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THE LIGHTING FOR THESE PICTURES ARE A SERIOUS ISSSUE
... THIS LAYOUT CONSISTS OF 4 SEPARATE PHYSICAL PIECES. THREE PIECES ARE LOCATED IN A 8'x8' WOODEN STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE BEDROOM AND ONE PIECE ON THE CENTER SHELF OF THE 14.5'x4.5' STEEL STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT.
... TRAINS TRAVEL BETWEEN PIECES MANUALLY VIA A 3 TRACK CARRING CADDY.
... LAYOUT IS DCC CONTROLLED USING DIGITRAX EQUIPMENT. ALL MAINLINE SECTIONS HAVE DETECTION.
... THE COMPUTER PROGRAM 'JMRI' IS USED TO CREATE TRAINS AND TO DETERMINE OPERATIONS (MOVING OF CARS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER) AND TO CONTROL VIA AUTOMATION 2 TRAINS EACH RUNNING ON THE 4 MAINLINES (8 TRAINS) OF THE UPPER LAYOUT AND THE 2 MAINLINES AND INDUSTRIAL LINE (6 TRAINS) OF THE LOWER LAYOUT.
MAIN LAYOUT - UPPER LEVEL PIECE 1
OVERVIEW
THE 3 LEVELS OF THE BEDROOM LAYOUT
MAIN LAYOUT - LOWER LEVEL PIECE 2
FREIGHT STORAGE YARD PIECE 3
... EACH TRACK STORES ONE TYPE OF CARS
... CREATING A TRAIN CAN START BY A SWITCHER ENGINE GETTING THE REQUIRED CARS AND PLACING THEM ON THE TRACK GOING AROUND THE YARD. THEY ARE MOVED TO THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE PICTURE. JMRI PROGRAM WILL CREATE A SWITCH LIST WHICH DETERMINES WHAT CARS TO GET.
... FROM THE ACCESS HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN LAYOUT THEY ARE THEN PHYSICALLY MOVED TO A DEPARTURE TRACK. BASED ON THE JMRI SWITCH LIST AN ENGINE LEAVES THE ENGINE YARD AND GETS THE CARS ON THE DEPARTURE TRACKS AND THEN EXECUTES ITS OPERATIONS.
PASSENGER STORAGE YARD PIECE 4
... THE PASSENGER STORAGE YARD ARE THE 8 TRACKS ON THE LEFT
... THE ENTRANCE TO THE PASSENGER YARD, INDUSTRIAL AREA 10 AND THE CLASSIFICATION YARD ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PICTURE
INDUSTRIAL AREA 10 PIECE 4
... THE 2 TRACKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE IS THE INDUSTRIAL AREA 10. IT CONSISTS OF A GAS CO, RUBBER CO , CHEMICAL CO AND A TRACK MAINTANCE FACILITY.
... THESE FACILITIES ARE PICTURES ON A BACKDROP YET TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE 2 TRACKS AND THE CLASSIFICATION YARD.
CLASSIFICATION YARD PIECE 4
SHOWS FULL YARD
... THE CLASSIFICATION YARD ARE THE 7 TRACKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PICTURE.ONLY THE TOP HALF OF THE YARD IS SEEN.
... THERE ARE 10 SPUR TRACKS, ONE TO ACCOMODATE EACH OF THE 10 INDUSTRIAL AREAS. CARS GOING TO A SPECIFIC AREA ARE PLACED ON THE APPROPRIATE TRACK WHEN THEY ARE RETURNED FROM AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. AN ENGINE IS ADDED WHEN TRACK IS FULL AND IT BECOMES THE NEXT TRAIN TO SWITCH CARS.
ENGINE YARD
... THE THREE TRACKS ON RIGHT SIDE GOING ALL AROUND THE ENGINE YARD ARE THE CLASSIFICATION YARDS DEPARTURE TRACKS
... ENGINE YARD HAS 3 STORAGE TRACKS AND A 3 STALL ROUND HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED TURNTABLE.
PASSENGER STATION-UPPER LAYOUT
INDUSTRIAL AREA 1
... CONTAINS 6 INDUSTRIES
INDUSTRIAL AREA 2
INDUSTRIAL AREA 3
... CONTAINS A SAND FACTORY, AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY CO, PRINTING FACTORY
INDUSTRIAL AREA 4
... CONTAINS 3 COALING COMPANIES AND A MINE TO CAR TRANSFER FACTORY
INDUSTRIAL AREA 5
INDUSTRIAL AREA 6
INDUSTRIAL AREA 7
INDUSTRIAL AREA 8
INDUSTRIAL AREA 9
INDUSTRIAL AREA 10
