CSXFan wrote:Hey guys,I'm in the process of designing my layout and I would like your opinion. I have room for only one spur leading into a grain elevator complex. I want to include grain loading, liquid fertilizer unloading, and bagged grain loading/unloading all in this one complex. Could at least 2 of these be included on one spur, or would this be a bad idea? Would the prototype (modern CSX) ever consider this? Thanks in advance.
Put a passing track nearby or a house track where you can reach in, grab the cars, set it aside, go deeper and switch the end industry and put everything back where it was when you finish.
It's not good to have everything on just one track. Try to offset one of the industries and run a second track to it a few inches alongside the orginal siding.
CSXFan wrote:Hey guys, I'm in the process of designing my layout and I would like your opinion. I have room for only one spur leading into a grain elevator complex. I want to include grain loading, liquid fertilizer unloading, and bagged grain loading/unloading all in this one complex. Could at least 2 of these be included on one spur, or would this be a bad idea? Would the prototype (modern CSX) ever consider this? Thanks in advance.
Thanks a lot for the info and great pics too. That pretty much answers my question. Here is a diagram of the spur and surrounding track. I think I'll put the fertilizer unloading on the end of the spur and have the grain loading chutes near the middle.
On an O Scale Layout one siding with spurs has to serve at least 3 businesses. On a very tight HO Scale Layout the same principal of adding as many backdrop industries to a spur-siding would help.
Andrew
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NS2591 wrote:I belive Progressive Rail has a few industries like that. And If you don't mind me asking, Is that the Applichian Central from the 2000 issues of MR?
Wow, you really know your MR magazine! It is in fact the N scale Appalachian Central from the January and February 2000 issues of MR. All I'm doing different is using broader curves and making the main double tracked. I hope to start the benchwork for it this weekend. Thanks for all the replies.