49 - Railroad yards explained! With over 25 yard track plans and every detail explained.

Get comfortable as we look at railroad yards & designs. I explain the different types, why they are there in the first place, what is classification and why is it required, and we go through a lot of track plans!!! More than 25 track plans are explained to be precise!
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0:00 Basics & Yard types
2:44 Classification
4:46 Station track plans
5:57 Interchange track plans
7:57 Classification yard track plans
13:52 Summery yard components
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Music: Artist: Martin Rose, Song: Riding on. Property of Wondershare Technology Corp.

[@stoobieman]

Man, your videos are extraordinary! Can I ask one question? What is the software you use for all your amazing graphics?

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Stoobie. Good to hear you like the content. Ah you are asking about the tricks of the trade ;-) I use a lot different software. The trackwork is made with Anyrail, and everything is edited with davinci. A video like this takes a few days to make. So all your support via my patreon is welcome!

[@NScaleDystopia]

This was perhaps the best explanation on yard design, and likely the most helpful video I've seen in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks for the good words. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@mysticrailroad]

Superb video. :)

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks MR.

[@schadowolf]

Outstanding video and explanation of yard tracks! Well done!

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Shadow

[@Albireo8]

Superb.

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Andrew.

[@denisweimer8791]

Phenomenal explanation. Thanks for making this video!

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Denis!

[@scottpecorino6320]

I classify this video as highly educational

[@DubaiTrains]

Great pun!

[@TB-ModelRR]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@DubaiTrains]

You're welcome!

[@razzedy_gamer]

Can't wait to implement this on my modded Factorio Playthrough, Great explanation.

[@bradjustad3527]

Very well done!

[@MADHIKER777]

WOW! Such an impressive video! So well done with complete but consice explanations and illustrations! Thank you for taking the time to produce this.

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@TacticalTeapot]

I am personally offended that I have not come across your videos until now… they are brilliant! Clear, informative and very well thought out, obviously a huge amount of knowledge and effort required to make these

[@DubaiTrains]

Tactical Teapot; what a great name! Happy to hear you found us eventually! Enjoy the content and feel free to reach out if you need help with your own layout.

[@LitlD]

Best progressive teaching tool I've seen. Thanks!

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Denny!

[@kerry_glock]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I was wanting to find a Yard Design Video just like yours. I’ve been away from the Hobby for over 30 years. I’m starting over way too late, but your yard diagrams will help so much! Modeling in N Scale in a rectangle area that is 12’ by 20’. Going to be using KATO Unitrack. Surprise as to my expenses using that track. From the late 1970s, I opened up the storage containers with all my Atlas N Scale Track. Some in the original unopened envelopes. $1.22 for 5 pieces of straight & curved track. $8.00 for electric turnouts. Gave me a laugh or two. 10 pieces of Flex Track. Almost 50 year old track and NOS Cork. Guess I will try to use Atlas track where possible.

[@DubaiTrains]

Great to hear that it was usefull.

[@ingor.522]

Thank you very much for your nice explination about freight yard services in general, it much better to follow your easy made descriptions than to read old and over 120 years old books about railway or railroad engineering and how to build prototype railway or railroad yards of any size. In the past the railroads did the same in freight and passenger services of what are doing street traffics today by using road trucks or busses. They are all folowing by mostly the same princibles. I thank you for your very well done basic informations you are explained very easy to understand.

[@DubaiTrains]

Your welcome. I read all those books for you 😅😅. The biggest impact on track design from pre 1960 and after is scale and consolidation.

[@zyroxiot9417]

Great vídeo, thanks a Lot! 🇧🇷

[@DubaiTrains]

Welcome! Check out my patreon to get the track plans. 👍🏻

[@frankhellman6879]

Very nicely explained. Thanks!

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Frank!

[@alunhassall]

Great explanation thanks.

[@DubaiTrains]

Thanks Alun.

[@rjl110919581]

thank you for the detail video

[@DubaiTrains]

My pleasure. It was fun to make and think about yards from a 'ground up' perspective.

[@averageguy7136]

Great video of yard layouts. I railfan the Union Pacific Roseville yard in NorCal A LOT. Watching freight trains arrive and depart along with power moves, and the hump yard over a couple of years,, I've deduced much of what you explained in your video. Roseville is 88 tracks wide at its widest, contains hundreds of individual track numbers, is served by two main lines and can simultaneously recieve and depart trains in both directions while also humping/classifiying trains at the same time. And still, they get completely jammed up and have to park trains on the main lines all the time because the 12 recieving tracks are often full

[@DubaiTrains]

Sounds like a great spot to railfan! Great that you over the years have dissected the yard and found its core functions. As all yards to the T are different, the are all built out of the same components.

[@herpderp6705]

Nice video. Some thoughts on the yard lead though... It can be shorter than your longest yard track, cause in railroad reality, you seldom pull the whole yard track out, very often you pull out like 8-12 cars and then repeat until everything is sorted. Thats especially true if you model times before everyone had walky-talkys.

[@DubaiTrains]

Ah good to know. Thanks Herp!

[@KristianBennett]

What application did you use to make the yards?

[@DubaiTrains]

Anyrail6 !

[@MARKLINMAN1]

Any nice recommendation track in HO for a layout that is 8 feet long and 31 inches wide? Thanks in advance, want to make a rail yard Only layout. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@DubaiTrains]

Hi SaxManIvan, many decades ago I had 1 sax lesson. After blowing a few times on the reed, the teacher said no 😅. So I became a drummer. 8ft can be a nice a switching layout. But we need to dive deeper into what it is you want. What enjoyment are you looking to get out of a 'yard only' layout? Is it classifying, or switching, or is it that you enjoy the sight of rows of boxcards? Sorry to answer your question with a barrage of questions.

[@MARKLINMAN1]

@@DubaiTrains I would like to just jockey some box cars around,, I guess switch would be the correct word, I don’t know much about train yards and your videos are simply OUTSTANDING in explaining everything, I plan on having only 1 switcher (SW 1200) a GP38 if those are used in a Yard and an SD 40. So just 3 diesel locomotives. I don’t know if that would be possible. I mess around with N gauge on a much smaller layout. Thanks again, Funny about your Sax teacher, it takes a little time, once you do it everyday it is much easier. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼.

[@DubaiTrains]

Whatever the trackplan will be, it will be linear. 31 inch in HO is not enough to make a 180 degrees turn. If you just wanna kick some cars around, there are many options. Personally, given the limited space, I would try to do 1 thing very well. So for example a mainline with spur that serves a complex industry. That would give the switching some purpose. I.e. cars come in on the spur, and need to be spotted at the industry. Hope this helps! 👍🏻

[@MarkInLA]

Wish you talked a bit slower ....

[@DubaiTrains]

HI Mark, I am looking to re-upload the video in the coming week. Something went wrong with the sound editing so it does not sound as good as it could. Maybe this will help. There is also a feature to speed-up, or slow down a video. While in the video select the 'gear wheel' icon bottom right, and there is the 'playback speed' feature. Hope this helps. If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact me. Also I provide all my designs and layout design consultancy on my patreon page. www.patreon.com/DubaiTrains

[@scottsmith7051]

Way way too fast for a newbie!!!

[@DubaiTrains]

Hi Scott, a lot of information in a short video! What in particular was fast? To put a yard in some context check out this older video where I explain the backstory and location of my layout and how it connects to several different type of yards. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnPdZKx-qp1knaM If thats still a bit fats check out this beginners guild to switching. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6ObfqmDfK6jjas

[@johnsage730]

The audio is so distracting that I really couldn't enjoy the video