Post by screwysqrl on Sept 27, 2014 19:25:56 GMT -8
for the last several years, I've been playing with the layout pictured below, which IMHO is the best 30" x 54" layout in N-Scale ever! 
my scenicking was terrible, but the game it made was fun.
Givens and Druthers
(Railroad Name) - to be determined
Scale: N scale
Gauge: (Std, Narrow): std
Prototype: (the railroad you want to model): Fantasy. semi-modern with heritage steam. freight and passenger (eg: just about anything)
Era:
Region:
Railroad:
Space: 36x80 door
Describe Space e.g. basement. Provide diagram showing Overhead clearances and any obstructions or limitations.
Governing Rolling Stock: (Biggest planned): some amtrak passengers. Might eventually try a Tomix shinkansen
Relative Emphasis: (move the V)
|______________V________________________________|
Track/Operation .................................................. ..Scenic realism
I want to try better scenicking this time
|_________________________V______________________|
Mainline Running .................................................. ........ Switching
I want the option to do both, possibly simultaneously
wanted: long, aesthetically interesting mainline run. as long as possible while leaving room for a small yard and challenging, but not frustrating, switching. Mountain scenery
Switching at the yard and at the industries should be able to be run without disturbing a train running on the mainline
No storage tracks planned, I'm not averse to use of the 0-5-0 switcher :mrgreen:
Typical operating Crew: _1_
Eye Level (Owner) : N/a
The door will be placed on a table and operated from a standard office chair, with occasional standing. with overall operating height somewhere between 36 and 40 inches.
Turnouts and coupling will be all manual (toothpick based decoupling). I do not plan to add DCC, but to operate the old fashioned way with a couple of power packs. one for the mainline run, one for yard and switching.
I'd like the option to link with my old layout, but I don't know that I'll have space for both. so that is optional and the old layout shouldn't be a consideration in the plans for this one
Add to this any features required or intolerable (e.g. duckunders, multiple levels).
Would like some tunnel/mountain scenery. A two level double folded dogbone mainline would be best. 2% grade max. prefer 11" curve minimum radius if possible on mainline. 9-3/4 is acceptable in switching area
switching area able to operate separately, but linked to the main line
here is my first draft for the new line:
the 2% grade may have to be 2.5%, or I might add a 1% downward grade in the tunnel space. I could also extend the tunnel such that the 'cliff' between the bridges is part of the mountain instead.
I don't like the switching area at all. In 4 feet by 6 inches in N scale, I should have far more interesting possibilities.
Thew mainline run is quite long (2 scale miles) and uses 11" and 19" curves. a few 9-3/4 curves are used in the switching area
All track is atlas code 80
my scenicking was terrible, but the game it made was fun.
Givens and Druthers
(Railroad Name) - to be determined
Scale: N scale
Gauge: (Std, Narrow): std
Prototype: (the railroad you want to model): Fantasy. semi-modern with heritage steam. freight and passenger (eg: just about anything)
Era:
Region:
Railroad:
Space: 36x80 door
Describe Space e.g. basement. Provide diagram showing Overhead clearances and any obstructions or limitations.
Governing Rolling Stock: (Biggest planned): some amtrak passengers. Might eventually try a Tomix shinkansen
Relative Emphasis: (move the V)
|______________V________________________________|
Track/Operation .................................................. ..Scenic realism
I want to try better scenicking this time
|_________________________V______________________|
Mainline Running .................................................. ........ Switching
I want the option to do both, possibly simultaneously
wanted: long, aesthetically interesting mainline run. as long as possible while leaving room for a small yard and challenging, but not frustrating, switching. Mountain scenery
Switching at the yard and at the industries should be able to be run without disturbing a train running on the mainline
No storage tracks planned, I'm not averse to use of the 0-5-0 switcher :mrgreen:
Typical operating Crew: _1_
Eye Level (Owner) : N/a
The door will be placed on a table and operated from a standard office chair, with occasional standing. with overall operating height somewhere between 36 and 40 inches.
Turnouts and coupling will be all manual (toothpick based decoupling). I do not plan to add DCC, but to operate the old fashioned way with a couple of power packs. one for the mainline run, one for yard and switching.
I'd like the option to link with my old layout, but I don't know that I'll have space for both. so that is optional and the old layout shouldn't be a consideration in the plans for this one
Add to this any features required or intolerable (e.g. duckunders, multiple levels).
Would like some tunnel/mountain scenery. A two level double folded dogbone mainline would be best. 2% grade max. prefer 11" curve minimum radius if possible on mainline. 9-3/4 is acceptable in switching area
switching area able to operate separately, but linked to the main line
here is my first draft for the new line:
the 2% grade may have to be 2.5%, or I might add a 1% downward grade in the tunnel space. I could also extend the tunnel such that the 'cliff' between the bridges is part of the mountain instead.
I don't like the switching area at all. In 4 feet by 6 inches in N scale, I should have far more interesting possibilities.
Thew mainline run is quite long (2 scale miles) and uses 11" and 19" curves. a few 9-3/4 curves are used in the switching area
All track is atlas code 80
