I've been scribbling up some plans, and researching curvature and gradients around the Chasm Creek area. While I was able to find a small number of curvature and gradient diagrams of the line, the figures for the curves (measured in chains, radius) were indistinguishable.
To overcome this, I set out to find some high quality satellite imagery of the area. Unsuccessful again.
As a last resort I reverted back to Google Earth, and screenshotted the area that I plan to model (41°32'42"S, 171
Hi guys, I'm Matthew. I've set up this RM Web blog to show developments in my currently proposed Chasm Creek micro-layout.
Firstly, I think it is important to give you a bit of a background on where this is set. Westport is a major town located in the North-West of New Zealand's South Island with a population of around 5,000. It was established in 1861 when European gold miners settled in the area. A large port was set up near the mouth of the Buller River, and when the settlers decided to m
