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Glacier switching layout/module

It's been a while since I created a post here, but I've been busy building a switching module that can double as a small interchange when used in larger modular layout.

Things got built

It's been a while since the last update and I actually got to build something. However, my building efforts didn't quite follow my original plans.

Planning Wind River Plastics

After getting my feet wet regarding turnout construction I decided to revisit my previous plans for a switching module. I checked back on the comments on that plan and decided to ditch the interchange track and focus on the actual injection molding plant instead.

Turnout adventures

Over the past few weeks I tried my hand in scratch building turnouts. After watching a couple of videos and reading articles on hand laid track I decided that it all looked like I could do that too.

Analysis paralysis

Maybe I'm over thinking this relatively simple track plan for a switching module, but I'll put this up for discussion anyway:

Based on my fondness of a) covered hoppers and b) modern box cars I planned this module as a ca. 1980 injection molding facility. Previous incarnations of this plan had separate tracks for the platics pellets hoppers and the box cars. Those incarnations also ate way more space than I actually have available so I decided to keep things simple and have everything on one spur track.

Leaving the armchair

After a couple of years of on and off planning to build some modules I finally started to build my first module. Since I have not built anything in the last couple of years this is basically an attempt at a chainsaw module.


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