I have been looking for information and track plans showing an engine yard and have not had much luck. I'm trying to find something that has a turntable,...
Dear Keith, My immediate thought is, get a copy of Model Railroad Planning 1996 by Kalmbach. This annual magazine is great "thinktank fodder" for planners, and...
Hi Keith, Take a look in the Photos section, under: Ray Cannon - Misc. There's a photo of the old Providence roundhouse and engine yard. It shows a lot of...
Hi, Keith. One other place to look is in the 2009 Walther N & Z Scale catalog. Somewhere around the middle is a track plan with the roundhouse, turntable, and...
Keith, Have you read, 'The Model Railroader's Guide to Locomotive Servicing Terminals' by Marty McGuirk (Kalmbach) ? You can thumb through it at Amazon ...
... <http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=95611418-b408- 4bea-8425-3f97d2922c19> http://tinyurl.com/9u7ltg may give you some ideas. Mostly...
Hello Keith I'm not sure where you are located but I have a set of blue prints from the Seaboard Coast Line showing the full yard at Wildwood Florida. These ...
Wow!! Can you post it someplace. That would be a fantastic resource. -=tab ... From: Blake Kral To: small-layout-design@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January...
These are pretty large Blue prints and sadly I don't know how to reduce them other than trying to photograph them but fear that the quality would be too poor...
Photographing them might work if you can keep the glare off them or maybe photographing them in sections and stitching the pictures together. It sounds like a...
I will see what I can do with them tonight. You are welcome to these blueprints if you want them, I will need a name & address. I'm not sure how close you are...
Im about 100 miles north of Valdosta but will be going through there in three weeks to shoot some stills and video for a new controlled burning device for...
Hi to everyone interested. A fellow member has graciously offered to scan and post the yard blue prints. I am mailing them out to the Gentleman on Monday so...
Lennard Stewart wrote: Hi Blake and others I would be willing to scan these and post them into the files section if you want me to. I could scan them in...
Lennard Stewart wrote: Hi Blake and others I would be willing to scan these and post them into the files section if you want me to. I could scan them in...
It's perfect, I bought a copy ... Servicing Terminals' by Marty McGuirk (Kalmbach) ? ... Terminals/dp/0890244146 ... engine ... that has ... facilities ... ...
I doubt if I'll ever have enough space or money to make something that ornate, but the Providence one is a good start for what I'm looking for. The picture is...
I'm in Kentucky, but my line is going to be a "dream" version of the ACY (Akron Canton Youngstown) Set in the Youngstown area in the late 40's to early 50's ...
Hi Keith, Best of luck with the yard. Be sure to post photos when you can. Ray ... From: Keith Arnold To: small-layout-design@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
With the New Year upon us I thought I would throw out a challenge to the list. I am playing around with an idea to develop an "test-track" small layout. The...
Peter, I built a test track, but used a much simpler approach, and it worked for me. (I didn't want to spend a lot of effort on a test track that would only ...
Peter: If you have back issues of MRP take a look at this article for some ideas HO finescale test bed Model Railroad Planning, 2003 page 30 a trial layout for...
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I have uploaded a file TestrakUS.jpg. It has been redrawn from one that appeared in MR March 1974. No dimensioins are given but in HO it will be about 8'x4'...
Did you have any particular era in mind??? And are you looking towards a crowded urban area? or totally industrial area? or rural area? I think the answers to...
... Run down industrial buildings look pretty much the same everywhere. What makes a scene look like a specific country is the small details. Bury the rails in...
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