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aerial photos of plants in areas like you want to model. There is
a closed plant at Davenport, Calif., and another plant along the
UP just east of Tehachapi for starters.
“As for modeling a plant, the part that interfaces with the rail-
road would be cement loading silos for product and maybe
coal unloading facilities if the plant gets fuel coal by rail. Once
the rail facilities are modeled, the rest of the plant could be
fit in as partial structures, or backdrop photos or paintings
depending on the space you have to work with.”
That's when Hylik revealed a little more information:
“I'm not in the USA. I see that as an advantage because I can
select just the parts I want from several real plants and model
that.” He posted his track plan (1) and said, “As the plant will be
a major industry on the layout, it will have considerable space
compared to other industries.
The plant should be located at the right side, just a little above
the turntable on the plan. The turntable and terminal is on a
high level, the plant on lower ground. The grid has 12" squares.
Nothing is built yet so I can accept more suggestions.”
There's more to read at mrhmag.com/node/12676.
– MRH Forum
Q. Say you had a very winding, steep, mountainous descent
with loaded cars of coal or ore -- how would the motive power
be arranged to best handle the momentum, braking, car slack,
etc? Prototypical, modeling, or theoretical answers OK.
– Ken Goudsward
A. Milt Spanton was first to reply:
“The Missabe's worst grade was the 2.2 percent descent from
its ore sorting yards at Proctor, Minn., 7.7 miles to the Duluth
ore docks. They set retainers on a portion of the train, based
on a table in the rules book. The train's power is/was only on
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