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Frequent poster 582 posts AndreChapelon Frequent poster 582 posts
AndreChapelon

There is a industrial switching area at the southern edge of Gilroy, CA just as you cross the UP mainline on US 101 northbound. I'd seen switching taking place before when passing by on 101. Curious, today I decided to take a look at aerial views. I was kind of blown away to discover that the industrial trackage actually forms an Inglenook. It's a large Inglenook covering considerable acreage, but it's an Inglenook nonetheless (schematically anyway) even if it's a bit more convoluted than your standard modeler's Inglenook.

http://tinyurl.com/l3fkbb3 

It's in the southeast end of town to the right of US 101. You'll see on the overall map where US 101 curves first to the right and then to the left.  The industrial switching are starts slightly to the right of where the right hand curve is.

If I ever find an industrial switching area that's a Timesaver, I think I'll take up knitting.

Mike

 

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santa fe 1958 Regular poster 393 posts
santa fe 1958

Fascinating!

Fascinating, following ariel views such as this.

Looks quite an interesting little switching scenario.

Then curiosity got the better of me and I followed the main line south, to where a single track verged off......  carried on down to Holister, and found more spurs, complete with box cars.

Will have to carry on 'traveling' down the route.....

 

Brian

Brian

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Bremner Prolific poster 1,217 posts
Bremner

found a mix....

I was looking at Google maps, and I found a cross of an Inglenook and a timesaver! This is in Casa Grande, AZ on the old SP

 

 

http://sopacincg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/protonook.jpg

 

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Joe Brugger Prolific poster 1,014 posts
Joe Brugger

amazing

Bremner, not only is it an inglenook, but they appear to have installed a large part of it using Kato Uni-track.

 
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Bremner Prolific poster 1,217 posts
Bremner

might model it

I'm thinking about modeling this as my extention of my layout

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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

How will...

you model the car puller?

Bill Brillinger

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AndreChapelon Frequent poster 582 posts
AndreChapelon

Where's Byron Henderson When We Really Need Him?

http://sopacincg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/protonook.jpg

This looks like something a model railroader would design, a switchback with a very short tail track. Not only that, but it appears to me that there's enough open land that the facility could have been built sans the switchback. At least there's not some kind of building immediately adjacent to the tail track.

Mike

 

 

and, to crown their disgraceful proceedings and add insult to injury, they threw me over the Niagara Falls, and I got wet.

From Mark Twain's short story "Niagara"
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Jon In Krakow New member 25 posts
Jon In Krakow

Get out your knitting needles...

...cuz here's a genuine TimeSaver:

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d683!2d-87.2090773!3d30.4018636!2m1!1e3&fid=7

...although one could argue that the extensions to the right/east make it not a timesaver, but the fact remains that you have the runaround loop, with a spur, and a switchback. Just on the other side of the building is another arrangement that incorporates a timesaver. Oh, and if you follow north, to the north end of the port, you will find an Inglenook (sort of). This is the Port of Pensacola, and has some awesome features to it. 

Follow the tracks through the street, up to where the port spur meets the mainline, and then follow the mainline east and north, just past I10, there is a railroad bridge across the bay. Right next to it is a now unused ferry slip. That slip would have made an Inglenook back when it was being used. Enjoy.
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Bremner Prolific poster 1,217 posts
Bremner

close enough....

you're right Jon, it is close to a timesaver

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