Layout design
LAYOUT FIT TO SPACE
Designing layouts has many different approaches. Mine was I had a space 20 x 50 ft that was built for a model railroad HO and how was I going to fit RR into the space. First the overall design I had seen some were else. But I had more space and plans for a lot more staging.
In this picture you are looking at Silverville on left and Rock Ridge on Right.
Coming straight out of a turnout
In my progression to figuring out how to do all of this, I am using XTRKCAD to get a more final layout. Having said that, I don't think this question is software specific. Hopefully its not an incredibly obvious answer.
I am creating turnouts, and when I come out of those turnouts I want to have a track that runs parallel to the original track (I'm creating a passenger station). How do I calculate the proper radius turn to come out of a turnout so that the resulting track will run alongside the track that you have turned out from?
Basement layout searching for initial concept
There is some really good advice on this site and sometimes it can feel daunting to someone new to the hobby, but we have to start somewhere!
Here is my situation and I welcome all of your advice.
Yard Critique
Hey everyone, I am struggling on the design of my yard.... look this over and give me some suggestions. It is loosely based on Juniata / Conrail. Needs to handle 10ft trains, have engine service buildings, fuel and sand facilities and classify trains.
Does it work better with the mainline in the front or rear?
Thank you, sorry about the poor drawing but Autocad didn't create a PDF very well...
How wide do you mark the track when drawing on CAD etc?
I'm in the process of teaching myself AutoCad and like to use Free-mo module designs as my test subject to learn with. My question though is how wide do I mark the roadbed? So far I've been marking it as 2" wide which includes the ballast profile, the result is a track plan that "looks fat". Should I be drawing to the width of the ties or the width of the rails instead? What is the "norm"?
Thanks
Cornhill & Atherton - "The Wedding Cake"
This blog is going to cover my efforts to stop a helix looking like a wedding cake.
I am doomed to fail……………
However, my objective is to use every trick, tool and all advice given along the way, to minimize the visual problem that a helix presents.
How would you handle this?
Happy New Year!
I've been able to spend some time shuttling trains from my staging track to my yard area and I see a potential issue. My east and west staging yards meet in what I'll call a junction. My initial plan was to have the junction hidden under the second (upper (by 4")) loop, but I can see now that I would like to have this pair of turnouts visible and accessible.
Modeling Urban N Scale as a Beginner
I am basically new to the hobby. I have had it in the back of my mind all of my life, but outside of a subscription to MRR last year and a book here and there, I know very little about what I should actually do.
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