mikeabdullah
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I probably have the wrong search keywords, but to my surprise this is a topic I wonder a lot about, but find surprisingly little info to read up on.
I'm interested in the basic principles used when designing a station/yard area. What are people's approaches for deciding how to lay out their track in a given are, and create a scheme that works, while being reasonably interesting.
I should say that I'm primarily interested in North American single track type layouts, but suspect most places can't be too different at this level (serious double track+ mainlines, I can imagine more differences come in).
It seems to me that the barest minimum is a passing/run-around loop. But then what beyond that? Are there principles for how the various sidings/spurs are combined with the loop?
I'm interested in the basic principles used when designing a station/yard area. What are people's approaches for deciding how to lay out their track in a given are, and create a scheme that works, while being reasonably interesting.
I should say that I'm primarily interested in North American single track type layouts, but suspect most places can't be too different at this level (serious double track+ mainlines, I can imagine more differences come in).
It seems to me that the barest minimum is a passing/run-around loop. But then what beyond that? Are there principles for how the various sidings/spurs are combined with the loop?