All:

I am asking for assistance in improving upon the following track plan I have chosen.  It is 2' X 8'.  I will have an L-shaped area to fit it into, giving me 9 linear feet total, 3' on the left, 6' straight.  (The first 3 feet of the plan will be bent to the left, leaving the remaining 6 feet as is).

I am starting to design a switching shelf layout for my West Side Lumber Shays. I have a spot in my garage that is 16 feet long and 3 to 4 feet wide. I am re-using some old frames, I have two modules that are 3x6 feet and one is 4x4 feet.

On the left I was going to have a small saw mill and pond, in the center a small yard and in the back a logging camp on the upper right.

The nice thing about shays is that they run real slow, so it makes the layout appear bigger than it is.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks Bill.

I would like to add a Shoo-fly track scene on my Interim P&A railroad.  I have some questions before I make the final design.

I would like it to be an emergency replacement of a pile-trestle style bridge that was destroyed by a derailment and subsequent fire.  The bridge replacing it will be of the same design.  The Creek it is crossing is very shallow, but wide (approximately 150'-225' wide - i.e. 2'-3' scale feet wide). 

A layout design mantra has been staging, staging and more staging As I continue to change the railway from a freelance layout to a model of the British Columbia Railway Squamish subdivision I am rethinking this. The Squamish sub only saw 3 through freights in each direction and 2 passenger in each direction in the summer plus locals and pushers.

The north end of the modeled portion ends in the division point yard at Lillooet. Staging would be more realistic as part of the yard.