Iron Horseman
Well-Known Member
While I was looking for an aluminum recycler in the Denver area I came across a real "loop" of track. For over 20 years I've driven by this and never realized it was a loop.
Enter the coordinates 39.809, -104.962 into google maps or the address 2129 E 62nd Avenue, Denver, CO. Put it in map mode. OR click here See if this link works!
While this would still be an HO 8'x16' layout or so, it reminds me of several of the track plans in 101 track plans, and Atlas #8. Double / triple track loop with a yard in the center, switch back to an engine house, and a couple "industries" on the lower left .....
This is really the power generation plant. They take full trains of coal in and ashes out. The coal unloader is just below the center on the right hand side. It is serviced by the UP from the track going off to the lower left and the BNSF by the track going off to the lower right (switch back style).
Enter the coordinates 39.809, -104.962 into google maps or the address 2129 E 62nd Avenue, Denver, CO. Put it in map mode. OR click here See if this link works!
While this would still be an HO 8'x16' layout or so, it reminds me of several of the track plans in 101 track plans, and Atlas #8. Double / triple track loop with a yard in the center, switch back to an engine house, and a couple "industries" on the lower left .....
This is really the power generation plant. They take full trains of coal in and ashes out. The coal unloader is just below the center on the right hand side. It is serviced by the UP from the track going off to the lower left and the BNSF by the track going off to the lower right (switch back style).