Looks like someone has done a great job on this layout.
Brusio, Switzerland
I can just say WOW and do this.
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Either somebody did a really good job of reproducing the prototype....
Or somebody slipped a prototype photo into a model forum...
Having just looked at a couple of photos of the Brusio Viaduct, my money is on the latter.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with HIDDEN helices)
That's quite beautiful. I love stone viaducts.
I thought everyone would get a kick out of this picture, It looks so much like something a modeler would do to get elevation on their layout.UPS made my day, they delivered my 2-6-6-2.
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Lee
... all of Switzerland is just one big, fantastic model railroad! I still wonder how they made the mountains look so realistic...
Here's another one:
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
That's about as real looking as it gets! But those are some strange looking Shays pulling that log train...
Seriously, somebody knows how to build a model railroad, just look at those trees!
Jarrell
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Oscar Wilde said "Life imitates Art."
Nice to see nature & life finally catching up to our art (now if I could only get nature's pine trees to look more like bamboo skewers & scouring pads
cheers!--mark
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Travel Channel used to have a series called Swiss Railway Journeys, where they travelled through different routes and railway systems all over Switzerland. I don't remember which route, but they have covered this loop. The radius is about 70 meters i think, which translates into 80.4cm or 31.6" in H0.
Svein
Did a little quick research, this Brusio loop has a 7% grade, they say. Here's a youtube video from a passenger seat on the inside.
steemtrayn Here's another one:
What's not immediately noticeable about the Darjeeling-Himalayan loop is the seven-man crew of that little 2 foot gauge loco. Two of them stand on the pilot beam and throw sand on the rails.
I have a hidden helix of similar curvature, but the track gauge (prototype) is 42 inches.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
tomikawaTT What's not immediately noticeable about the Darjeeling-Himalayan loop is the seven-man crew of that little 2 foot gauge loco. Two of them stand on the pilot beam and throw sand on the rails. I have a hidden helix of similar curvature, but the track gauge (prototype) is 42 inches. Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Seven men...Engineer, fireman, two sanders, coal breaker... Who did I miss?
steemtrayn tomikawaTT What's not immediately noticeable about the Darjeeling-Himalayan loop is the seven-man crew of that little 2 foot gauge loco. Two of them stand on the pilot beam and throw sand on the rails. I have a hidden helix of similar curvature, but the track gauge (prototype) is 42 inches. Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964) Seven men...Engineer, fireman, two sanders, coal breaker... Who did I miss?
Head end brakemen, one for the locomotive, one for the first car. In operation, it looks similar to one of those fraternity, "How many people can we stuff into a VW Beetle," stunts.