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RE: (erielack) track plan advice
I'm using easements as much as I can, not so much on industrial leads and yard tracks. Inserting stretches of straight track in a compound ladder would defeat it's space saving purpose. Paul T is working on getting my 250k trackplan file up where the list can look at it to see what I'm talking about. I'm going to do up another one with the advice of SGL using a straight ladder and #6 turnouts and see how that works.
I need a job drawing trackplans, heh, I love to do it and can easily stay up all night hammering at it and not even notice. Have to set an alarm to tell me to get to bed ;)
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:36:25 +0000
> From: joebraun_@_optonline.net
> Subject: (erielack) track plan advice
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net; erielack@lists.railfan.net
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> [Bradley Butcher: I have read John Armstrongs book on track planning and I was thinking of his advice on avoiding S curves and such. Like giving a switch a straight lead the length of the longest car on your layout so couplers don't bind up or cause derailments. I also read some advice about saving layout space/length by using a compound yard ladder, now does this cause any similar problems? ]
> Bradley, just as with progressive turnouts, S curves are not a problem if there is a straight stretch between the curves equal to or greater than the longest car. If you incorporate spiral easements into each curve, you will have a very unproblematic and graceful stretch of track. Likewise, you can get pretty creative with compound ladders in terms of flow.
> Joe Braun
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