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Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . .
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:32:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Curtis wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Elroy Davis wrote:
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...who can build a working yard (0r, How I’ve been spending my nights
lately)
After years of saying that I’d do it, I’ve finally started on my home
layout.
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A man after my own heart! I love yards, love designing yards. You have
covered all the basic functions in a nice compact model.
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Heh. Compact is a relative term. It barely fits between the basement wall and
the stairway. :-) I could actually make it smaller, but I designed it around
the A/D track, which I made just long enough to hold the Adventurer’s train that
I built a few years ago. I also wanted the yard to be large enough to hold my
rolling stock in between train shows.
The n-scale version, however, fits nicely on a table.
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The car card system will be a lot of fun. I’ve always been a fan of “layouts
with a purpose” -- producer/consumer industry pairs -- hopefully arranged in
such a way that moving a “full” to the consumer and an “empty” back to the
producer requires some interesting switching and a visit to the yard.
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That’s what I’m hoping for. I need to do some more reading on car card and
waybill systems to get a better understanding. I’m also thinking about adding
in some random elements, such as washed out track or snow to give me an excuse
to use my crane and plow. I like the idea of having random event happen that
real railroads might deal with. I’m thinking this might take the form of a deck
of event cards that get shuffled at the start of a session. Before I start
running trains, I’ll pick a card off the deck and see if anything interesting
has to be dealt with.
-Elroy
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| (...) A man after my own heart! I love yards, love designing yards. You have covered all the basic functions in a nice compact model. The car card system will be a lot of fun. I've always been a fan of "layouts with a purpose" -- producer/consumer (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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