Hello, I'm trying to locate a copy (or original) of the Model Railroader article by Chuck Yungkurth "Gum Stump & Snowshoe. It was in the April 1966 issue of Model Railroader. Any ideas. I'd be happy to pay copy or scan costs. Thanks! CT
Trackploan is on Carls site http://www,carendt.us Original article was reprinted in "Track Planning Ideas" book from MR. There was also an article in an earlier issue called the "Bellefonte and Snowshoe" in an earlier mag - I have it somewhere in the Magazine boxes behind me. but it would need hunting out. You may be able to get a copy of the magazine from http://www.RailPub.com. Paul is a good guy, and very helpful
CT - An interesting historical note regarding the Gum Stump & Snowshoe, that perhaps may be recalled by some older hobbyists today, is that in addition to its being considered a "classic" among designs, Linn Westcott stated that he considered it THE best small layout design ever created! However, an equally enlightening viewpoint resulted from an exchange I had with Chuck Yungkurth some years ago. At that time he related that the GS&S had actually proven somewhat less than satisfactory for him, in that its lack of any run-around track(s) had severely limited the operating potential and made it very repetitious. Since staged trains must always approach from the left to make drop-offs, rolling stock had to be pretty much handled in the exact same limited manner for forwarding to industries every time and the switcher could never get around a cut of cars. Likewise, lacking any run-arounds, turnouts for industry supply tracks must all face in only one direction unless the "five-fingered-crane" comes into play. This "builder's-own" comment is worthy of consideration when creating any modern version of the GS&S design (I've had one on the drawingboard for years myself). Incidentally, sometime in the later 1960's MR carried an article about an expanded GS&S, where the lower-level yard end of the layout also fed a railcar ferry. This addition was very clever and expanded operations considerably. Both ideas, easily added, are definitely some food for thought. NYW&B
Here's the link.... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carendt.com%2Fscrapbook%2Fpage38a%2Findex.html&ei=V5bxULrJD-HIiwK7vYHYBw&usg=AFQjCNF4dFV4RF8D1PKcGLu871EqMGQrHw&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.cGE
IIRC, didn't the late Wolfgang Dudler have a section similar to this line in his Westport Terminal layout?
The site previously referred to has a picture or two of a modular model RR club that incorporated a version of the Gum Stump & Snowshoe, this time with a passing siding. That alone would help immensely with operations.
