Hello everyone.Im in the process of building a new layout and a intermodal yard is a must.... But i have a couple questions.First what is a good distance between the rails? And second is there any aerial views somewhere on yards in the eastern usa to give me a couple ideas?
Thanks in advance. :D
Building a intermodal yard
If I recall...
you'll have paired tracks with barely enough space for the lifting equipment to do it's job, with lots of space between pairs for trailer and container loading on trucks, with a stack of containers down one end or along the middle in peak periods.
Loaded containers are a risk and liability, so I think they would be off the premises as quickly as possible, while empties pile up awaiting demand.
I'm going to use this approach on a two-track terminal, with approximately 6 feet of loading track, and selectively compress the distance between the track and perimeter. I only have about 27 inches to work with and I would like to get other facilities (maybe a trucking company?) in behind it.
I'll post photos when it become reality.
Dennis
Thanks Dennis,I was figuring
Intermodel yard...
I sometimes Haul containers from My hometown Terminal Into Toronto, Mostly To CN Brampton. Its Quite a Jungle.. Trucks Trucks Trucks..
Anyhow.. Pulled it up in Google Earth for you. Its quite well detailed, Should give you an idea.
http://members.tripod.co.uk/grhr/CN%20Brampton,%20ontario..kmz
About 14 feet...
I found this image (below) of a small yard on the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County website. The distance from center to center seems to be 14 feet - which works out to about 1 1/16" or 2.6cm.
This seems a little tight as I've always tended to space tracks at 1 1/4" (finger room).
4 tracks, one roadway?
I suppose they must know what they are doing and can unload that fast. I think two and one will be the limit for my straddle cranes though, and probably stick with that. I may include spurs (old abandoned previous owner tracks?) on the lot, and make use of them if I can work it in...
Dennis
Walthers Crane?
Didn't know there was one; I have the Vollmer kit-built, and I think it's good for two tracks plus.
The MiJack by Walther's is not big enough for two tracks+ ("It's wide enough to straddle two rows of trailers or containers parked side by side,..." http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3222). I'll need to leave room for it to go between rows, under the premise that it normally only works single rows of cars...
Gull wrote:Those blue
Gull wrote:
Those blue straddle cranes would make interesting kitbashes......Does the Walthers crane cover two tracks and a roadway ?
I don't have mine in front of me, and my intermodal yard only has one track, but I believe it could span more than one... depending on how the tracks are spaced.
The Walther's website lists the Mi-Jack's dimentions as: 4 X 3-1/8 X 3".
Paul
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