Although I have had AnyRail for quite some time, this is the first plan I have submitted for review.  I must say that AnyRail has been the easiest design software I have used and it is easy to get addicted to designing plans.  The only slight problem I have is that I run strictly Linux on my machines and I had to resort to using Wine to run the program.  It pretty much runs okay but I do have crashes occasionally but that's not the fault of the program but rather the stability of the system having to emulate the program.  It's something I can live with.

I digress though.  A little info about the plan.  It is an N-Scale plan using Atlas Code 55.  The setting is an agricultural based plan.  I like to run trains through scenery and occasionally some slight switching.  Any comments and suggestions are always appreciated.

Thanks for the comments David.  I know I'm having fun with the plan and it is one you want to keep playing with but I think I'm going to stop at this point.  The actual building is still a couple of months away and there may be a few minor tweaks between now and then and maybe once I start building.

As far as the reach I don't think there will be any issues and it is my plan to hide those turns and have the trains run through wooded areas but making sure that where there are turnouts they won't be blocked.

I have attached an updated plan of where I will be starting from.  The only things I did was to make sure the flex tracks were of appropriate length and curves not too tight.  I also changed the course of the river and angled the yard area.

Thanks again for your comments.

What I like about this type of plan is that it's not stuffed with track. It provides plenty of opportunity for setting the scene. I'm not such a fan of 180 degree turns though. They sort of spoil the illusion for me. Perhaps you can find some sort of trick to hide them?

By the way, what's a RIP track?

To make the discussion a bit easier, I've added a picture of the plan.

David.

OK, I see. Do they usually have inspection pits on this RIP track? Or do they just crawl underneath.

I've seen this before once on a documentary on the station of Cook on the Nullarbor in Australia. Sometimes they need to do an emergency repair on a car on the main line, under time pressure as delaying one train delays them all as they can hardly pass each other.

Of course, you are not modeling the Nullarbor  , but I understand the idea. It can be a great timesaver if the cars are loaded. Good idea to model this.

David.