01-06-2010, 01:51 PM
Quote:It might not be the most ideal plan out there, but it is the one I always wanted when I was a kid.It looks pretty good for mainline running, not good for along-the-line switching. It's an example of Armstrong's "riata", which he describes as good for passenger operations.
I like the single-track bottleneck. It makes the plan look less cluttered and will add interest. Enlarging the radii is probably what it needed most, like most Atlas plans.
I wasn't familiar with this plan as a kid, but I would've wanted it if I had seen it.
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!