Last weekend I attended the Greenberg show in Richmond, VA. Normally I don't find much other than a book at these shows, but last weekend I hit the jackpot. A dealer was selling off three BTS kits and I was happy to buy them. A wood rack (2 pack), boxcar with radial roof (3 pack) and a flat car are now sitting in my to be built pile.
Also, this week I broke down and ordered large prints of the City Point yard and the Line out to the trenches. These charts are a great resource and should allow a closer inspection of track arrangements with the caveat that they need to be cross-checked against photographs as the two don't always agree. Also, they should make great wall decorations in the train area.
I added a link to another user who is doing City Point in HO. He has done a lot of cross-checking against photographs. The plan shown on the link is over 30 ft long in HO. In O that would make mine 60 to 70 feet which is way too long for my small space. Time to rethink some of my assumptions. More on this later.
Think about selective compression, especially in O Scale. You can do a reasonable job in much less space.
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