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Subject:	Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains
Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:37:41 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Steve Chapple writes: > 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 post a shot of the results. 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 properly.) LMK what you think. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26059 Yes, the piece count is correct - and I'm not even done yet. I think I'm going to need more track loans... 8-) SRC StRuCtures

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		Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
(...) Er, one of the tracks isn't connected. So, thats 1173 pieces of train track. My guess is about a minute to place each one. Some as little as a couple seconds, but overall, I think that's a not unexpected rate. That's a lot of time! P.S. I've (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)

		Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
(...) (URL) shot is of the "industrial side" with the switching yard and the container, oil and auto depots/yards. The empty spot in the lower corner is for hand-outs - there's a matching one on the "town side". SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)

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		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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