layout design contest

[DKS]

Actually I think that Caterpillar plant looks cool. I can imagine getting a whole bunch of cheap toy backhoes and such and lining them up.

Anyway, I know I said I was done, but I have so much fun knocking out these plans... and I figure, by the law of averages, one of them has to come close to the mark...



The dark blue line in the top right corner is a mirror to extend the mainline tracks and highway. Although the mainline is obviously not useable as such, it can still be incorporated into some sort of switching scheme if desired.

Oh, and the odd crisscrossing sidings on the left are copied from real life--

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[wm3798]

It's a shame there isn't a single freight car on that entire system...  But think how much money you'll save since you won't have to buy any equipment!

Lee

[DKS]

It's a shame there isn't a single freight car on that entire system...  But think how much money you'll save since you won't have to buy any equipment!

Lee

It is odd how the complex is almost completely devoid of freight cars. But if you rotate the views and poke around, you'll find a few. I even came across a loco, looking rather lost and forlorn among all of those huge industrial buildings.

[sizemore]

How do you get in ,  fire pole , parachute , cannon shot , spiral staircase from above or below , diving board , zip line , work it from the outer perimeter with a 8 foot grocery grabber , or are you not planning on leaving .  ;D

Actually there is the normal method, a teleporter off the Enterprise but when thats out of order there is a really neat elevator and you come up through the floor with some great blinding overhead light.

[up1950s]

It may be easier to do 2 separate ideas .

Ckt 1 ... Main line , a loop with open staging so you can send a train in either direction .

Ckt 2 ... inner industrial trackage to be worked by a Shay , 44 tonner SW's etc .

The interconnect between the two is optional , and if at the staging of ckt 1 , you had ckt 2's couple track yard , a simple cross over is all thats needed to interconnect ckt 1 with ckt 2 .

Ckt 2 could be anything and any radius .  Logging , City , Industrial , Rural Manufacturing , Stock Yards , Sea Shore , you name it . If it is outskirts of city , the trackage can be quite complex .

You can have each ckt in different levels as in 2 separate layouts.

One ckt can be passenger  , and the other one freight .

Each ckt can be a different railroad .

An center peninsula industry with a Y connection to both directions .

I know this isn't a track plan , but it may be options that you didn't think of that will lead to a track plan .



 

[asciibaron]

i really like the odd diamond in the industrial area

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very cool.

i think i'll end up doing another industrial switching type layout - now i just need some staging

-Steve