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> -where should things like coaling and sanding towers go
Near the roundhouse. Not in the yard
> -should there be separate yards for the freight and passenger
> equipment?
Usually yes, there would be.
> -should i make the yard double ended to allow trains to enter and
> leave in different directions? has anyone built a wye in lego?
No, make it single ended, you don't have enough lenght to make it double ended
> -what is a good number of storage tracks to have?
As many as you can cram into the space you have, + a few more :)
Need more info. What are you trying to do? Store trains or have a 'yard' to
shunt(switch) in? Can you have a crossover outside of the area given? (on the
mainline elsewere, but close, say around a corner). Do you have any 'cut' lego
sections? (I have some 1/2 pieces of track, homemade and quite handy, as well
as full curve switches).
Lots of variables, need more data.
If you want a simple ladder yard, I would say have it single ended. It is
easier to cram more trains into the space that way.
You might want to interlace 2 ladder tracks back to back with one another, with
a crossover right before the other ladder...it will cut down on the space
available though...
Have a lead track if you can manage, if you have the space, bring it around one
of the ends, so that the yard has 2-4 feet of track before the switch to the
mainline.
James
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| In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: <snip> James makes a number of excellent suggestions. Here's what I feel the most important is (and it's one that non RR's don't know to do), if you plan to do actual switching, that is, this yard is more than (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| I am trying to design a yard for the next WAMALUG display and I haven't come up with a decent design yet. Our previous yards were ok, but they were lacking in the function department(the switcher couldn't do anything without crossing the mainline). (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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