Heavy Electric Modular Group

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Right now I'm still thinking I'm gonna stick to North Elizabeth, though there is a road underpass that might be trouble to model properly, since the module is a flat top. Its easy though, since it is just a straight section of track.

Here is an overhead shot from 1979. I'm modeling the are between the underpass and the overpass. Technically, the module lenght is 5 feet, but each module will only have two catenary structures spaced at prototype distances.

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The catenary towers will be at scale distances from each other (or approximately so on the slightly smaller modules). Each module will be as follows-

(End)----------------(tower)--------------------------------(tower)----------------(end).

This means in aerial photos, I can nearly prototypically model any area between any two sets of towers, and any area about half way to the next tower. North Elizabeth seems to fit in well with that measurement. I might have to cramp things only slightly to accomadate the basic features of the area.


Using the same reasoning, it would take several modules to do princeton junction, but it could probably be compressed and still give a good idea of how it works. I figure if I follow my rule of "catenary towers", It would take three modules.

Princeton junction is cool since you could make the Princeton Branch automated. Its literally a single track spur that travels a few miles west to Princeton University and such. The trains run every half hour to meet up with Corridor trains. a few MP54s or Arrows would look at home here.

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