Club Layouts --> Permanent Layout

Design of the Layout

Design started with an analysis of the available space which is spread across 4 rooms. A scale drawing was made of the space with attention paid to doorways, windows, electrical components and other structural elements of note. After much discussion a combination of island and around the wall design was chosen which yields a reasonable traffic flow in our club house.

General Layout Attributes

This table identifies many layout attributes and their values.

Layout Footprint

This is the final footprint for the layout. The magenta shaded areas in the layout are beyond the 36in maximum reach.
This diagram has significant dimensions.
This diagram is the same as the one above but without the dimension clutter.

Several footprint plans were proposed for the layout rooms. These were carefully evaluated. The best of each were selected and combined to make the above diagram.
Layout Footprint Details - North and Middle Rooms
Layout Footprint Details - South Room
Layout Footprint Details - Meeting Room

Benchwork Style

The options were:

• Build standard size rectangles of about 2' x 6' with internal bracing. These would be fastened together and polygons added where needed to approximate the desired perimeter.
• Make custom sized rectangles and polygons to fit the spaces as needed.

The latter option was chosen as it would be less costly due to the use of less materials. All legs will be at least 6" inside of the fasscia to reduce the probability of anyone kicking them. Frame and legs were to be made of 1/2" x 3" plywood. We had a significant amount of 1" x 3" solid stock available at no cost so that was used instead of plywood. That was supplemented with new wood as needed. Cantilever construction will support much of the north room frame as well as the south room peninsula. South room perimeter frame will be supported by a ledger board along the walls with diagonal leg braces as needed. Appropriate support for the K&S sections will be constructed so they will be at the height of the rest of the layout.

Producer-Consumer Relationships Between The Industries

Overview
This diagram shows that a relationship exists between a pair of industries that seemed appropriate for our theme.
PDF version allows good zooming.

Table of Details
This multipage table details the types of loads received and sent and what industries send and receive the loads.
Industry Attributes

Recommended Industries

Based on the above relationships between industries and the industries that actually do or did exist in the West Wisconsin the committee has developed two lists of industries. These will serve as a starting point for selecting the ones to include in the layout initially. We do not want to over crowd the layout with industries. It is also desirable to be able to replace an industry scene with a different one without excessive work, that is, to make the scenes modular.
Recommended Industries

Track Plan

North Room: The track plan depends in part on the layout footprint which has been determined. It also depends on the industries to be served and their location on the layout. The Operations Committee is now working on the industry selection for the layout.

This South Yard design has now been constructed. It is a diamond shaped design using a simple ladder on each end. It has 6 classification tracks and 2 arrival/departure tracks which extend into the staging yard.