I'm not 100% sure where I read it - either the railway or the highway traffic act...
Grade Crossings that are not protected by mechanical devices - signals and/or gates - must have a clear view on either side of the crossing. I don't recall the distance, and it may also depend on track speed. So I would think that what you want to do is okay. It's also possible an exception could be made if the railroad flagged the crossing, but I'm guessing there. Ken On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 7:25 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* empirebuilderjjhill <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:24 PM > *Subject:* {S-Scale List} Are 'tree-tunnels' allowed on branch lines :-) > > > > I realized how funny this sounded while writing it… > > 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. > >
