The Mogollon Railroad

[nachoman]

I was originally thinking of doing things the same way schematically, with a narrow gauge town connecting to a standard gauge main line via a grade. The way the layout currently is, the grade is a constant 4%. While a winding, looping track is visually interesting, the grade is operationally not satisfying. In it's reconfigured form, I would still be stuck with a 3-4% grade and less room for sidings and scenery.

Soo...I think I have decided on a compromise. I will keep the narrow gauge and standard gauge completely separate, and just "pretend" that they meet up. No more dual-gauge track. No more grades. I will have a siding on the SG that I will "pretend" is the NG interchange, and a siding on the NG that I "pretend" is the SG interchange. In reality, the two will be separated vertically by 3 inches.