What is the grade for the raised 22 inch track? The steeper the grade the shorter (read less rolling stock) the train must be and if live steam really short.
How to incorporate switch yard and round table.
If you read my signature, you'll appreciate that my plans are never set until they're built. Even then plans change.
I built my mainline last summer and will be laying the parallel track in the next few weeks. For the short term I will stick with the two lines.
This link is the build log for where I am so far.
www.mylargescale.com
I am starting to plan my next phase of construction.
My original plan would have a resemblance to this drawing.
![Handwriting Rectangle Slope Font Parallel]()
I have since put more thought into the layout, especially after seeing the current difficulty in getting to the inside of the layout to follow the trains around the loop.
I currently have no difficulty hopping over the structure. But I want the layout to be accessible and inviting to hobbyists of all levels of mobility, and to hedge against any possibility of my future mobility being limited.
I have drawn this possibly and would like input from others.
![Handwriting Slope Rectangle Font Parallel]()
I built my mainline last summer and will be laying the parallel track in the next few weeks. For the short term I will stick with the two lines.
This link is the build log for where I am so far.
Beginning my Outdoor Empire. A Raised Steam layout.
I am expecting(Hoping) to get my first large engine this year when Accucraft makes deliveries of the C-18. As those engines will require more space than my indoor loop will allow, I had better snatch up that permitted land my wife agreed to before I do something to upset her. Last year I...
www.mylargescale.com
I am starting to plan my next phase of construction.
My original plan would have a resemblance to this drawing.
I have since put more thought into the layout, especially after seeing the current difficulty in getting to the inside of the layout to follow the trains around the loop.
I currently have no difficulty hopping over the structure. But I want the layout to be accessible and inviting to hobbyists of all levels of mobility, and to hedge against any possibility of my future mobility being limited.
I have drawn this possibly and would like input from others.
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