Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[Dennis Bourey]

Holly poop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's Awesome and very neatly done John. More layout then house? God Bless Momma ........ Dennis

[S&S RR]

Holly poop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's Awesome and very neatly done John. More layout then house? God Bless Momma ........ Dennis

Amen

[postalkarl]

Hey John:

WOW very nice. The cabinets are very cool to.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Hey John:

WOW very nice. The cabinets are very cool to.

Karl

Karl


Thank you for the compliment. The cabinets where the way to go for the base of the layout in this area.  I was originally going to build them myself - but after a cost analysis I think I saved money buying them.  Wood and hardware prices have skyrocketed - and building them would have taken a couple months out of my modeling time.

[ACL1504]

Here is an overall picture of the North Yard - South Yard is the other side of the wall in the hall way.  It is 15 feet 4 inches from the end of the sidings to the wall and 24 feet from end of Siding North Yard to end of Siding South Wall.

John,

To paraphrase the last person in the White House, "If I had a basement, it would look like yours."

You have a huge amount of space for the two yards and it is all looking very good my friend.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Tom


Thank you for the kind words, my friend.  I have all the track cut and in place for the South Yard.  I few dozen more soldier joints and I will finish gluing it in place.

[S&S RR]

Today, I did a few visualization experiments while I was taking a break from laying track.  I'm trying to decide where I want to install the control panel, and if I want one big panel or several smaller ones.  Here is a picture of the work in progress switching diagram.





Each piece of paper could be a separate control panel for a given area or I could combine them.  Any suggestions?

[S&S RR]

As part of this process, I also made a mockup with a couple of cardboard boxes and a piece of 1x 4 of the upper level that will someday be Phase V of the S&S RR.  This addition is many years off but I want to plan ahead.

[S&S RR]

[S&S RR]

[S&S RR]

[deemery]

Today, I did a few visualization experiments while I was taking a break from laying track.  I'm trying to decide where I want to install the control panel, and if I want one big panel or several smaller ones.  Here is a picture of the work in progress switching diagram.
...
Each piece of paper could be a separate control panel for a given area or I could combine them.  Any suggestions?

Are you going to have a separate "tower operator"?  If so, that would argue for a single panel.  If you're expecting each engineer/operator to use the panel, that would argue for multiple panels, to prevent congestion.

Does that help?

dave

[S&S RR]

The brick roundhouse on top of the helix is part of Phase IV and as you can see from this picture I'm already using the castings to layout the footprint. This will probably make it to the top of the build list this next winter.

[S&S RR]

Today, I did a few visualization experiments while I was taking a break from laying track.  I'm trying to decide where I want to install the control panel, and if I want one big panel or several smaller ones.  Here is a picture of the work in progress switching diagram.
...
Each piece of paper could be a separate control panel for a given area or I could combine them.  Any suggestions?

Are you going to have a separate "tower operator"?  If so, that would argue for a single panel.  If you're expecting each engineer/operator to use the panel, that would argue for multiple panels, to prevent congestion.

Does that help?

dave

Dave


Yes it does help.  I'm going back and forth between the two concepts.  The North Yard and South Yard will probably work independently  and the turning WYE will service both yards. There is also a smaller West Yard that will probably be used for overflow traffic during operation sessions.

[S&S RR]

Today, I did a few visualization experiments while I was taking a break from laying track.  I'm trying to decide where I want to install the control panel, and if I want one big panel or several smaller ones.  Here is a picture of the work in progress switching diagram.
...
Each piece of paper could be a separate control panel for a given area or I could combine them.  Any suggestions?

Are you going to have a separate "tower operator"?  If so, that would argue for a single panel.  If you're expecting each engineer/operator to use the panel, that would argue for multiple panels, to prevent congestion.

Does that help?

dave

Dave


Yes it does help.  I'm going back and forth between the two concepts.  The North Yard and South Yard will probably work independently  and the turning WYE will service both yards. There is also a smaller West Yard that will probably be used for overflow traffic during operation sessions.

The full size mockups really help me visualize the operations.