tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post1798274449563199669..comments2024-03-26T10:21:28.283-07:00Comments on modeling the SP: Flash! Tracklayers enter Santa Rosalia!Tony Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-78356698498840027192015-05-13T10:30:12.427-07:002015-05-13T10:30:12.427-07:00Some SP branches had engine facilities, including ...Some SP branches had engine facilities, including turning capability, at the end of the branch; some did not. There were a number of places on the SP where locals or branch line trains could not turn at the outer end of their run, and had to run one of the directions backward. On the Coast Division, these included the Goleta local out of Santa Barbara, and the Guadalupe local out of San Luis Obispo. That is how my branch runs too.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-77416048263836008772015-05-13T10:12:48.546-07:002015-05-13T10:12:48.546-07:00I am also wondering about your decision to not hav...I am also wondering about your decision to not have a turntable at the end of the branch - 3 months ago, in Layout Track Arrangement, you wrote: "The branch, then, is point-to-point, and has no turning facilities along it. At Shumala, however, there is a turntable with the roundhouse." <br />I know you have quite limited real estate at Santa Rosalia, but this means that the steam engines will thus spend half their time running backwards, which of course they can do perfectly well, but how common would that have been on the SP? <br /> - Gerhard again Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-59275196873316491992015-05-11T09:47:42.956-07:002015-05-11T09:47:42.956-07:00You are entirely right that prototype railroads av...You are entirely right that prototype railroads avoid this kind of thing, but it does happen sometimes. Kind of like the prototype in those situations, I didn't have much choice.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-56080240105701938702015-05-11T05:54:43.765-07:002015-05-11T05:54:43.765-07:00It looks like Santa Rosalia will continue the flav...It looks like Santa Rosalia will continue the flavor of your other small towns, and the industries all seem very appropriate, again. I do wonder whether a real railroad would have arranged a 3-business siding (your Track 2) with a blind-end entry; although it may contribute to switching fun, it will require a fairly long tail track to make it feasible. Real railroads were not looking to make their lives more complicated... <br /> - Gerhard Klose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com