I’m putting the finishing touches on my next book and hope to have it on the shelves within the next month. “Industry Planning For Modern Switching Layouts” is a deep dive for the transportation nerds in the crowd…like myself.
Why do we even need a book on the subject? By their nature, switching layouts serve “industries”. That being the case, examining how we pick them and where to place them on our railroads makes sense.
The ultimate goal and the direction of this book is to guide you towards creating a balanced and plausible composition of industries that targets your specific interests without sliding to caricature.
We’ll go through a step-by-step process that hopefully will result in a creation that you find more satisfying. These steps will be:
-Understanding your specific areas of interest and layout goals.
-Understanding the characteristics of different industries, i.e. how to “classify them”.
-How to select industry candidates that fit your goals, interests, and space.
-How to weave them into a plausible composition on your available layout surface.