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 Posted - January 24 2022 : 08:17:49 AM
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As some of you may know, I am a proponent of thinking vertically in layout design. It allows you to fit alot more railroad in a small space.
I came across this layout in a FB group I belong to. It is based on the Swiss tourist railroads that take you to a mountaintop from a station in the valley below, and thus as presented here would be mainly used by self propelled electric MU cars. But it also has possibilities as an American style mining railroad in a place like Colorado where there were some incredible narrow guage lines into places no railroad should ever have been built.
As built the layout is about 45" x 59." Track is Bemo HOe, which represents meter guage track.
By expanding the area slightly to 4x6 it is possible to build this with 15" radius curves and a steady 4% grade. The upper station would be 13" above the lower one. I am tinkering with this plan in Anyrail, and expect that it could be built with 18" curves, my minimum standard, in slightly more than 4x6.
Edited by - jward on January 24 2022 2:47:22 PM
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Posted - January 24 2022 : 11:51:53 AM
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| What a neat design! The drawing looks a lot taller than 13". I wonder what model equipment the original designer had in mind to run such grades.
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Posted - January 24 2022 : 9:11:09 PM
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Awesome layout plan!
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Posted - January 24 2022 : 10:33:21 PM
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quote:What a neat design! The drawing looks a lot taller than 13". I wonder what model equipment the original designer had in mind to run such grades.
Originally posted by DaCheez - January 24 2022 : 11:51:53 AM
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TO answer your question, the layout appears in this video at about the 5:15 mark. It would appear that he used much steeper grades than I would, and rack railed track. When I redid the plan in Anyrail, I tried to make it practical for American style equipment to run on.
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