I'm designing a new layout and I wondered whether it would be more prototypical to have a passenger station located on a spur or a siding.

The siding seemed to be most realistic, except that a passenger train on that siding would then block a freight that needed it for a runaround.

I'm at an early stage of laying this out, though I have a track plan I'm happy with so it's really a matter of where I'd like to place the station.

Comments would be welcome.

Matt Noel

I'm working on the operational side of a just-pre WW2 layout I have under construction. the layout is essentially just the dead end half of a terminal station. Incoming trains have a loco, then a bunch of head end cars (express refrigerator, cans, newspapers, mail, baggage), then the passenger cars. Outgoing trains are propelled in by an off-scene shifter, passengers are loaded, then the train is drawn out by an off-scene loco. It is the incoming trains I am trying to get a handle on.

I bought some Semi scale wheels (.08 wide) and found they ran well on normal straight track (83) but i found they fell in the turnout gap near the frog. Has anyone else have tried these and do they run thru the turnouts smoothly. And a question I have about smooth running is ..should the flange take the weight thru the frog or is that complicating the situation. By the way my normal steel wheels (.110) run fine thru the turnout.

Hi everyone. I need to get one more industry onto my shelf layout but not sure if it would be correct. Here is my current set up.

I have an industry at A and one at B. There is room for one more at X but not sure if any railroad would do that as any cars there would need to be shifted to get to A or B.

Can you advise?