Helix: a circular corkscrew section of track used to get trains from a lower level to a higher level of a layout - often hidden from view, ...
Helix: A rising curve which turns around an axis like a corkscrew. Used on multilevel model railroad layouts to allow trains to move from one level to another.
Helix A spiral of tracks, raising or lowering. Used on multilevel layouts.
Helper Additional locomotive used to help a train get over a difficult or steep spot.
Hostler Person that moves locomotives around.
Helix
A spiral track, like a corkscrew, for changing elevations on a model railroad.
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Helix - A climbing or decending curve which turns around an axis like a corkscrew. Used on multilevel layouts to allow trains to go from one level to another in a relitively small space.
73 mile long 'spiral' (though technically it is a helix) on the railroad main line through the Tehachapi Mountains in south central California, connecting the San Joaquin Valley to Los Angeles via the Antelope Valley.
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The senior center HO scale DCC train room measures 11 feet wide by 15 1/2 feet long. There are two helixes with a diameter of 5 feet each with 5 ½ spirals that raise the two tracks to a 2 foot elevated level.
While only some scenery is complete, they have a functional mainline, and are coming closer to completing the rest or the layout every day. In the works are plans for a helix to allow running to a second level, and an additional yard.
Cocks, M. Turley, G. Thornton, K. Vernon, R. Via, A. Walker, A. Ward, R. Wilmoth, L. Wolfgang, A. Wright, anowak@helix.com, cbassf20@aol.com, filermJim@aol.com, jbrazil@ccmail.wpl.com, shannon@saintmarys.edu.
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