short lead tracks

[kh25]

I'm looking for protype examples of industries that have short lead tracks like just enough room for an engine and one or 2 tracks. They don't need to be design that way just the results of circumstances. Thank you

Mark

[mlehman]

Mark,

Just to clarify, you're looking for track arrangements that involve 1 or 2 sidings or spurs, PLUS a track used to access these from the main or other track that is short?

First this that comes to mind are urban areas. Before WWI and trucking arose, there were warrens of tracks serving every imaginable industry down to single car docks and team tracks serving small concentrations of industries too small or ill located for access to the RR. Add in float operations in cities adjacent to ports and things get favorable for finding the sorts of arrangements I think you're after. Here's a good one to start:

http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html

Lots of stuff to dig through and links to similar places worth looking into.

[BRAKIE]

Mark,In my 9 1/2 years of railroading I only seen one and that was on the PRR on a urban industrial lead-a flood damage a bridge and PRR elected not to repair it since that was no  customers North of the bridge.

The restricted clearance was around 250-300' before the fouling marker-Do not proceed beyond this point... Good advice seeing the track ended around 10'  from the sign.