Hey, wait a minute. I never thought about that. I've actually finished putting together most of the main yard and the lines leading into it, and...
I've been very seriously thinking about that for a long time. Problem is that gives me a second duckunder at only 40", right in the middle of the...
Turns out it's almost identical to an actual yard in San Berndardino, CA, where the San Berdo Yard has four tracks for Metrolink. Here's a link to...
My thoughts exactly. My latest plan is considering adding a diesel maint. facility at the entrance to the yard, instead of the freight location...
Thanks Kel. The F St. BNSF lot (I assume that's the one you're talking about) had a bunch of "BNSF Employees Only" signs, so I figured I'd park on...
Took a drive up to Fresno this weekend for a track meet, and decided I'd check out Calwa UP yard and Bakersfield BNSF yard. Well, didn't make it...
I'm looking at a satellite image of the Los Angeles area, and there are two yards almost parallel to each other (more like a V shape) near the...
Google Earth allows you to locate stuff on the satellite image, and save that location in a file (a .kmz file). I'm thinking that we can as a...
Thanks for taking the time to look thru the layout. Yeah, I held off as long as I could with the duckunder. The problem is I had a bigger...
Photo of control panel area. Above control panel desk are the upper level tracks, with two Metrolink cars at the location of a passenger terminal....
I just uploaded a CAD image of the latest version of my proposed layout design and some photos of the state of the layout today. Actually the...
Latest (Sept 2007) layout design plan. Subject to change on an hourly basis.
Overview of main "peninsula" intermodal/passenger yard. Three Metrolink tracks on left.
Grade from main yard into "gorge", up to 6" level. Upper (12") level loop tracks also shown.
Reverse overview of main yard, and upper level tracks above control panel
Overview of main "peninsula yard, and upper (12") level above control panel area on left.
[/COLOR][/LEFT] I chose 6" for a couple of reasons. First, I'm planning on having a big gorge that the trains emerge from, and I figured a 12"...
Okay, I found a photo that shows *I think* the storage of trailer chassis at the San Berdo intermodal yard (file attached)
Yeah, that trip this weekend was what raised the question. Unfortunately I was there on a quiet Saturday, with not much going on. All I could see...
Seems to me there are a couple of methods that railroads use to transport intermodal containers. 1. The container only, stacked in a double...
