Is there anyone out there that has developed a track plan from St. louis Mo to Kansas City
mo. ?
Chris
Wow, that is a long way. What time period and what railroad are you interested in?
Kansas Texas & Eastern was along the north bank of the Missouri River.
Missouri Pacific along the south bank.
Wabash a bit further north.
The Chicago & Alton
The MKT
The Frisco
The Burlington (I forget it’s Missouri name) later the Burlington Northern.
And then all the connecting lines along the way like the Sante Fe, Minneapolis & St. Louis, St. Louis and Hannibal, etc.
That would be a very involved track plan.
Closest thing to this line I remember is MR having an article with a trackplan for a Wabash branch line servicing Columbia, Mo. Article showed three segments with interconnect suggestions, covering the interchange with the mainline, an intermediate stop, and the terminus in Columbia. This would have been sometime around 1962 - 1964.
IIR, the Columbia segment was on a 4’ x 6’ plan. I used the proto photos of a mixed train (GP-9, a couple 40’ and 50’ cars, and the presumed 60’ combine) to try to build the module to scale size. Ended up about 6.5’ x 13’.
What really made this interesting for me is that while returning to Forbes AFB from leave about 1967, I actually drove past part of the branch, and stopped in Columbia for gas and a meal.
I am interested in the old Missouri Pacific line : St. Louis- Kansas City
Chris
Well, you could always come up with your own track plan. Yes, it’s more work, but a plan you come up with has a much better chance of giving you satisfaction than one somebody else did. “Somebody else” probably does not have the same goals and desires that you do.
There are a whole range of things to get your head around when planning a layout. Byron Henderson has a great set of questions on his website that you should read through and think about.