Putting it all together – Operating the
Kayton Short Line
The key to this layout is how it operates. Each car spot is
labelled with an industry and car spot number and one track
is set aside as an inbound / outbound (staging) track. My pet
peeve is having to “hand of God” trains on and off the layout.
This track is large enough to store a loco and up to seven or
eight cars ready to come into the switching area
Looking at [4] you will see I have allocated car spots starting
at the spurs’ far end from the switch and then consecutively
numbering forward until I reached the switch or the vacant
space. Don’t forget to allow for the length of the loco when
4. Car spots and occupancy.
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The Kayton Short Line - 6
MRH-Aug 2014
