Richmond Pacific Railroad in N-Scale

[Brewmaster]

Trying to clean things up a bit.  Here is the area I am trying to capture.


Here is a plan with some changes.  Hopefully that one major S-curve is a little better.


The 11" min is only on those bottom 3 spurs.  They will be serviced by tank cars, 50 foot box cars, and refers.  Not ideal and will continue work on that.

[MichaelWinicki]

I don't think 11" radius is a deal-breaker for industrial sidings.  Lots of urban trackage out there had tight curves.  Personally I think a tight curve here or there is A-OK for the scenic affect it gives.

[chuck geiger]

Last years MR Railroads You Can Model 2010 had this road featured.
Pages 52-60. With several track plans. 2 in N scale and 3 in HO. If
you need it, I can scan and email to you.

[Brewmaster]

Thanks for the offer!

To give people another example of what I am trying to do, here is an overview of the California Oils Corporation facility.  They produce edible oil products.  Traffic seems to be mostly tank cars with a box mixed in here and there.


I have designed this section pretty much as it is.  Two scenes I am going to try to recreate are the crossing at Harbor Way S. and where the water and tracks nearly meet on the upper left.  The small yard (Seaver) is just after the crossing.

[Brewmaster]

From Wright Ave. looking south at California Oils...


From the crossing at Harbor Way S. looking west.

[chuck geiger]

What a great modern harbor shortline - get it Brew!

[Spades]

From Wright Ave. looking south at California Oils...


Brew are you going to include the Battleship Iowa in your module?  (The ship on the left)   Kidding aside I love what you are doing, and like the documentation.  He post here from time to time, but have you seen Coxy's train blog.  He has not posted for a while, well last time I looked, but there is a lot of Richmond Pacific on the site/blog

Greg

[Brewmaster]

Thanks!

I sent him and email via his blog a day or two ago but have not heard anything.  Most of my info has come from his site!

[chuck geiger]

The complete article is in your email inbox. Just click the PDF's to
enlarge and they look OK.

[Brewmaster]

Thanks!

Is this the issue?  http://www.kalmbachstore.com/mrp100101.html

[Brewmaster]

Brew are you going to include the Battleship Iowa in your module?

Nope.  The Iowa is only here for a stopover on her way to Los Angeles to be a museum.  I wish we could keep her here but we do have an awesome ship from WW2 on display. The Red Oak Victory was built in Richmond during WW2 and just came out of drydock.  It is a sweet tour and makes it extra special because it was built using some of the same tracks and docks that the RPRR still uses.

[nscalemike]

That new plan looks much better, I was going to have to agree with Jason and you were asking for problems with that nasty track arrangement.  Maybe a few small issues here and there, but nothing that shouldn't be able to smooth out when you actually do the work.  Most important thing is to remember to just sight down the rails as you lay them and if it looks smooth you should be good to go.  As someone said the tight curves are ok in this type of application but they still need to be smooth.

As far as the plan itself, I think it looks promising and will provide a lot of activity!

Mike

[Brewmaster]

That's what I am looking for!  Modeling flex track on the computer is inherently frustrating and there are areas that I hope will be better in practice than in print.  I'm going to give myself the week to fine tune and then get busy laying track. 

I figure I can think about modeling or I can model.  I can't do both and one is better than the other.

[chuck geiger]

Brew that be it....

[James Costello]

Was just looking at that trackage on Bing last week - thanks to the MRP article. A very nice little area - will be looking on with interest!