DanielB Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Haha, sorry! That whole branch line just SCREAMS to be modelled. I've got a massive soft spot for Louisiana, as it's such a unique looking state. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 So here's what no-one's been waiting for - Abbeville, Louisiana shoehorned into 2m x 18" in a HO freemo module. The real rice plant has 2 spurs in front of it, but they'd be uselessly short if I were to try that. And there's no space for Railroad Avenue. And to operate it properly at home I'd need a fiddlestick on either end (I could manage enough on the RH end to enable a loco to run round a train arriving from the left, which would be OK since the spurs all face the other way; the LH end would be both easier and harder to manage at the same time...). The freight house/ oil tank car is actually on the headshunt in reality, but this is the only way to get it in. A very interesting possibility though. I'd be liable to change the rice plant into something I could get in kit form, scratchbuilding something like that would be a bit of a stretch for me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Nice! Sorry/Not Sorry about turning your attention elsewhere. lol. The smaller plant on the right hand side is indeed another rice silo, from what my research tells me. There are some great photos online of this area of the plant if you just do a google image search of "Planters Rice, Abeville". As for the plant itself - DPM modulars are your friend. That's what I used to get my rough version of the plant created. That and some kitbashed Walthers structures, but got no further than that. Let me see if I can find the photos I took of how far I got before I gave up and recylced the parts back into my bits box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Here we go! This is in N, by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'll check out the dpm modular thingies then. Might give me a fighting chance... I could possibly swap the turnouts to the left around to match reality, might get the two spurs in then. Would be at the cost of the siding/runround length though. By my estimation you could run around a 7x40' train as is, or pass 2x 5 40' car trains, so I'm not sure much shorter would be a great idea. Decisions, decisions. Another turnout would be another £20, too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 I've been driving the google car around Abbeville a bit more, and tweaking things, the latest iteration being this: It has the feel of something that might actually be within my abilities to build, if not to a brilliant standard, then at least in some semi-acceptable form which I wouldn't be ashamed to use at a Freemo meet. The roads are a bit of a question. They're very convenient on the real thing, but they might reduce the usable length of the siding/loop (I don't like stopping trains across the road). So that's what that is so far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I like your latest plan. Dropping one of the 'other industry' spurs looks better as the 2 spurs did look rather short. The plan kind of reminds me of Palmetto Spur but with a run-around added. I'll be following your progress with interest. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 In reality both industries have 2 spurs, but I don't have space to do them properly, so in Mindheimian fashion I'll go with fewer, longer spurs. Even though they'll still be really short. The "other industry" should really be another rice place, but I'm thinking I'll change that. The old standby of a team track is one thing that it's missing, or I could stick the freight house on that side and have an oil/ fuel dealer where the freight house is now. Not that I need to decide yet, the boards haven't arrived, and I've got to get them built when they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 A problem with short, one car spurs/industries is that where there is curved track preceding the car spot, you may have problems coupling a loco to the freight car as the couplers do not line up. I discovered this problem after I built my Palmetto Spur layout. The shortest spur could hold 2x 50ft cars, however, the loco would not couple due to the curve. Consequently, I could spot only 1 car. Too many small layout designs try to cram in as many spurs as possible and I agree that fewer, longer spurs are more prototypical looking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 There's some scope to avoid that problem. I'd like them to work with 50 footers. Hoping that the rice might take 3 and the others 2, but it'll be tight without fouling the roads. I'll have to buy some before I get the glue out, only got 40' cars right now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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