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Posted in Layout Designs by Rob Chant. (Last activity on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 14:45:00 ADT.)
HO SCALE: Penn Central
The owner of this layout had a dormant model railroad in his basement that he started in the early to mid-1990's. He felt the space could be better used, and decided to start over from scratch if he could find a track plan that he liked. The space was quite long at 22½-feet with a 12½-foot height at the widest end, but it also had to share space with a furnace and water heater. His primary railroads of interest were the Erie Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley either in the states of Pennsylvania or New York. For an era, he was envisioning a proto-freelanced HO-scale layout set in the mid-70's before the formation of Conrail with a continuous run option. (Since I only had Penn Central equipment available, I used that for a stand-in) His favorite freight cars are covered hoppers, so he wanted industries to include cement plants, feed mills, grain elevators, but also wanted to include team tracks, scrap yards, fuel/propane dealers, coal/coke yards and a few interchanges.
TAGS: Design Feature: Interchange, Theme: Mainline Trains, Layout Size: Medium Layouts, USA (States): New York, USA (States): Pennsylvania, American Railways: Penn Central
Posted by David Keith on Monday, April 04, 2022 at 10:11:35 PM. A neat plan. Love the way you got all of the industries and passing siding into the space. Has a great feel of an industrial line on the outskirts of a larger city. However, the longer passing siding are begging to have two way traffic run on them, possibly in TT&TO maybe with ABS or something similar. To do that a stagging yard would have to be worked into the layout, possibly running under the whole thing. If space were available in another room, might be simpler. Obviously any stagging would ruin the simplicity. I'll book mark this plan for future reference. |
Posted by Rob Chant on Wednesday, April 06, 2022 at 7:35:00 AM. Hi David, |
Posted by Alan Marshall on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 2:45:00 PM. Rob - You are correct. This layout would likely be (~95% of the time) a lone operator or occasionally one other. I have even considered making your design as a fully double-tracked version by connecting the few short single track sections. Thus when desired, I could operate two trains simultaneously by myself in "railfan fashion"! |
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