G3750 posted:Mark,
That is an intriguing design!
What sort of trains will you be running?
George
George,
Thank you! We had a lot of participation here to get to that point!
I will be running coal trains with 2-bay hoppers in the steam-diesel transition era. I also want to run some log trains, mixed freight and an occasional short passenger train. The lower town will represent Parsons/Hendricks West Virginia, and the upper town will represent Thomas/Davis West Virginia. It is a concept I had started planning back in the late '90s, but never got to build a layout. The grade is the Blackwater Canyon, though we had to loop it around to fit. The curves are 042, so I will run WM consolidation, WM 0-8-0, WM F7, WM BL-2. Also I have the B&O working with WM at the time so I can run a B&O Atlantic, 0-6-0, F3, and SW9. Some folks here have suggested I get one of the MTH WM 44-Tonner, but I haven't freed up the cash for that yet. You can run a train up or down, then change cars, or go up and down, simulating going into the next valley. That would be more modeler's license, but gives a longer run.
