Jayville Terminal, Switching Layout

Hallo,

schön, dass Euch mein neues Scrap Yard gefällt. Danke für die positive Rückmeldung.
An die Betonteile müssen noch Spuren dran. Ich bin mir jedoch noch nicht so ganz im Klaren, wie diese in der nachgestalteten Situation aussehen würden. Das mit dem Rost überall auf dem Boden ist so eine Sache. Hier mal das Ergebnis, welches bei der Google-Bilder-Suche "Scrap Yard" rauskommt. Man kann da nicht wirklich sagen, dass auf den Bildern der Boden überall im landläufigen Sinne "rostrot/rostbraun" ist. Auch auf Filmen sieht man eher keinen "rostroten/rostbraunen" Boden. Hier ein Beispiel von der Chicago Terminal Railroad, deren Strecke u.a. ein Scrap Yard durchquert. Die Böden sehen doch eher "normal" schmutzig aus. Und doch sind sehr sicher alle Böden mit Rost bedeckt. Und auch bei meinem Yard ist der gesamte Boden mit Rost bedeckt - mit echtem. Jedoch sieht alter Rost dunkelbraun bis fast schwarz aus. Hier mal ein paar Bilder von dem Rost, welchen ich verwendet habe.
Thank you for liking my new scrap yard. Thanks for the positive feedback.
The concrete parts have to be scratched. However, I'm not quite sure what they would look like in the redesigned situation. That with the rust all over the floor is such a thing. Here's the result, which comes out in the Google images search "Scrap Yard". One can not really say that in the pictures the ground is everywhere in the popular sense "rusty red / russet brown". Also on films you do not see a "rusty reddish brown" ground. Here'san example from the Chicago Terminal Railroad, whose route traverses a scrap yard among other things. The floors look rather "normal" dirty. And yet all floors are covered with rust. And even at my yard, the entire floor is covered with rust - with real. However, old rust looks dark brown to almost black. Here are a few pictures of the rust, which I have used.

Das sind "Rostschwarten", die sich an lange der Witterung ungeschützt ausgesetzten Eisenteilen bilden. Diesen Rost kann man mit einem Mörser zu Pulver zermahlen. Dieses ganze dunkle Zeug auf dem Boden ist dunkler alter gemalener Rost in seinen verschiedenen dunklen Abstufungen. Normaler Dreck eben. Frischer Rost sieht gelblich, rötlich bis bräunlich aus und ist auf den Schrothaufen, an den Schienen, Radsätzen, Drehgestellen und dem Kesselwagenrahmen zu sehen. (Es tut mir sehr Leid, dass ich keine besseren Bilder hinbekomme.)
Den "künstlichen" Rost habe ich mit ROST-EFFEKT herghestellt.
These are "rust rinds" that form on parts of iron that have been exposed for a long time to the weather. This rust can be ground with a mortar to powder. All this dark stuff on the ground is dark old gritty rust in its different dark shades. Normal dirt just. Fresh rust looks yellowish, reddish to brownish and can be seen on the scrap heaps, on the rails, wheelsets, trucks and the tankcar frame. (I am very sorry that I can not get better pictures.)
The "artificial" rust I have with RUST-EFFEKT produced.

Grüße Tom

Hallo Maurice,

der Lader ist das farblich veränderte Ergebnis des Kibri Bausatzes 11282. Bei ihm muss allerdings auch noch etwas mehr "Zeit" aufgetragen werden. Ich habe lange nach einem passenden Lader mit diesem typischen Schrottgreifer bei US-Modellen gesucht, jedoch nichts passendes gefunden und dann den Liebherr-Lader genommen. Ich denke, er kommt vom Gesamteindruck her den typischen Ladern auf US-Schrottplätzes sehr nahe. Zuerst wollte ich eigendlich einen US-Lader mit dem Greifer des Liebherrladers ausrüsten. Da aber schon aus dem Liebherr ein ausreichend gut aussehendes Gerät gemacht werden konnte, siegte die "ressourcenschonendere" Lösung . Und hier ist er auch im Einsatz (7. u. 10. Bild).
the loader is the color-changed result of the Kibri Kit 11282. However, there must be some more "time" applied to it. I have long searched for a suitable loader with this typical scrap gripper on US models, but found nothing suitable and then I took the Liebherr loader. I think it comes from the overall impression of the typical loaders on US scrap yards very close. At first I really wanted to equip a US loader with the gripper of the Liebherr loader. But since the Liebherr could be made a sufficiently good-looking device, won the "resource-saving" solution ;). And here it is also in action (7th & 10th image).

Grüße Tom

Hallo Micha,

stimmt .
right .

Grüße Tom

Hallo Chris,

danke für's Lob.
Ja, ein Car-Routing-System ist auf jeder betriebsorientierten Anlage sehr zu empfehlen. Es strukturiert zum einen die Sessions und gibt ihnen eine Richtung und macht zum anderen die Anlage größer, da dadurch auch mit wenigen Fahrzeugen sehr interessante und ggf. umfangreiche Situationen entstehen können, die es "abzuarbeiten" gilt (natürlich mit vorbildgerechten Geschwindigkeiten usw.). Das erfordert dann einige Zeit und damit empfindet man die Anlage größer.
Thank you for your praise.
Yes, a car routing system is highly recommended on any operation-oriented layout. On the one hand, it structures the sessions and gives them a direction and, on the other hand, makes the layout larger, as it can result in very interesting and possibly extensive situations even with a few vehicles that need to be "processed" (of course with prototypical speeds, etc.). This will take some time and you will feel the layout bigger.

Grüße Tom

Das mit den Endungen ändern ging schneller als erst gedacht. Hier sind wieder alle Bilder zu sehen.

Grüße Tom

Hallo Peter,

schön, dass Dir der Schrottplatz gefällt.
nice that you like the scrap yard.

Bei der Breite des Liebherr Laders und den Innenmaßen von Modellgondolas wird es wohl auf ein "Sowohl als auch" hinaus laufen. Entsprechend der von Dir bereitgestellten Skizze müsste der Lader in HO über die Räder 34,37 mm breit sein. Er ist jedoch 35,3 mm breit. Bedingt durch die notwendige Materialstärke und ein (hoffentlich) maßstäbliches Außenmaß werden die Innenmaße bei vielen Modellen kleiner.
Das merkt man aber bei guten Modellen eher nicht, außer man versucht z.B. eine Verladung darzustellen.
With the width of the Liebherr loader and the interior dimensions of model gondolas, it will probably run on a "both-as-well". According to the sketch provided by you, the loader in HO would have to be 34.37 mm across the wheels. He is however 35.3 mm wide. Due to the necessary material thickness and a (hopefully) true-to-scale exterior dimensions, the interior dimensions of many models are getting smaller.
This is not noticeable in good models, unless one tries, for example, to represent a loading.

Der Lader passt nicht, wie es eigentlich möglich sein sollte, in die Gondola. Es gibt eine Überschneidung von 1,4 mm.
Aber solange es keinen direkten Vergleich gibt, merkt man es in der Regel nicht.
The loader does not fit into the gondola, as it should be possible. There is an overlap of 1.4 mm.
But as long as there is no direct comparison, you usually do not notice it.

Grüße Tom

English version of the text from article # 7

Thank you for your suggestions and tips, but partly yes and partly no.
The track plan is basically the same as that of my old JT, which is now the Fremo module "Jayville".
It works very well on the job and that's why I took it over and "purged it" and it's an acceptable compromise between my wishes and the circumstances.
Yes, with the lengths of the spurs is such a thing. However, this ultimately depends on the buildings that serve them and is therefore not yet determined. However, it is important that there is space for at least two 50 'cars at the upper connections and that there is enough space between the buildings so that they are clearly separated. I have tried a few variants in the replanning. In one, each connection had its own switch, that was too crowded. In another, the arch ran from the interchange yard to the industrial park in a larger radius and the tracks then diagonally. This design would almost have become, but in this variant, the possibility for a continuous traffic would no longer exist. That became an exclusion criterion. Since the operational possibilities are more important to me and these were not better than with the current plan I decided for this. The interchange yard could also be a staging yard or a simple board. But because I want to make the turn correctly with Lok or disassemble, which is the same as the operation of another connection, this part of the system is also designed.
There is no local driving another company. Maybe the underlying concept and the fictive history of society will explain the whole thing better.
The layout was inspired by various smaller shortlines in New England and especially by the Easthampton Branch of the Pioneer Valley Railroad.
The concept is: A very small shortline operates from an interchange yard an industrial area located on a former branch line of a Class I Railroad, which was sold by this to local owners / operators.
The background or fictional story is: this track was built as a branch line of the New Haven, then came to Penn Central and finally in 1976 to Conrail. In the 1980s, Conrail checked its existing from the predecessor companies route network and put in the result redundant or unprofitable for them routes quiet or puts them for sale. The same applies to the "Jayville Branch", which did not benefit Conrail, but was important for the local industry. At the same time, however, the Jayville Terminal "whistled" on the last hole. She ran from her original track network only a few 100 meters to a follower and made great losses every year. For the JT came with the sale of the Conrailstrecken the turn. In 1983 she leased the "Jayville Branch" and in 1990 she bought her. In the beginning, the JT operated the track with its old HH660 Bj.1939, ex. NH, which turned out to be too weak. This time came the rescue of the AT & SF. She sold cheap her CF7 converted 10 years ago. And so the JT acquired a CF7.
So the layout is in 1995 in Massachusetts and the connection to the "outside world" is now made via Conrail (and today via CSX). The JT represents an absolutely average US Short Line 1995 according to the definition of the American Short Line Railroad Association, namely up to max. 100 miles of track. I once rolled the available statistics and it came out. On average, in 1993, a US short line had 3.44 locomotives with a capacity of 1000 hp to 2500 hp, which were older than 20 years. It had an average length of 28.25 miles and carried 6228.77 truckloads per year. Broken down this means: a locomotive to 8.21 miles, per mile and year (250 days of operation) 220.49 carried carloads or per mile and day 0.888 carried carloads. The US modelers often count in Smiles, 1m (or 1Yard) = 1 mile (= 1 smile). I do it the same way. And so the entire layout and its operation is dimensioned. The JT has a track length of 7.94 m -> 7.94 smiles, it has 1 locomotive of 1500 hp (CF7) and thus carries 1750 wagonloads per year or 7 wagonloads per operating day. With an average of 2 wagons per customer and the service of on average half of the customers per operating day, the 7 customers. The track lengths, etc. are designed for the transport volume. In 1995, JT kept the old facilities in good condition and unused facilities were dismantled. At the beginning of the former branch a small yard with engine shed and office was built and the old CF7 is in a very good condition, since without them nothing works, or a replacement of Conrail would have to be rented. The customers have modernized their old buildings or built new ones.
The weather in New England does locos that are only outside, not good in the long run. Also, the necessary maintenance work must be carried out even in bad weather, so the shed, which is a modern, with profiled sheet-paved, industrial construction. The minimal yard was built on the site of a former sidings. The storage shed has room for maintenance of the facilities and the Caboose office for the necessary administrative and accounting work and changing room in one.
The Local of Conrail pushes (between the sessions ) the few entrance cars into the yard and pulls off the exit cars. The session then begins with the blocking of these cars and the making of the turn.
The parallel track systems stem from the development of the industrial park from a former branchline branch.
So that's how it came to this plan. Let's see what it is like implemented or changed.

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