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  Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
 
(...) I killed the whole morning (I could never do this with a regular paying job) making it, but I've got a switching yard that I like. The overall "industrial end" is 8'x18', with the yard 3' across. (Any wider and we wouldn't be able to reach it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout
 
(...) OK - Here's the latest. I don't think the play area will be that large, but you get the idea. I was origianlly thinking of a three-sided layout facing the play area, but it leaves a huge empty area behind the layout. If I reverse/mirror (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
 
  Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
 
(...) Hmm. I don't think we can pull off a 15 footer, quite. Quick question: How *wide* are our tables? I've been thinking that they're 30", standard banquet table width, but I seem to recall you saying "2 feet" somewhere... (...) One way of getting (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
 
(...) Hacksaw. I think that I have some straights/curves with the required modifications (I know I have some curves, not sure about straights) James (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
 
  Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
 
I'm posting this also in the main trains group in case someone has indeed cut the edge off some switches or found a way to make a switching yard close together like this. I'm going to try an interleaved yard to get the tracks the way I want - I'll (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)


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