FIREFOX! Need latest flash updates. Do not pull on the Leopard’s tail: He does not like it and may find you tasty.
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LION’s Website works. Firefox is better than IE. Either way Flash Player needs to be up to date.
The Leopard (His name is Jerry) is a favored cousin of the LION. The LEOPARD has the largest tail of all cats. Not as fast as a cheetah, he is far more maneuverable since he uses his great tail as a counterweight. The tail also makes a nice scarf if the weather is cold.
Not everything runs on rails!
Around the room on shelves is one good approach, with a duck-under, lift-out or swing-gate to bridge the gap. One of the better around-the-room approaches to a coal hauling railroad in a mid-sized space is W. Allen McClelland’s Muddlety Creek Branch in Model Railroad Planning 1996.
If you don’t mind leaving access areas to reach the far corners for construction and occasional maintenance, it’s also possible to build a “water wings” style layout like this one.
This HO layout happens to be oriented toward logging in a 10’8" X 8’10" space, but something similar could be adapted to coal hauling.
Radii can generally be broader in the around-the-room alternative, but that arrangement does add the complexity of how one enters the space.
Best of luck.
Byron
Bearman is not disputing whether LION’s website works. I am pointing out that I cannot find the link to the layout, only the homepage and I am running Google Chrome, and Flash updates automatically. But, I will doublecheck.
hi Byron
at the right lob of the layout, i assume that the passing siding not just under the overpass is horizontal, otherwise you could not use it for run around moves. The resulting grade to the track over the bridge at the front of the layout will have to be very steep, and this is an understatement. Not even 5 feet to climb 3 inches or so, beside the need of vertical easements you have to compensate for the curve. Where did i hear some-one talking about unrealistic steep grades.
Explain please where i am wrong, a warning might be needed at least.
Smile
Paul
Good. I sometimes worry about it since my HTML program uses fancy menu bars and stuff that not all browsers can read.
The track diagram is here. To find it you would click on “Tour of the LION” without selecting one of the drop down stations. The track diagram is not up to date as I have removed the lower work and am replacing it with different. New diagrams should be posted in about a month.
The grade is spit between the two lines, so it’s not as steep as if it were all on one or the other. Still, the grade remaining on the lower line would probably require some means to hold cars in place. This was fine for the owner.
I wasn’t suggesting this as a perfect layout for the Original Poster, obviously it doesn’t reflect his interests in coal mining. I was just noting the overall shape as an alternative, and of course it could be built without the overpass/underpass arrangement.
Since only smaller logging equipment goes down on that lower line, the clearance can also be a little less than what would be needed for full-sized passenger cars and double-stacks.
Byron