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Si. wrote:
Swopping a car from the Pier track, to the other low-level track...
...would involve, moving it to the Yard, running-around it, & switching it back to the Pier areas 2nd spur.
(it could however be 'pole-switched' also; saving the trip back to the Yard)
Si, the only "Yard run-around" that I can see involves using the turntable as part of the run-round route, or am I missing something ?.
My first thought on seeing your plan was a fiddle yard or extension exactly where you suggest.
Maybe Helmut didn't allow for the only approximate scale of your plan ?. Moving the TT to the end, as Helmut drew it, might aid ops but it would look more like a UK style track plan - various UK locations had a similar 'track-end' TT if space was tight.
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I just noted that if the plan were made that way, there would be no need of running round the rake on the way from the upper sidings down to the pier and vice versa.
@Michael
leave the runaround out in the yard and you have the situation at corkscrew turntable on the Silverton&Northern
Last edited on Sun May 3rd, 2015 04:09 pm by Helmut
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Hello Helmut :
You are correct - but maybe he just wants to make operations as difficult as possible ??.
Regards, Michael
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Hi Helmut & Michael.
Thank you both again, for the input on the M.M.M.? trackplan.
I used to belong to 2 Railroad Clubs; but can no longer do the travelling involved.
Freerails has filled the 'vacuum' that existed here as a result.
It is truly a wonder of the modern world; that I can speak with people such as yourselves, 100s even 1000s of miles away about creative modelling !
The materials-research & acquisition has also been accelerated beyond anything I could have dreamt of before.
(Thanks especialy to Dave the postman !)
Finding materials & kits localy to me in the past; was a frustrating & often fruitless activity.
I actualy took up scratchbuilding as a result; simply thinking in the end, if I can't make it, I CAN'T HAVE IT, period ! ... Very affordable as well !
Thanks to ALL of Freerails stella members; Truly a worldwide inspiration for me !
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" Moving the T.T to the end, as Helmut drew it, might aid ops."
" Or better still, move the turntable around as I've sketched."
Helmut, Yes.
In the M.M.M.? trackplan, I was attempting originaly to use the enginehouse (& turntable) as a 'scenic block' to seperate visualy the yard from the pier.
Also I had wanted an under/over-bridge. like the GS&SS; but in 1:35n2 I could simply NOT get the change in elevation & clearance required, without many more feet of track.
The only place I can see the T.T AND enginehouse working for me now, is as you both say, right at 'the end of the line'.
It also saves a turnout (or 2,3), makes the whole runaround loop MUCH shorter...
...& properly sited, gives the oportunity for a couple more turnout-saving storage-tracks as well.
Si.
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''(Thanks especialy to Dave the postman !)''
I thought that all the postmen over in the UK were named Pat?
Herb
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" DAMM Moose he's eat some of your brick wall "
Hi Dan.
DAMM right he has !
Yeah, it is a trackplan ... but a DAMM complex one.
Not enough space for the track realy...
...& def. not enough space for scenery ... Mmmm.
Thanks for your tip on the Ivy-wood Dan; it looks real good in your scenery.
There's a ton of it around the garden; I'll grab some next time it isn't RAINING !!
Woodland Scenics would probably want $50 bucks, for a bag of that !
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" Keep banging in 2" nails, until you run out."
Hi Michael.
Talking of 50.8mm nails...
...a shelf-layout is looking more apealing every nano-second !
With 3 track joins all at different heights across the woodwork...
...there aint much potential to change anything, if it don't work out.
Why are there so many layouts with a fiddle-yard, track, & a turntable at the end ?...
...probably because IT WORKS !
DAMM !
Si. 
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' Mysterious Moose Mountain ' - 1:35n2 - pt.II
http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=7318&forum_id=17&page=1
' M:R:W Motor Speedway !!! ' - 1:32 Slotcar Racing Layout
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59295&st=0&a
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