rogueranger1993
Narrow Gauge Enthusiast
So, my current project is the construction of a small narrow gauge railway set in the mountains of Colorado during the 1880s or 90s. Currently, I have set the line's overall speed limit at 10mph, with a reduced limit of 7mph in yards. The line is mostly a kind of model railroad, I've just chosen to model it (at least at the present moment) without a table/room.
My question is, based on prototypical practice, what kind of speed limits should I be using as inspiration for the ones I'm setting up on my route? In particular, there are a few areas of this topic I want to know more about.
#1: Speed limits for bridges: I have a number of bridges, including two tall wooden trestles, a tall steel trestle, a medium-height wooden trestle, and a couple of short wooden trestles. What kind of speed limits would a real 3-foot railroad of my time period set for such bridges?
#2: Speed limits for a canyon wall line: I have one section of track that is very similar to the highline of the Durango and Silverton RR, what kind of speed limit does the D&S place on trains while they're running through that section of track?
#3 Speed limits within stations/yards: What kind of speed limits did prototype 3-foot railroads set for trains while they were operating within a yard or near a station?
My question is, based on prototypical practice, what kind of speed limits should I be using as inspiration for the ones I'm setting up on my route? In particular, there are a few areas of this topic I want to know more about.
#1: Speed limits for bridges: I have a number of bridges, including two tall wooden trestles, a tall steel trestle, a medium-height wooden trestle, and a couple of short wooden trestles. What kind of speed limits would a real 3-foot railroad of my time period set for such bridges?
#2: Speed limits for a canyon wall line: I have one section of track that is very similar to the highline of the Durango and Silverton RR, what kind of speed limit does the D&S place on trains while they're running through that section of track?
#3 Speed limits within stations/yards: What kind of speed limits did prototype 3-foot railroads set for trains while they were operating within a yard or near a station?