Works for me! It's a great way to create an illusion of distanc. Bob Nicholson ________________________________________
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1775582643/pic/580088618/view?picmode=large&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&dir=asc --- In [email protected], "empirebuilderjjhill" <empirebuilderjjhill@...> wrote: > > Thank you!!! > > I'm going to do this with conifers, but needed to know that it was > prototypical and you confirmed that > > > --- In [email protected], Danny Click <ndragon92@> wrote: > > > > While not a branch line any longer, I rail-fanned the KCS-NS Meridian, > > MS-Shreveport, LA speedway a couple of years ago and have some shots of a > > KCS Double Stack train easing down the main line at 65mph. with a tunnel > > of trees surrounding the train. The containers were touching the leaves > > as the train passed. The line does this in several places through the > > dense Louisiana forest. This is the old ICG-Mid-South line that has > > been upgraded over the years by the KCS and NS and it really has a branch > > line look and feel until one of these hot shots passes at track speed! > >  > > Danny Click > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Anyway, I'm building a module and, after learning that the S-mod forum had > > effectively shut down, was directed to this forum. > > > > The module I'm building is a 48"X38" section of straight track that will > > feature a spur connecting the club's two track mainline with an initially > > parallel single track branch line. Picture three parallel tracks with the > > third track, the branch line, set apart from the other two and connected to > > the middle track by a spur and two right hand switches. > > > > To create the illusion of spacial compression between the two track main > > and the single track branch, I'm going to put a dense stand of coniferous > > trees between these. > > > > After seeing this along a long industrial siding near my house, I got the > > idea of "boxing in" the spur with trees to further the illusion of space > > between the two lines. This "tree tunnel" appears to have been formed as > > trackside trees were trimmed up to a height of approximately 20' but spread > > out above this point and eventually the trees on either side of the track > > merged together at the 20' level, creating a "tunnel" of foliage. > > > > Now this occurred along a (presumably privately owned) industrial siding > > that serves a single business but receives several deliveries a week and > > where cars are regularly shuffled by a trackmobile, would FRA rules permit > > the same thing to occur along a slightly used spur? > > > > I might be getting a little ahead of myself since I'm still laying > > homasote, but this'll help me plan my module. > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
