An HO scale switching shelf layout based on an alternate history of Hill City, Minnesota in the year 1920. In this alternate history, the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range railroad has expanded into more than an ore carrier, and is servicing Hill City as a general purpose railroad.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
New plan, wider curves
No curve radius less than 22", and I even opened up more switching room, and room for additional spot points. Off-layout "staging" will be done with a removable "cassette", onto which the train will be run, then the entire cassette will be turned 180 degrees, in effect turning the train around for its return voyage. This will occur at both ends of the layout, where the track meets the edge.
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Just for fun, as you're dealing with a real town have you tried superimposing your trackplan onto a streetmap of the area? It might give you some more ideas...
ReplyDeleteHaven't tried that, but good idea. I'm still tweaking "the plan" - my experiments tonight with 22" curves showed some binding still. I'm looking at 24" or larger now...
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