04-04-2014, 10:16 AM
Her's another version with a bridge instead of the original drill lead. I echo the sentiment that it could be used as a means of adding mileage to the run. while using the bridge as a drill lead (by bridge, I'm just suggesting something like a drop leaf, but if he wanted to put in an actual bridge, so be it.
Hey Larry,
I could barely fit the curve in there to the bridge, so a turnaround is not possible. Chris originally had a CF7 on both ends of the train, but I am suggesting a push/pull operation. The siding on the right peninsula was originally supposed to be a cement distributor or cement plant. The other guys on that forum suggested that he put in a siding for the cement plant and the truncated branch next to the siding so that he could swap out the loads with the empties.
Hey Reinhard,
22 inches is too tight for 73 foot center beam flats, but not 60 foot center beams. Like all short lines and branch lines, there are limits, such as minimum radius and height limits, that are published in a shippers guide (I can't remember the name of it). I would say over 60 foot cars is pushing it.
Hey Larry,
I could barely fit the curve in there to the bridge, so a turnaround is not possible. Chris originally had a CF7 on both ends of the train, but I am suggesting a push/pull operation. The siding on the right peninsula was originally supposed to be a cement distributor or cement plant. The other guys on that forum suggested that he put in a siding for the cement plant and the truncated branch next to the siding so that he could swap out the loads with the empties.
Hey Reinhard,
22 inches is too tight for 73 foot center beam flats, but not 60 foot center beams. Like all short lines and branch lines, there are limits, such as minimum radius and height limits, that are published in a shippers guide (I can't remember the name of it). I would say over 60 foot cars is pushing it.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.