Station 5 - Preachers Slough

Location.

History. Preachers Slough is the Saginaw Timber Company's connection to the joint UP/MILW mainline.

In the alternate history, when the WWSL acquired trackage south of the Chehelis River from the Saganaw Timber Company, the WWSL built the Chehelis River Bridge. The UP/MILW granted trackage rights from the bridge to MP x where the Saganaw Timber Company had a small interchange yard. That yard became the new interchange yard between the WWSL and the UP/Milw. 

Operations. From the Chehelis River module, the WWSL 2nd Division has trackage rights on the MILW / UP main track from South Montesano to Preachers Slough (not modeled). At Preacher's Slough, the WWSL interchanges with the MILW / UP, then continues south toward Wickwood.

Design.  Preachers Slough is designed to be the interchange point between the WWSL and the MILW/UP.  At the south end of the module, a two track spur diverges from the main track to serve the YKnott Lumber Company tie treatment plant and the Cascade Pole Company

Roadway.

Main track.
Passing siding.
Interchange track

Scenery.

Preachers Slough is designed loosely on three prototype photos I found during my research that appealed to me. 

First was a photo of a Milwaukee road freight coming out of a tunnel. (Location unknown). This will be the south portal of Tunnel 2 on the Second Subdivision.

 

I really liked this photo of the Milwaukee Road's main track and siding at Pipestone Pass. It merges well with photo 1. This will be the main track and siding, with a third track added to the left for the interchange track. The elevated road will be Highway 107 which parallels the WWSL trackage.

 

 

I was trying to figure out what the background should be at the southern end of the module. The hillside with the varied treeline in photo 3 (location unknown) came closest to the Pipestone Pass photo.

Catenary/Signaling. Second Subdivision is non-electrified. 

The real MILW/UP branch line had an automated crossing at Preachers Slough for interchange with the Saganaw Timber Company, as the timber company dumped logs into the Chehelis River at that point for movement to Aberdeen's sawmills. As that crossing is signaled, i will install dwarf signals and they will be operated by the Dispatcher.

Structures. The following structures will be built for the Preachers Slough module:

• South Portal Tunnel 2
• Highway 107 Bridge over WWSL main line
• Interchange shed (MILW/UP)
• MOW sheds
• Miscellaneous structures representing the Y. Knott Lumber Company and the Cascade Pole Company

 

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