shortliner Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, 298 said: There are numerous precedents for using an elderly switcher in private ownership to switch the elevator, but I doubt it'd be allowed out onto the main. The plan itself reminds me of how a private siding next to a British main line would be worked (such as Littleton colliery or Tring Cement on the WCML), but more akin to trainload flows that require a lot more space than individual car spots. Yes it may well be worth considering moving the run-round right hand end up one set of tracks, leaving you a separate runround loop and the main with a simple connection to the elevator yard lead and sidings area - The elderly elevator switcher then stays in its own area and the main-line loco drops off and picks up from the siding adjacent to the main - Good thought, Andy! Edited February 10, 2019 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2019 Have a look at this webpage: Switching Putnam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 7 hours ago, long island jack said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnwAImG65s Great find, Ray, thanks for posting!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodmin65 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Really simplified the plan for a micro will only be using half of the grain elevator. what do you think of this? Edited February 11, 2019 by bodmin65 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Now we are down to an Inglenook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2019 Personally, I would go with a single turnout (“tuning fork”), aligning the elevator track to the current middle road. Ymmv. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 If covered hoppers and silos are a thing, what about a plastics moulding factory- that way individual cars could be pulled from the storage tracks and spotted at the unloading facility as required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 have a look here, plastic pellet unloading https://hawkinsrails.net/shortlines/ncir/ncir_industries.htm Modelling part of the above http://oscalewcor.blogspot.com/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodmin65 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thank you very much for the very interesting link ( long island jack ). there's some very interesting photographs on that site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Ray - silly question - is that site anything to do with the Jack Hills NCIR site (now sadly defunct)??? I presume it is the same railroad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2019 I have a suspicion that there may be slink, Jack. There is an online car repair facility, Hill Railroad Company, but neither of the listed principals are called Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 11/02/2019 at 12:59, bodmin65 said: Really simplified the plan for a micro will only be using half of the grain elevator. what do you think of this? You're showing 4ft in your plans, but they all "exit stage left" to (presumably) staging on another board, which is going to have to be about the same length to work the layout. What total length do you have available? If it's 8ft, why not do a "reverse inglenook", where the rear siding is the hidden one, behind the industries served by the two front spurs. The train arrives on scene from behind those industries, & all subsequent switching is on view, as the switching lead is part of the scenic section. I did an inglenook layout similar to how you have drawn yours above, & whilst it was more fun to switch than might be apparent on paper, the disappearance of the train for every switching move began to irritate me in the end. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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