jhock Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 There are some great pictures on railpictures.net http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=354670&nseq=3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Thanks guys, I like the plan Ray. As much as I like dock side layouts it is not quite what I am after with this layout, I am looking a for rural feel, I have a bit of thing for the timber industry hence wanting to have wood chip and timber loading. However I am open to suggestion, I can see that the small nature of the layout would lend itself to an urban setting. I am going to make a start on the boards as soon as I can so I can layout some track templates and get feel for how it will look. Have you seen Doctor Quinn's "Wheelock Mill"...? It is also set in Vermont, and features a timber loading spur and a Paper Mill, the structures for which provide a convenient industrial backdrop in an otherwise rural setting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhock Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Have you seen Doctor Quinn's "Wheelock Mill"...? It is also set in Vermont, and features a timber loading spur and a Paper Mill, the structures for which provide a convenient industrial backdrop in an otherwise rural setting. Not seen that one, I found a couple of images using google, looks good. I like the idea of the barge, but not sure I could do it justice in the space I have, it looks like the barge was quite away from any industry and it could be hard to work it it with looking crowded in the space I have. As I said way to many choices! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted September 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2012 Hi all, I've been watching this one from a distance... Anyway, depending on how the layout is to work - a couple of possible suggestions... Google Map link https://maps.google.....64,143.617,0,0 Perma Treat Industries - a subsiduary company of Pan Am/Guilford Railroad. Key Solid white lines = existing railroad tracks Dotted white lines = lifted tracks Perma Treat is the industry that is still rail served. Loads in - Timber Loads out - Sleepers The industry that is no longer rail served (with what appears to have been a loading bay track alongside the building - was engineering products - still trying to find out exactly what. The other industry is hard to tell if it was actually rail served and there have been additional buildings erected since the tracks were lifted. It appears that this track may have gone even further but it isn't possible to tell from the images due to changes in the roiads. A little further south along the possible track route there is another industry that appears to have repairs to the tarmac area that indicate it was rail served at some time. Anyway - just ideas.... Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhock Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 A little more research and you can add to the list of loads in: Wood chips for their furnace Loads out Wood mulch, by product of the production process Again to many choices! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 There are some great pictures on railpictures.net http://www.railpictu...d=354670&nseq=3 Without wanting to get into the position of personal trumpet bloowing, if you like the above photo why bother with the actual industries? This was the result of a bit of lateral-thinking about Inglenooks and the space taken by the turnouts in Micro-layouts http://www.railroad-...54&whichpage=10 starting at the fifth post down. Remember that this was built for a specific competition ie- it had to be made so that it collapsed and fitted into a shoebox, however there is no good reason why it can't be made in a manner that would allow it to fit into the format and size that was originally described. The advantages are that ANY suitable style of car can be used , the sidings and buildings for the industries are not required, and the "Float-barge" traverser could be motor driven, using a threaded rod drive below the barge and tug, so that it is totally hidden. The float can be arranged to hold a suitable number of cars for a 3:2:2 or 5:3;3 inglenook by having fixed, non-movable carsat the ends of two tracks, destined for other communities on the lake Just another choice to add to all the other possibilities! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhock Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Thanks Jack, That is great concept for a layout, but I have been playing around with various ideas and I think your idea of Hull Oakes is coming out on top. I am going to make it with quite long sidings so the lead I track will be quite short so I will have to make use of the fiddle stick, but I can make the fiddle stick 55 inches long so it will allow for quite long trains. I watched the videos on you tube last night and was sold, I had seen them before but they are great. So now I need to buy a Caboose! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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