JLS Railroad Track Plan
JLS Railroad Track
Plan
&
Active Layout Schematic
Layout Statistics...
The JLS Railroad is a large,
40' by 42' layout. It consists of 4 independently controlled lines
(Main, Second, Third and Trolley Line). There are also 3 large,
independently controlled yards, the E-yard, M-Yard and H-yard.
They function as the main staging yards. The H-yard also includes
a 10 stall RoundHouse, 2 stall engine shed and full engine servicing
facility modeled after the Laramie Yards in Wyoming including
a backshop, coaling area, ash pits, water towers, sand depot and
diesel fueling point. The layout is comfortably controlled by
3 or 4 people, all on their own line or yard. Check
out the Operations page for a complete description of how the
railroad is operated.
At the present time, the layout is comprised
of approximately 1500' of track. We estimate that we have about
2 real world miles of wire on the layout. The ground lines
are located on the floor, the reason being, it allows you to get
very close to the trains, plus, I'd rather be stretched out on
the floor then standing up or sitting in a chair. It really is
surprisingly very comfortable. The H-yard is on a 10' by 15' table
3' off the ground. As we ran out of storage space on the ground
lines, and space to expand on the floor, we constructed the table
and yard atop the table. To get to the yard, we designed and built
a 110' long, 3 tiered helix of variable grade to climb the 3'
to the yard. The ground lines controls are located in the control
circle on the floor, the H-yard and helix's controls are located
on a small control panel attached to the table, elevate the 3'
off the ground, the same height as the yard. The entire Helix
and H-yard (the table) is located in the back left corner of the
room, occupying a 10' by 15' area. Suspended beneath the H-Yard
is the M-Yard, otherwise refered to as the Hanging Yard. This
7 siding yard is used mainly for the storage of rolling stock
and locomotives between runs, it is accessable only via the Helix.
Beneath the table on the floor, we have parts of the ground line
(E-yard, F-yard and some Main, 2nd and 3rd line trackage). If
you look at the diagram below, the red outline in the top left
corner represents the 10' by 15' helix and table in relation to
the rest of the basement.
Some Stastics:
1500' to 1600' of track (LGB)
140' long 3 tiered helix
estimated 2 real world miles of LGB wire used
79 LGB switches
7 Control Master 20's (MRC)
3 Train Power 6200's (MRC)
50 LGB control boxes (5180, 5175 and 5275)
20 signals
Layout Schematics...
This page is my attempt at allowing
you to see every part of the layout. First you have the large
schematics below of the layout. Click
on ANY area of the layout schematic to go to a picture page of
that zone. For example, if you click on the RoundHouse
in the H-yard schematic, you will arrive at a page with a photo
and description of that section of the layout. If I have more
then one picture of a given area (from different perspective points),
then more then one picture will appear on the page of the area
you clicked. For more pictures, visit the JLS
Railroad Picture Archives.
The Ground Lines
The Helix, H-yard
The Hanging Yard, M-yard
For smaller diagrams of all the yards on the JLS Railroad,
see the
JLS Railroad Operations
Page
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