Is it done yet!!!
Thats sorta what Im thinking, not an actual engine terminal, but having a mixed train deliver cars to West Lavender from staging, then turn its engine and return with out bound traffic for staging. Thinkming perhaps putting the TT at the layout edge IPP&W style so a full swing wound’t eat up as much layout realestte, would prolly be a “pitless” design as well…the Port Lavender switcher could have a switcher pocket with modest concessions for fueling and basic service, heavy repairs would be performed off layout
“the Port Lavender switcher could have a switcher pocket.”
A switcher pocket?
Does this change gauge from narrow to standard or something?
Please explain Lucy?
Lucy???
Bart Salmons said:Bart, I know this hurts, especially this close to the end of the year, but ya gotta do some more thimking.
Thats sorta what Im thinking, not an actual engine terminal, but having a mixed train deliver cars to West Lavender from staging,[b] then turn its engine[/b] and return with out bound traffic for staging. Thinkming perhaps putting the TT at the layout edge IPP&W style so a full swing wound't eat up as much layout realestte, would prolly be a "pitless" design as well.......the Port Lavender switcher could have a switcher pocket with modest concessions for fueling and basic service, heavy repairs would be performed off layout
So, the “Bart S.” trundles down to West Lavender from Staging (strange place name, but it is your railroad), drops its’ load, then gets turned on the TT. Then the “Bart S.” goes back to Staging?, East Lavender?, Purple?, and gets ready for its’ next trip to the west again.
How’s it gonna get turned around? Is there a wye that you forgot to mention? Another TT? 5 Finger Crane Service?
'Splain, please.
I like the layout edge TT. I use it on my layout. I just have to remind everyone that the locomotive gets turned over the benchwork. No surprises that way.
Is it done yet?
Who is Lucy? And why is she working the tracks? 
Switcher pocket…ie a short track that the switcher parks on when not in use…and yes Steve there would need to be another tt in the staging yard…
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And what happened to the grumpy looking guy smokin the Ceegar…
So i finally got around to putting in the benchwork for the staging yard in place (i got tired of stepping over it all the time)…
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Ok…since its been the requisite 6 months or so the weather and health issues have driven me indoors for a bit. Longtime followers will note that the name of the thread (and thus the railroad) has changed. I have decided to totally divorce the On30 railroad from the largescale one, and other than there might be interchange of cars over the National Narrow Gauge Network neither the twain shall meet. I actually considered calling it the Tug Fork, Trinity & Gobblers Knob, but the thought of trying to fit that on a locomotive tender…so thus the Tug Fork, Trinity & Western was hatched… Whilst contemplating the Trinity Plan i tossed up in the other thread, it occurred me to check my stock of components and , you know it I had enough switches to pull off the mirror image plan we had discussed, plus it integrated nicely with what track I already had in place…
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The infrastructure was already in place, so all I had to do was start putting down some track. I like to use acrylic black paint to cover the area under where turnouts will be since when I go to ballast I want to keep the ground cover out of the switch points but I don;t want blue showing through. as you can see there are some changes made to the Trinity Plan…
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As the day winds down, hoppers have reached the coal camp of Gobblers Knob…
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This is what you would see reaching the Knob on a production day. You see contrary to most model railroad practices cars are not loaded UNDER the tipple on most Appalachian lines (not gonna argue bout it, I know what I’m talking about, and yes there are exceptions), they usually loaded at the edge or by a conveyor out one side or t’other. Empty cars were spotted above the tipple and switched by gravity below the tipple. Our task would be to take a like number of cars and place them above the tipple to be loaded whist we ran this load to the barges. There will be 4 tracks under this coal prep plant, a passing siding and supply track will be added tommorrow. Keep in mind though supply cars must be switched in and out here too…and the combine thats currently behind the locomotive has to make it to the other end of the consist, not to mention that the empty hoppers arrive behind the locomotive too…yep, its gonna get complicated pretty quick between those hills…
All the track is in for the Gobblers Knob Collery…have even run some test trains…need to build a lot more pieces of rolling stock!
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Must be hot for you to be back in the basement.
Ric Golding said:Kinda Doctors Orders.....not really a choice!
Must be hot for you to be back in the basement.
Lookin’ good Bart