07-28-2011, 05:46 AM
I suppose my issue with the team/transload tracks is that it takes a fair amount of space to model them convincingly, something that we usually don’t have on an industrial switching layout. It is usually squeezed in with little planning on how the final scene will look. It’s not that it can’t be done (see Gary S’s “BNSF team track”), but rather we don’t have enough, or want to dedicate enough, real estate to make it happen in a credible manner. In Gary’s case, he has enough room for all sorts of trucks, unloading equipment and details to model it realistically. It is and will be a very believable scene.
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IMO, this is an excellent solution for getting those unusual shipments onto or off the layout. Does that power company up the road, without rail service, need a depressed center flat car with a new transformer for the substation that got hit with lightening last week?
Mark
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FCIN Wrote:If for some reason, I did want to have the rare odd ball shipment of something, that car could just be left at a handy location near a street crossing, even have the crew spot the car on the crossing and wait for it to be unloaded.
IMO, this is an excellent solution for getting those unusual shipments onto or off the layout. Does that power company up the road, without rail service, need a depressed center flat car with a new transformer for the substation that got hit with lightening last week?
Mark