Sanding

If you put the yellow F unit where the yellow road switcher is, you can't sand it (you might be able to sand one side of the F unit).  You really only have sanding capabilities on the track with the green unit.

Thank you Dave, much

Thank you Dave, much appreciate your input .... never thought on this. I will reconfigure the hose.

On the track with the green unit one hose on each side at half height should be sufficient ?

Sand

The sand is blown into the sand tower, so the tower doesn't have to be right next to the sand car track.    A common arrangement is to put the tower between the two tracks and have matching left and right sand delivery hoses.  Probably not an option for your situation since the sand tower is built and the tracks are laid.

Also, if I put sand in the cab end sandboxes on the green unit, will it foul the turn table?  The lo level pic looks like it would, but the high level picture looks like it will foul.

Mike...

Could you position the sanding tower between the two tracks the locomotives are setting on? That way you could sand them from either track, providing you add a sanding pipe to the other side of the tower. My thoughts....  John

Collaborative modeling

More of that collaborative modeling stuff.

The equipment housing could stay where it is (it has the air compressor and sand pump to blow the sand) and move the just the tower.  I was thinking it would be too tight between the service tracks, but looking at tit agains, without the equipment house it might fit.

Pipe is cheap.

Here is the fuel slab I installed on my old layout...

here is what a did in a small space on my old layout. I also included fueling equipment.     John

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Finding the place

John, Dave : Thank you again for your input.

I could only rely on pictures I came across the internet. Most of them showed a container or shed right next to the tower and a sand car close to the assembly.

What might be the longest distance sand could be blown into the tower ?

I discarded the "between" the tracks position as it will look too compressed.

Ok, taking your words on repositioning the tower I attached two pictures :

Dave it is very tight with the green GP18 but a no go with the longer C424. So I repositioned the tower with the C424 as a gage, but will move it a little further maybe the middle of the right caboose.

Would it be plausible to move the tower to the left caboose and have the fuel racks between the tower and container ? With this I would only use the upper track for service and have the lower track for engine storage. Sand car would remain on the current position.

 Your thoughts ?

GP18 tight but possible :

C424 : Moved tower about 1/2 inch