Screenshot of the Week: Ends 4-16 - Mountains

[lsstaten]

 

[gary6204]

a passenger train and freight train meet while crossing a mountain pass

 

[Klinger]

That would be a much better picture if it was taken in Driver

 

[hert]

hert:wave:

 

[fastdraw]

Question?

Hert, could you tell me where that station and dual gauge track is available please?
Great shot, btw, brrr.........!
:wave:

 

[cascaderailroad]

I thought that dual gauge track had only three rails in the prototype ?

Man do I hate Speed Trees...

 

[Klinger]

Not true!! At the Colorado Railroad museum, we have 4 rail dual gauge track around the roundhouse. This was done so that locomotives would be more evenly balanced on the turntable (which is standard gauge). If we used 3 rail track, narrow gauge engines would put more weight on one side of the turntable.

I think this was common practice when it came to dual gauge turntables.

 

[ish6]

Really cool shotz guys! :wave:

 

[hert]

Hert, could you tell me where that station and dual gauge track is available please?
Great shot, btw, brrr.........!
:wave:

The station is Trainzitalia Payware which I reskinned the roof to make it look like it has snow on it.

And the track I believe is called quad rail track available on the DLS.

hth,
hert