12-17-2009, 01:55 AM
steinjr Wrote:...Visually it looks better with a steeper incline in the upper left hand corner and a bigger vertical separation from the barge scene up to the main/staging tracks, but I might be pushing things too hard operationally in the upper left hand corner - where cars will be pushed back up a 4% incline around a 22" radius curve when destined for the barge tracks or the staging/yard area in the lower left hand corner/along lower wall....
Stein, thank you for the detailed explanation.
Under the standard condition running trains on free track in open space I would not recommend to do 4% in a 22" radius. But this is a very special situation. It is a ramp used by short cuts for switching in an extreme dense old fashion industrial area. I can imaging it will be a visual perfect fit and the short cuts will be no problem in operation on the ramp.
Reinhard