Hi Everyone,
I would like to add a logging and a gravel industry to my 5‘ x 9‘ HO scale way out but I’m limited on space. Both would work well up in the mountains. My incline s and declines are a 2% grade and I would like to back into an industry to drop off / pick up rolling stock on a single ended siding or stub.
The siding will be level and in most cases I have just enough room to have a turnout just past the mainline turnout to split into separate drop off and a pick up tracks so Maneuvering freight cars around won’t be in issue at the industry. All freight cars can be loaded / unloaded with construction equipment such as payloader, crane, or fork lift.
The Industry and siding will be on level ground. The only unlevel ground will be the 2% grade of the mainline off of which the main acanthus will back freight carriers into the industry. Train delivering to these industries will be very short and they will not be any Schoeffling of cars, just drop off and pick up. I can actually envision a switcher making a short run out of the town industrial yard up to the mountain industrial areas.
My main question is:
In Proto typical operation, would something like this occur in real life? Could you have a siding coming off of a mountain grade to serve in industry as I described above?
Thanks for any input. I have tried to research this topic and haven’t found any conclusive answers so I’m looking for peoples experience this topic.