09-21-2011, 06:53 AM
Justin,
Could I make a suggestion? If you make the turnout into Consolidated Container a right hand turnout instead of a left hand turnout, Eagle Foods would be able to fit 4 cars instead of 3 cars. Another result of the turnout change is that the line would look like part of the mainline with Consolidated Container branching off instead of the mainline branching off of Consolidated Container.
I would also put the transload to the front of the storage track instead of at the rear. This way you can switch the customer without disturbing the cars on the storage track unless you use the storage track for another customer. How about a building supply? Flats, box cars, hoppers, covered hoppers, gondolas, flat cars, center beam cars, etc.
FCIN had a great idea about the tank car unloading spot. Maybe you may not want to add a second track, but to add a spot on the spur with tank car unloading pipe and some tanks would be something that I would consider.
I would also include a highway overpass at an angle on the left end of the plan over the mainline, interchange, and toward the end of Consolidated Container.
As far as the railroad running it, if the buildings look generic enough, you can run anything from Conrail to Southern Pacific to Great Northern to Southern. My Port Able Ry will have and old Southern NW2 lettered for the Port Able Railway. You can run any engine that you want. You can run it as a class 1 or a short line. The Rahway Valley Industrial Railway has a nice ring to it. It's similar to the Raritan Central in concept. You can also run it as both.
Could I make a suggestion? If you make the turnout into Consolidated Container a right hand turnout instead of a left hand turnout, Eagle Foods would be able to fit 4 cars instead of 3 cars. Another result of the turnout change is that the line would look like part of the mainline with Consolidated Container branching off instead of the mainline branching off of Consolidated Container.
I would also put the transload to the front of the storage track instead of at the rear. This way you can switch the customer without disturbing the cars on the storage track unless you use the storage track for another customer. How about a building supply? Flats, box cars, hoppers, covered hoppers, gondolas, flat cars, center beam cars, etc.
FCIN had a great idea about the tank car unloading spot. Maybe you may not want to add a second track, but to add a spot on the spur with tank car unloading pipe and some tanks would be something that I would consider.
I would also include a highway overpass at an angle on the left end of the plan over the mainline, interchange, and toward the end of Consolidated Container.
As far as the railroad running it, if the buildings look generic enough, you can run anything from Conrail to Southern Pacific to Great Northern to Southern. My Port Able Ry will have and old Southern NW2 lettered for the Port Able Railway. You can run any engine that you want. You can run it as a class 1 or a short line. The Rahway Valley Industrial Railway has a nice ring to it. It's similar to the Raritan Central in concept. You can also run it as both.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.