I've got some scrap plywood left over from a home improvement project. Trying to think of a train-based project to use it. Both pieces are rectangular. One piece is 47" in length, 24" wide, and 3/4" thick. The other piece is 32" long, 24" wide, and 3/4" thick. I'm fooling around with Anyrail but not getting anywhere. I figure it could be an L, with the main action on the 47" piece and the fiddle yard on the 32" piece, or I could put it all together and make it 79" long and 24" wide. I've been entertaining the idea of a transition-era American railroad influenced by NYO&W. Freight service with a 2-8-0 or a FM H16-44, and a passenger service using a 2-6-0 pulling a pair of clerestory coaches. The idea is that it's a short line connected to a larger system by a decrepit bridge with a severe weight limit, keeping train lengths short and motive power old. Industries would be a mostly off-scene anthracite mine and some agricultural. Any ideas?
I was a little startled to see a double crossover on your small layout. It seems out of place on a lightly-trafficked short line.
To switch spurs facing both ways, you'll need some way to run around the train. That doesn't seem to be present in the drawing.
Instead of the double crossover try this: leave the right hand crossover tracks where they are, and move the left crossover to just behind the turnout for the number one industry. That will give you a nice runaround track to switch facing point industries. Neat little layout.
Yep, I was going to say exactly that. Also I would say a 4-6-0 is more typical for passenger service, even on a shortline, than a 2-6-0, but that's a minor point. And a 2-6-0 would do just fine in any case. Also if this is suppose to be a terminal you might think about rearranging the industry 3 spurs and putting a turntable near the corner.
