Well you can do the selective compression. La Crosse has lots of switching,
then there are things like Dubuque, Cochrane grain, power plants (Genoa,
Cassville, Alma), plus the Winona interchange, Portage, Savanna, Savanna
Army Depot, etc.
Existing layout wise the only printed one I am aware of was the Kalmbach N
scale from 1990. A few local around La Crosse the based their layout on the
BN river line (fairly small). In the virtual computer world I have been
working on a MS Train Simulator version of the BN, Soo/Milw from Savanna to
St. Croix. This will not see the light of day until at least the next
generation simulator due to limitation with the program.
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Matt Carlson
La Crosse, Wisconsin
matt.carlson@railmemories.com
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Chapman
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:16 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Prairie du Chien depot photos online?
Cy, hi,
I've got the articles as well as the book published by Kalmbach. Those
materials are helpful, but I try to be precise with my CAD drawings.
And, in the Kalmbach materials, the length of the building is given in
N scale as 5-1/4 inches, for example. Not accurate enough, I don't
think. Plus, I couldn't get the brick pattern established even though
I scanned the printed photos.
Lots of interesting stuff about trackside buildings in that article
series, though.
Side note: I purchased track profile and other materials a few years
ago in order to study the line from LaCrosse to Savannah for an N
scale layout. Love that line scenery-wise, but double track and very
little switching opportunities seemed to make it operationally bland.
I wonder if I was wrong about that. . . . Are there any layouts of
this line out there, anyone know?
Cy, thanks for your note.
-Brian
Brian Chapman
Evansdale, Iowa
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