Preliminary Track Plan - A three level track plan
PDF link to the multi-deck plan here. One sheet per deck.
The first level is southeastern South Dakota. Upper level is the South Dakota Black Hills, starting with Custer with the branch to Hot Springs, SD. Lower Level exists to support Sioux City, the main yard and staging for the other decks.
Here are some scratches that I've been keeping in a Google doc about the towns that will be modeled and some potential indistries to be modeled. Will be a mix of real and ficticious.
Stations / Towns
Whitewood - staging for DM&E / FEMV - Hidden staging level
Tracks spaced 2 inches on center.
Off the helix, we’ll put a #8 left hand switch followed by two RH #6 switches
Deadwood
Use Walthers City Station as stand-in for C&NW station
Fisher & Hunter
T. C. Fruit Co
Lumber Yard
Orohondo
Cyanide tanks
Kirk / Yates yard
Coal dump for the power plant - maybe some traffic for Lead, SD and the Homestake mine.
91 can only handle 3 loads up to the plant from yates. 227 can handle 6.
DPM Powerhouse?
Coal dump shed
From corrugated metal sheets,
Method for making sheets from heavy aluminum foil: https://mrr.trains.com/videos/expert-tips/2016/05/model-railroader-quick-tips-corrugated-metal-siding
Corrugated siding in sheet styrene in my scratchbuild box
Coal Dump Trestle - maybe use walthers trestle bents?
Fantail / Lead
Cement plant
Cyanide tank cars - cyanide is used in gold mining
Might also be called Hydrocyanic acid
I don't know if it was the D&H that served it, but there used to be a Hampshire Chemical Company plant in Nashua, NH (it's a field now). It had hydrogen cyanide tank cars going to it. They are rather unique looking cars.
Mine tailings out
Scrap out
Homestake mine equipment in
Dumont - highest point on the line. Elevation 6,155 Marker. No town.
Hill City
Pella Depot?
Winery?
Brewery
Black Hills Forest Products - name of a company operating in Hill City now.
Pringle
Cement Plant
Lumbermill
Scrap yard
Sioux City - This yard assembles trains for both the High Line and Garretson / Corson Sub. High Line trains are moved to Lincoln via a transfer job
Terra Chemicals
Engine terminal
Garretson
Fertilizer Depot
Spur (Marshall Subdivision) to
Splitrock
Shuttle elevator
Fertilizer depot
Marshall
MCP
Staging for traffic to/from Wilmar
Corson
MW Railcar
Feed plant
Fertilizer depot
Sioux Falls
Winn-chil Frozen Foods Terminal
Stone Container - paper rolls in, corrugated paper out
Carlson Distributing - Beer in.
TJN Scrap
Raven Industries
Rainbow Play systems?
Roof truss outfit?
Scott Lumber / Lampert Yards
Dry bulk cement facility
Engine service facility
E&E?
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