| Clinician: Mark
Brunton |
Phone: 856-910-9919 |
Email: bruntonma@yahoo.com |
|
| Location: Camden
County, NJ |
| Category: Planning |
Title: Helix
Design Considerations, and Building the Behemoth Helix |
| Scale: all |
Last
presented: NMRA
Hartford 2009 |
Description: This
clinic discusses major design considerations of a helix, including
grades (real and compensated), train out-of-sight time, footprint of a
helix, stringlining a train, etc., then goes on to show my own helix
construction as an example. Included in the example are the major
mistakes I made, and how to avoid making them yourself. A Handout of
useful design formulae and considerations will be provided to
attendees.
|
| Other
clinics by
clinician: None |