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I believe ya would be betta if ya put the mine on an peninsular as suggested. Also, there are not facilities to store empties when they come down the mountain. Have you considered placing the mine on top level, most companies run empties up and full down, that's normally where the source is, up in the mountains. Also, your line could at lest have the basics of passenger travel, depending how many services you want them to have in the town. <br />Another issue is with no storage facilities on low level is that these sort of railroads also ship most of their specialised equipment, such as their massive trucks, conveyer, ect., in on heavy weight flat cars, and these need to be keep available at both ends for emergencies. Also, instead of a helix at the end to the top level, an reversing loop would be better in my opinion. And where is the ore going to? Maybe you could model a port at the other end of the line to the mine, or have the train vani***o hidden staging yard where you can empty the wagons to send the back as empties. If you would put a 2 track staging yard after the mine, you could run a intermodal, or a local going somewhere else, that way you don't have to do anything but run trains up and down your mountain?
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