Reply to "3-Shelf/4-Level Around-the-Walls with Peninsula and Helix: Atlas-O, O72min."

@jhz563 posted:

Ken I like the idea of the passing/stage tracks on the upper level, but I do question how you would access equipment behind the divider.

Also, in thinking about you yard on the main level, If you intend to do a lot of switching I would consider a crossover near the dead end of the yard.  That way you could pull in and have an escape track to bring the loco back out to the yard inlet.

just my humble opinion

Thanks JHZ

1. Access behind the viewblock/backdrop hiding the staging/connecting track:  this track is on a shelf with a shelf above it 12" or less supporting the mountain branchline at the very top level, so I am thinking the divider can be something light, like foam core board, just Velcro-ed to a strip at the top, and hanging down, with some margin at the top for movement access.  Just pull it out toward you in sections, with minimal scenery, just groundcover.
2. The yard has a double-ended arrival/departure track (the inmost or third track from the outside).  A loco can escape from a consist at either end, and run around to the turntable or engine house, whichever.

Make sense?

-Ken