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Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain
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lugnet.org.ca.nalug
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:39:35 GMT
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I was trying some layouts in my head yesterday after our Saturday
get together and realized two problems with the mountain as it stands.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28154 (The cross
tracks represent the bridge.) Number the tracks 1,2,3,4 from top to
bottom. As of Sat. we had 1 @ 2 (bricks high) 2 @ 0, 3 @ 16, and
4 @ 0 with 2, 3, & 4 enclosed and 1 outside.
The problems are that there's no room for the "port loop" and it's
on the wrong side. I think the front should be keep "flat" such that
the port is behind the tracks and bridge (from the viewer's perspective)
rather than having it stick out into the area where people are walking.
The other aspect is the height of elevated track. If the bridge were
adjacent to the mountain it would be fine, but given that the port area
needs room to loop around, there will need to be distance between the
bridge and mountain, therefore the track elevation when it reaches
the mountain would be less. I really like the "cut-line" effect, where
the trains would be partially visible "through the rock", but we need
to shuffle the tracks a bit such that they're 1 @ 2, 2 @ 12 (or 13),
3 @ 0 and 4 @ 0. Tracks 3 & 4 would be the "inside port loop".
SRC
StRuCtures
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 | | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain
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| (...) <snip problems> Yup, we'll have to figure something out - but this and other details have to wait for the big question to get answered: Do we have a 'closed-loop' layout, or an 'open C' layout? That tells us if we need 3 tracks (Michel's rough (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain
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| (...) How's this? (URL) line at the top is the main line where most of the train running will be. The bottom line can be run through as the "show loop", but the trains would be going through the curved part of switches, and we all know how much (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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