On the left side, about halfway up you can see a 30 degree crossing. The main line loops around from right foreground to right background, with a pair of industries reached by crossing sidings on the left.
To tell the truth, I designed this just so I could use a crossing. I just think they look cool.
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jrbernier Prototype crossing can be just about any angle. I remember a Milwaukee Road spur into the Northfield, MN Malt O' Meal pant being crossed by a CGW mainline. The CGW had a crossing of two spurs at what is now the AMPI milk plant in Rochester, MN. As long as the mainline is 'protected by signals or stop signs, just about anything goes. Jim
Prototype crossing can be just about any angle. I remember a Milwaukee Road spur into the Northfield, MN Malt O' Meal pant being crossed by a CGW mainline. The CGW had a crossing of two spurs at what is now the AMPI milk plant in Rochester, MN. As long as the mainline is 'protected by signals or stop signs, just about anything goes.
Jim
So you are saying basically "anything goes" with angled crossings?
No prototype rules?
They are all over the place. In this photo (lower right) a track crosses the road and then a track, ballooning out and back in to make the left turn.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Following Prototype use, how do you justify any angle of track crossings? How are they used realistically?
Does it have to be 2 mainlines crossing?
Just thinking of adding at least one to my layout.