I have two tunnels on my layout. the Gallitzin Tunnel for the two west bounds tracks and the New Portage Tunnel for the east bounds tracks. Just like the prototype.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
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I will have five: one 6" to 8"; two about 18", one 2+' and one about 4'. Plus two tunnel portals leading to an adjacent space for two storage & reverse loops. These will be open in that unfinished space but unseen from my train room. The train room tunnels will cover about 15% of train room main line.
No tunnels here.
Russell
One tunnel abouts foot long goesinto the backdrop to "connect" the layout with the rest of the world.
Joe Staten Island West
twhiteActually, what I have more than anything on the layout is bridges. I'm a bridge freak, lol!
I was thinking (even before you posted) that the question could apply to bridges as well. Maybe next week.
Love the tunnel pic's Ed. Hope to see some from others as well.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
One, about 20 inches (of a 2x16' layout). Its the portal to staging. If the layout ever gets fully built to spec, it would probably reach close to 60 inches.
I have one two tunnels. There is a coal mine that sits on top of it and the mine operator wouldn't be too happy if I dynamited the whole thing!
Daylighting tunnels has been practised on the 1:1 railroads whenever practical, sometimes at great expense.
Part of my reason for a tunnel is to allow the train to disappear from sight for a while then reappear in a different scene. It helps to eliminate the "spaghetti bowl" effect of watching trains run as if on a race track. I have a sliding panel on the side of the fascia if I need access for track cleaning or rerailing. There's also 2 video cameras watching the track in there.
I have two double track runs through the mountain with a combined trackage total of about forty feet of track.
I like having the scenic interest of the tunnel. All my rides on the old B&O and Pennsy, even the Wheeling & Lake Erie and N. Y. Central all included tunnels.
Here's a view of the coal mine, with one of the double track lines shown in the foreground, come to think of it, that would count as another tunnel to the right. There's also another main line loop under there.
I think tunnels are great if you can justify one... Ed
I have six, the longest of which is about 4'. I just 'daylighted' one because of access problems. The others are to either hide return loops or necessitated by scenery concerns. Actually, what I have more than anything on the layout is bridges. I'm a bridge freak, lol!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Likewise zero. I have a four inch plus trees rock cut plus trees and a couple of other scenic blocks, but no tunnels.
Dave
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I have 5 the longest being about 16', all my tunnels are for hiding track so that my dogbone dose not look like a dogbone for the mainline.
In the spirit of "Philiosophy Friday" tell me about your tunnel(s).
The reason this subject has leached in to my tiny mind is because a fellow model railroader that I know has seen things my way. He has started the task of removing some tunnels on his layout. When he began his layout and asked what I thought, I suggested that with the amount of time his trains will be spending inside tunnels, it will seem like there are no trains on the layout for our eyes to feast on. He is still tunnel crazy, however he also wants to actually see his pride and joys in action.
I have two tunnels, one about 18" and the other when finished will be about 3'. The 3' one was an after thought, it gave me a place for a small town I wanted but didn't know where to put. There are lots of places in the world where the railroad goes under the cities and towns.
So Saturdays survey question is..... How many tunnels do you have on your pike and how long is your longest tunnel? Do you go for lunch, knowing the train will emerge about the time you get back?