I would be moving the power plant to my industral switching part of my layout .
The problem is i dont have the room for a train that big there .this is how i was thinking of making it work
Now here is the question .
Will it work and would the real thing split a unit train to deliver it's load ?
I would pick up the unit train at the flood loader (20 to24 cars).Then bring it to my class yard and brake it up into a smaller train . Deliver one part of the load (10 cars) to the power plant . In a day or two thay would call and say it's time to bring us the next shipment. At that time the local crew would bring the next set to the plant (the last 10 or so) drop them and bring the emptys back to the yard. Were thay would be put into a unit train and shiped to the loader . I would have 2 unit coal trains running so there is coal ready in the yard when its called for. I would just be staging part of a train in my class yard for when it's needed.
Is that to much work for a railroad or would thay do this if space is a problem?
i have 2 A/D tracks and 4 class tracks in my yard so i dont think space will be a problem there