Hideing the volcano helix

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Hideing a helix worked for me as I incorporated Western Pacific’s Keddie Wye on one side, a short tunnel to split scenes and the Westeren Pacific/ CA State 70 highway on the other, has been a few years in the making but other then scenery touchups mostly done

Westbranch bridge 41 in long, actualy two bridges, track stays in place and the sidesand roadway are another, makes for quick access to track

Hi way 70 off the bridge, what better place to use all those extra vechicles the a road delay, if you have drove the Feather River canyon a scene like this is common in the winter.

Old picture, Left side two track helix, outer track is the highline route (along wall) inner track swings around helix then around the room (four swing ups ) then comes accross the front bridge (mainline). below are a few logging operations and the road disapears behind the helix.

Old picture, I tried to get the view that you would have if railfanning the Keddie Wye.

Hope this give an idea or two on working the helix into the trackplan and scenery, Enjoy the Hobby

One staging track behind the helix on the lower level.

this pic is accross swing up, the keddie and the atlas chord bridge is replace with the westbranch

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Great job, looks fantastic

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I especially like the way you uncorporated the Spanish Fork Bridge to give either-direction access to the helix. Well done.

If I ever build the helix on my, `Someday, maybe,’ list I won’t even try to hide it. The 762mm gauge Alishan Foretry Railway (Taiwan, Japanese-built) wraps three turns and a half-figure 8 around the mountain called Tzu-Li-Shan to gain a LOT of altitude in a rather short horizontal distance. I think it’s a perfect way to get the Kashimoto Forest Railway (1:80 scale, 762mm gauge) up to its woods operations on an upper level.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Yes, fantastic job!

What scale is this in? So how wide is your helix (diameter)?

Thanks.