Planning is progressing well for the lower level staging yard. Using AnyRail, I’ve been trying out a few designs for the two staging yards, one for the freight and one for the Metra passenger service.
While using track planning software helps a huge deal, nothing beats laying it out in situ. In fact, doing so showed up a huge flaw in the AnyRail plan I’d done, or rather, the way AnyRail does the turnout drawing (I’ll show you what that was in a future video).
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In the meantime, I printed out the adjusted track plan and overlaid it on the first of the two staging boards – amazing seeing it come to life – I can’t wait to start laying track now!
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