I realized how funny this sounded while writing itÂ…
Anyway, I'm building a module and, after learning that the S-mod forum had
effectively shut down, was directed to this forum.
The module I'm building is a 48"X38" section of straight track that will
feature a spur connecting the club's two track mainline with an initially
parallel single track branch line. Picture three parallel tracks with the
third track, the branch line, set apart from the other two and connected to the
middle track by a spur and two right hand switches.
To create the illusion of spacial compression between the two track main and
the single track branch, I'm going to put a dense stand of coniferous trees
between these.
After seeing this along a long industrial siding near my house, I got the idea
of "boxing in" the spur with trees to further the illusion of space between the
two lines. This "tree tunnel" appears to have been formed as trackside trees
were trimmed up to a height of approximately 20' but spread out above this
point and eventually the trees on either side of the track merged together at
the 20' level, creating a "tunnel" of foliage.
Now this occurred along a (presumably privately owned) industrial siding that
serves a single business but receives several deliveries a week and where cars
are regularly shuffled by a trackmobile, would FRA rules permit the same thing
to occur along a slightly used spur?
I might be getting a little ahead of myself since I'm still laying homasote,
but this'll help me plan my module.
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