05-14-2017, 12:25 AM
BR60103 Wrote:Would depend on how much space available. Is the quarry started before or after the railroad?
How do you feel about the quarry on the viewer side of the layout, with the viewer standing in the quarry?
I think that the railroad might have started before the quarry. I am trying to represent something plausible on my next layout, on the Surf line, near the Miramar hill area. Santee quarries looked like promising prototypes to be inspired from (location wise). I saw photos of the prototypes but nothing rail served, so i freelance here. Theoretical space (benchwork depth) available from fascia to backdrop is around 28".
I don't have any strong preference now on if the quarry will be viewer side or near the backdrop as long as (if it is on the viewer side) i don't risk damaging fragile cranes etc while trying to uncouple cars. I suppose you have in mind to have the start of the quarry near the edge of the benchwork with the cuts/pit going down to the fascia? (I think i have seen such an example in HO scale). I would theoretically prefer to have the quarry starting near the backdrop and continuing further into it behind a hill or something, but as i said i can consider the other solution ( with the viewer in the quarry). At this point i am trying to check distances with mainline etc so that it looks plausible (or close to plausible).