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Reply to "Track Plan Design - Part Two"

AmFlyer posted:

Dave, I have been following this thread and am absolutely blown away by what you have accomplished for the OP. I may have something to contribute at this point. My layout is highrail S scale but I have a TT and roundhouse. All the S engines are full 1/64 scale. The TT is 22" in S scale, converted to O gauge, multiply by 64/48 it would be 29.3", so 30". It will barely hold Challengers but not a BigBoy. There are also other engines in O scale that are longer than Challengers. I have 4 RH stalls and 4 additional external tracks. There are also three approach tracks. The neat thing is all the approach tracks line up with one of the RH stalls so the BigBoy can be directly driven across the TT and into a RH stall without rotating the turntable. The RH is deep enough to hold the BB with room to spare. Problem of engines longer than the TT solved.

The challenge was this design needed a TT that would index at a non standard fractional rotation angle. As a result we had AAA make the TT since their system will stop the TT at any position in its rotation. If you have any interest in seeing some pictures let me know and I can post some if it would help.

Dave,

I think you know this but I will remind you again...my TT will index.

Bob

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