TOMA (A ) part 1.

TOMA (A) part 1. 

My first TOMA is an attempt to keep it simple and hopefully be running train soon! This is a 5 week challenge for myself. The majority of the layout will be on a max 18" wide shelves, and 5' long for now to allow me to move these to a upcoming new home. 

This TOMA is a inner city section, to the back will be a rock face wall commonly found around Pittsburgh, in front of that will be a double main line (Conrail) that will be elevated on a fill about 1 3/4" Above the main level. On the main level and industrial spur will serve several industries. This particular module will have a brewery and a paper distribution warehouse. Both ideas came from industries that the PRR/PC/CR served in the rough area I am basing this off of.  

Following the idea from Lance Mindheim I am keeping the track work simple. Just two switches, which happens to be something I found on a Conrail ZTS from this area. 

TOMA (A) part 2.

Working away at the layout, got the urban underpass built and weathered. These are very common around the city many  built by the PRR. roadway surface is prime with pan pastels. 

The elevated section is the CR double main. Industrial track will be on the lower main level. 

  "The elevated section is

That's going to take a pretty long ramp to drop down 1.75 inches. What grade % are you shooting for? .....DaveB

@ Dave

Dave, 

Right now the CR main is not going to connect to the industrial. That will occur a module or two away, just with a guess I would say I would have between a 4'-5' long ramp for between 3-4% grade.

This spur can end up going many ways, it may even be another RR..  The B&O had to run over a segment of PC later CR track to access some of its industrial trackage. I may end up doing that as well.  (But that is to come later, maybe in TOMA 3 or 4)

TOMA (A) part 3.

Been slowly working through "writers block" on this one over the past week. Ideas on paper are not transferring to the module the way I had envisioned. Angles on switches and distances needed to shoot off from the industrial lead to the brewery spur were just not working how I wanted. 

Lesson learned, I should have laid out all the track before deciding where to put the underpass, that roadway really messed up my vision but I have to push through the mental block! 

Here is the brewery building. Two Woods Furniture DPM kits bashed together, a big pet peeve for me is when a factory is 80 scale foot long receiving a 50' box car! This building comes out to 250' in length. Still small compared to real life.  This industry will normally take 3 car spots for a total of 150' of rail car....