Large Scale Central

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http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/kettle_valley/_forumfiles/KVRR.KEY

Well that did not work…plan B…when I figure it out. (maybe)
Just acquired a small bit of real estate from SWMBO for a small RR, wanted some input from the pros here on what I could do. Will get it scanned and put into PDF and try again in the next day or so.

What is a .KEY file?

It’s an old drawing program from about 1995 or earlier. Trying to make it come into the 21st century. :slight_smile:

One thing you could do is to get a .PDF print driver and print from the old drawing program to create a .PDF file. There are only a handful of file types that web browsers can handle.

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I don’t think I’ll download it but maybe this would help.

http://windows-updates.net/m/filehelp.php?C=FSUS&file=.KEY

Everytime I fool with downloads, I frig em up, or so it seems…:slight_smile: :slight_smile:

http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/kettle_valley/_forumfiles/KVRR.pdf

Put some track down before she changes her mind :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :wink:

Randy:

Nice sized area for a RR.

Just a couple of comments:

  1. You show an elevation change of 39" from one end to the other. That would put your required gradient at something around 7 to 8%. Too steep for mainline trains, and on the very top edge for logging, mining and industrial RRs. You need to consider what to do to reduce that elevation difference, especially if you intend to do a loop.

  2. Yesterday I took up about 100’ of track that was around and near a pine tree. The falling pine needles made it impossible to operate my RR there. The offending tree was really cute, with the RR going around it when planted over 20 years ago. It had gone from an attribute to a serious problem. The tree cutters are going to remove the tree completely as soon as our late season rains stop and the area dries enough to allow access for their heavy equipment.

Happy (NEW!) RRing,

Jerry

I have started a thread in the tracks forum

Jerry Bowers said:
[i][/i]Yesterday I took up about 100' of track that was around and near a pine tree. The falling pine needles made it impossible to operate my RR there. The offending tree was really cute, with the RR going around it when planted over 20 years ago. It had gone from an attribute to a serious problem. The tree cutters are going to remove the tree completely as soon as our late season rains stop and the area dries enough to allow access for their heavy equipment.
Pine trees can be a problem, but some of us have to live with it. More than half of my railroad is under a line of Spruce trees, one over 50 foot tall. The needles foul switches and create great clumps of debris when it rains hard. It's just something that I regularly have to take care of as routine maintenance. I can't afford to remove them and I love the shade in Summer.