05-11-2015, 10:17 AM
I am just curious, if anyone here has ever modeled or considered a rapid transit line for your layout? Do you own any rapid transit models?
While I'm not personally into modeling subways and things (other than the few I've taken a ride on in my life), I do sometimes consider it, especially for prototypes that have a serious amount of surface time. Even though they may not directly interact with a regular railroad, they often travel close by or even right next to regular lines.
In an urban, or even semi-urban environment, there is potential to add a little bit of extra "action" with a subway zipping past on some elevated line. This could be easily automated on a separate line from the rest of the layout.
There is also the "human factor" in the sense that many of these trains will see more people in a week than some of our prized mainline "big railroad" prototypes will see in their entire lives.
While I'm not personally into modeling subways and things (other than the few I've taken a ride on in my life), I do sometimes consider it, especially for prototypes that have a serious amount of surface time. Even though they may not directly interact with a regular railroad, they often travel close by or even right next to regular lines.
In an urban, or even semi-urban environment, there is potential to add a little bit of extra "action" with a subway zipping past on some elevated line. This could be easily automated on a separate line from the rest of the layout.
There is also the "human factor" in the sense that many of these trains will see more people in a week than some of our prized mainline "big railroad" prototypes will see in their entire lives.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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