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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:44 pmPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:59 pmBrickrail782 wrote:I'm planning on creating an extension of the Kansas City - Topeka route when it comes out, but I'm having a hard time finding track charts for the area. Does anyone know of some places where I could look?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:41 pmPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:49 pmBrickrail782 wrote:I'll have to see if I can scrape up enough cash to buy those, they look like a great resource!
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:37 pmPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:06 pmBNSFdude wrote:The point of having the track charts is to have precise data on curvature and gradient, not so much placement and scenery.
Brickrail782 wrote:I'm planning on creating an extension of the Kansas City - Topeka route when it comes out, but I'm having a hard time finding track charts for the area. Does anyone know of some places where I could look?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:04 pmBoostedFridge wrote:BNSFdude wrote:The point of having the track charts is to have precise data on curvature and gradient, not so much placement and scenery.
^ Exactly right. Real railroad track charts give a wealth of useful data beyond just the grades. Before I had a chart for the Siskiyou I was often squinting at zoomed in blurry Google Earth views trying to figure out what type of girders a bridge had. After, there was no guesswork to it, as the exact length, type and construction would be listed on the track chart.Brickrail782 wrote:I'm planning on creating an extension of the Kansas City - Topeka route when it comes out, but I'm having a hard time finding track charts for the area. Does anyone know of some places where I could look?
I strongly endorse getting your hands on a proper set of track charts if you are indeed serious about extending/making a prototypical route. In the meantime though, I've shared links below to employee made fog charts for the Kansas City and Salina service units from ~2008. They have the grade changes, track layout, distances, crossings, and signals, but are more condensed and harder to read than an actual track chart. Let me know when you've downloaded these so I can remove them from my google drive.
Salina Service Unit - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1INc4bL81ScTBcYuvnT7JQKN9MG4zWaFU
Kansas City Service Unit - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ITuqZmBRVyg4Qp0xzi3O1Nw4SCug3drz
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:49 pmPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:11 pmBoostedFridge wrote:BNSFdude wrote:The point of having the track charts is to have precise data on curvature and gradient, not so much placement and scenery.
^ Exactly right. Real railroad track charts give a wealth of useful data beyond just the grades. Before I had a chart for the Siskiyou I was often squinting at zoomed in blurry Google Earth views trying to figure out what type of girders a bridge had. After, there was no guesswork to it, as the exact length, type and construction would be listed on the track chart.Brickrail782 wrote:I'm planning on creating an extension of the Kansas City - Topeka route when it comes out, but I'm having a hard time finding track charts for the area. Does anyone know of some places where I could look?
I strongly endorse getting your hands on a proper set of track charts if you are indeed serious about extending/making a prototypical route. In the meantime though, I've shared links below to employee made fog charts for the Kansas City and Salina service units from ~2008. They have the grade changes, track layout, distances, crossings, and signals, but are more condensed and harder to read than an actual track chart. Let me know when you've downloaded these so I can remove them from my google drive.
Salina Service Unit - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1INc4bL81ScTBcYuvnT7JQKN9MG4zWaFU
Kansas City Service Unit - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ITuqZmBRVyg4Qp0xzi3O1Nw4SCug3drz
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:37 am