12-26-2010, 05:15 AM
Just a little something to add - a long thin shelf-type spur, where you might not expect to find one - Anchorage Alaska - the APU spur.
Look on Google Maps Satellite view for E Warehouse Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA, That is the start of the spur that breaks off from the yard (it could be an interchange if required) and heads south-east then east along the road, where there are a couple of disused (difficult to spot!)sidings - it curves NE and back to E by Alaska Garden & Pet Supply, and has two sidings in opposite directions (one each side of N Orca St, all part of the same company), continues E with another siding at PSC Environmental, and then curves NE again by Bob's Services (who I believe do wagon repairs, (cars are left on the roadside at N Sitka St for Weaver Bros Transport, and unloaded by fork lift and truck as suggested by Lance Mindheim) and back E ending in a scrap yard.
It could make an ideal switching line in the space you have. the map below might help you to follow the line. There are photos on Railpictures.com
Look on Google Maps Satellite view for E Warehouse Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA, That is the start of the spur that breaks off from the yard (it could be an interchange if required) and heads south-east then east along the road, where there are a couple of disused (difficult to spot!)sidings - it curves NE and back to E by Alaska Garden & Pet Supply, and has two sidings in opposite directions (one each side of N Orca St, all part of the same company), continues E with another siding at PSC Environmental, and then curves NE again by Bob's Services (who I believe do wagon repairs, (cars are left on the roadside at N Sitka St for Weaver Bros Transport, and unloaded by fork lift and truck as suggested by Lance Mindheim) and back E ending in a scrap yard.
It could make an ideal switching line in the space you have. the map below might help you to follow the line. There are photos on Railpictures.com
