chrispearce
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Dear Members,
I am a little baffled about passenger depots on some US lines. These tend to be the more rural ones. Where a railroad is double tracked there often seems to be a platform on one line only. White Suplhur Springs WV is a good example which would work well for westbound trains (ie. for Cinncinati) but not so great for eastbound trains. Looking at Google Maps shows that eastbound trains could easily crossover to use the platform then cross back onto the correct line. Is this what happened? Surely this would block the mainlne for a while? Or do you get to alight onto the trackside? Surely not.
As to Clifton Forge I can't imagine what happens there as the mainlines through the station end up in some sort of industry filled with coal hoppers.
If you are able to shed any light on this I would be most grateful.
Incidently,I am building Hinton WV to Clifton Forge VA to as near-scale as I can. I want to let Auran's H8 2-6-6-6s let rip on the correct bit of line. Got just beyond White Sulphur Springs today and so I am a stone's-throw from the summit. Funny thing is the distance from Hinton to the summit is pretty long and starts from 420m elevation and the Alleghany summit is 633m so 0.5-0.6% gradients are fine. However, the descent to Clifton Forge is a drop to 340m in a very short distance. I guess that's where those 1.43% grades I read about will come in handy!
I am a little baffled about passenger depots on some US lines. These tend to be the more rural ones. Where a railroad is double tracked there often seems to be a platform on one line only. White Suplhur Springs WV is a good example which would work well for westbound trains (ie. for Cinncinati) but not so great for eastbound trains. Looking at Google Maps shows that eastbound trains could easily crossover to use the platform then cross back onto the correct line. Is this what happened? Surely this would block the mainlne for a while? Or do you get to alight onto the trackside? Surely not.
As to Clifton Forge I can't imagine what happens there as the mainlines through the station end up in some sort of industry filled with coal hoppers.
If you are able to shed any light on this I would be most grateful.
Incidently,I am building Hinton WV to Clifton Forge VA to as near-scale as I can. I want to let Auran's H8 2-6-6-6s let rip on the correct bit of line. Got just beyond White Sulphur Springs today and so I am a stone's-throw from the summit. Funny thing is the distance from Hinton to the summit is pretty long and starts from 420m elevation and the Alleghany summit is 633m so 0.5-0.6% gradients are fine. However, the descent to Clifton Forge is a drop to 340m in a very short distance. I guess that's where those 1.43% grades I read about will come in handy!
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