Hello everybody, I wanna make a intermodal yard on my N scale railroad. But i'm searching for some layout plans for idea's. Do you have a intermodal yard or do you know i fine website with pictures, it would be great that you leave a message. [ November 28, 2005, 05:17 AM: Message edited by: IvoUP ]
Ivo I'm in the same boat,wanting to do an intermodal yard.Hope these links help you. http://home.xnet.com/~cmhewitt/photo/index.html http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/flat/fca125-01.htm http://keithsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=1496 http://www.ttx.com/
I have a rather large intermodal yard on my layout, modeled after the Santa Fe's facility at Willow Springs outside of Chicago. Here are a few pics: These pictures are from 6 months ago, when it was still under construction. It is a lot further along now; I can try to get some more pictures when I am in town again. GoSteelers ATSF Corwith Subdivision
Grey one, it goes well with me. I don't want to tell everyone about the details so i emaild you. Is their a lot of differents between a container yard and a piggyback yard? Jason: Thanks for the links, they are nice. I have some idea's now. Gosteelers: What kind of space takes the layout from you?
UK and OO, but may give you some ideas http://www.cutlerslane.com/southamptonmaritime.htm Shortliner(Jack)away up here in the Highlands
My layout is rather large/spread out, but not that much more than a couple 4x8's by square footage. All in all, its a U-shape, 10x24ft. At certain parts, like the intermodal yard in the pic, it is two feet wide, but the majority is only 12-18 inches deep. Willow Springs, in particular, is about 6ft long and 2ft deep. As far as the differences between a container yard and piggyback yard, there aren't too many. It usually is dependent on what the railroad wants and how it is operated. In my case, my layout is based on the Santa Fe Railway in Chicago, where in 1995, and pretty much still how BNSF does it, the ATSF operated most "hot" stuff, the UPS, USPS, and LTL, out of Willow Springs, which only handled trailers. All containers, most domestic and all international, were handled at Corwith Yard. There are many details on why they chose this arrangment, but to answer your question, generally, most intermodal yards will deal with both containers and trailers.
Go steelers, is that bridge mutiple Rix kits or did you bash it your self with some Rix componets, very nice!!
Go Steelers - That is one sweet yard! Here's an eastbound Santa Fe 991 intermodal train which should arrive at your Willow Springs yard in about 3 days or so: My yard is still under construction. . . .
To be quite honest, I was cheap when I built it but I really liked how it turned out. The piers are just balsa wood with a little joint compound to give a "concrete" look. The outside road supports are plastruct of evergreen I-beams, while the numerous inner ones, since they are completely hidden, are just balsa wood again. I think each one was .20 cents, compared to a buck or two for styrene I-beams. The road is just sheet styrene cut to match the curvature, and the railings are styrene again. The tedious part was the top part of the guardrail. I took some styrene quarter rod, and cut a couple hundred of these little pieces that the railing sat on. After spreading a little CA, I used full-rod and placed in right on the top of the railing. Yeah, it sounds confusing but it looks great!
GoSteelers, Do you think you could post a closeup pic of your guard rail or maybe post a drawing of how you put these together? It sounds interesting.
We were up in Sparks (Reno NV) yard this weekend, and I noticed thay have a very small but functional intermodal terminal. Nothing big, just two rather ratty looking single ended tracks and a couple of container unloaders like these: http://www.nscalesupply.com/SCM/SCM-21.html This would be an easy project on any layout.
GoSteelers, Do you think you could post a closeup pic of your guard rail or maybe post a drawing of how you put these together? It sounds interesting. </font>[/QUOTE]Sorry, but I can't right now. I am out of town, away from the layout for another couple weeks. I'll add to this or make a new thread sometime the week before christmas, when I am on vacaction!!!!!! Thanks for the positive comments.
I am building one of these Kalmar unloaders right now. It is a very nice kit. Good instructions and good fitting parts. It is my first cast metal kit and so far it is looking excellent.
Sorry, but I can't right now. I am out of town, away from the layout for another couple weeks. I'll add to this or make a new thread sometime the week before christmas, when I am on vacaction!!!!!! Thanks for the positive comments. </font>[/QUOTE]That would be great! A new thread would be better. I was just having a hard time visualizing what you were describing.
I am very new to the model train world, but I do know a little about containerized shipping. I won't bore you with details, but its facinated me for quite a while. Go Steelers has a very impressive layout, and if that is your desire, and you have the space in your layout. Go for it. If you want to to keep it simple, all you really need is a to marry an Inglenook siding to a small parking lot. The idea is trains in/out one end, trucks in/out the other. Then add a lift of some sort ( great example in the post above ) I am biased by this one: ( I don't know the seller, just used it for the best picture.) Mi- Jack Translift from Walther's That is all you reallly need IMHO Happy building Yolev
Well, I work at UP's biggest intermodal yard here in the LA area (there are 4 UP facilities down here). Feel free to fire any questions in my direction regarding how we operate. Keep in mind with the two styles of cranes (the Mi-Jack is an overhead or "straddle-loader" and the other is a "side-loader") that they need room to manuever. The Mi-Jacks at our facility are wide enough to accomodate 1 track and 2 trucks underneath the boom (for bottom and top container loading). This crane also has an option for TOFC loading as well, so the operation is not much different. When you look at track layout, tracks are usually "paired" in a facility to save space. There is only enough space for two cranes to safely pass on the inside between the two tracks, and the roadways on the outside allow for loading. Don't forget as well that if you have long tracks, most facilities will "break" the track to expedite truck traffic to and from the container staging area and to allow cranes to roll on/off the tracks at different points. (We have two such breaks in the tracks at my facility.) Depending on the location, the yard can be through or stub-ended. Keep in mind if it's a stub, trains either need to shove in or go to a support yard before being spotted. Through yards generally allow trains to pull in to spot. Like I said, send anymore questions you may have or post them here.
