DRUTHERS AND GIVENS
Druthers, i.e., things I want:
- Long trains running on a long mainline
- Most of the switching operations to be on tracks that branch off the main line and go to a different section of the layout
- A layout I can operate prototypically with help from others, but still be able to operate in a simpler fashion by myself
- Both staging and return loops at the ends of the layout so operation can be point to point or continuous running.
- Once through the scene type layout so an operator can follow his train through the layout in a straightforward manner. Thus, all track and switches should be easily reached by the operator.
- No duckunders
- 2 ft minimum aisle width
- Hidden, but easily accessible staging
Also because I am an inexperienced modeler I want:
- Single level layout
- Present day era. Base layout on prototype close to home and learn by watching and listening (to scanner)
Givens:
- Inexperienced modeler with no helpers at this time, but with lots of free time (retired)
- 23' x 16' room with some space available in adjacent room, but must punch holes in cement block wall separating rooms
- CSX Baltimore Division Roadway Maps V & VI showing mainline track plans from Connellsville Yard east to Cumberland, MD and west to New Castle, PA
- Cadrail v6.03 to design layout
- Camera & Scanner
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