The Western Pacific had a branch line from Niles Junction to San Jose, in the California Bay Area. There was a terminal line from the Wilson St Yard in eastern San Jose that followed a fishhook type half-loop to a downtown terminal in west San Jose, near today's Caltrain Diridon station. This was a purely freight beltline within San Jose, although a gas power passenger car operated between Wilson St yard and Niles Junction in the 1920's.
Below is my proposed track plan for the last few thousand feet of the branch line in west San Jose. I have already built the bench work along one long side of the wall in my garage. I would appreciate any feedback you have before I "break ground" on the rail-road.
For those interested, there is information on the West San Jose branch line at the "Dome of Foam," a wonderful Southern Pacific themed site that has a lot of other railroad information too. Here is the link for West San San Jose portion of that site.
http://wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/sanjose.html
Below is my proposed track plan for the last few thousand feet of the branch line in west San Jose. I have already built the bench work along one long side of the wall in my garage. I would appreciate any feedback you have before I "break ground" on the rail-road.
For those interested, there is information on the West San Jose branch line at the "Dome of Foam," a wonderful Southern Pacific themed site that has a lot of other railroad information too. Here is the link for West San San Jose portion of that site.
http://wx4.org/to/foam/big_rr/wp/sanjose.html