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Sausalito Tunnel to San Rafael - Trackage 1
The trackage in this section includes the main line from Sausalito to San
Anselmo, the San Anselmo Junction and yards, the branch line from San Anselmo to
San Rafael, the San Rafael yards, and the branch line from San Rafael to San
Quentin Landing. San Quentin Landing will extend into a water feature
scheduled for construction in the spring of 2008. So this line will be
connected to the main line heading out of San Anselmo and running through the
lower tunnel. This temporary connection will allow for continuous loop
operation in the summer of 2007.
Prototype Track Plan
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This map shows the NPC main line trackage from Sausalito to San
Anselmo, continuing to Manor. It also shows the branch line from
San Anselmo to San Rafael and San Quentin Landing. A branch line
also extends to Mill Valley. |
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To the left is the prototype track plan for San Anselmo for 1900.
The above photo from 1898 does not show all the structures on the plan. |
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This image shows the NPC track plan in San Rafael. There were
two stations on the NPC line, one the West End Station and the other the
B Street Station. |
NPC Garden RR Track Plan
All major trackage on the prototype track plan will be modeled with the
following modifications.
 | The Sausalito Shops and Sausalito Dock will be modified indoors in my
basement family room. Sausalito will be connected to San Anselmo with
a line that will run into the unimproved portion of my basement through a
basement window to the outdoors. The indoor portion is scheduled for
construction in the winter of 2007-8. The indoor and outdoor lines
will be connected in the spring of 2008. |
| The branch line to Mill Valley will be modeled but not in the location
shown on the map. It will be taken off after San Anselmo which will
allow it to come off at the bottom of the hill in my back yard. |
| The water feature to be installed in this section will play the role of
San Anselmo Creek as well as the portion of San Francisco Bay containing San
Quentin Landing. |
| The yards in San Anselmo will be modeled in mirrored form allowing the
branch to San Rafael to be to the West, rather than the East in the
prototype. |
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To the left is a horizontally reversed image of the San Anselmo
track plan, the way in which it will be modeled. Beginning with
the line coming from San Francisco at the bottom of the image, the
branch to San Rafael will exit to to the left through a tunnel under the
staircase. The branch to Cazadero, shown exiting to the right,
will loop back left and pass through the lower tunnel in the staircase. San Anselmo Creek
will begin to the left of the track from San Francisco and will cross
over to the right. From there it will follow the main line toward Cazadero as
it does in this reversed image. Structures shown on
the track plan will be modeled as well as sidings and the wye. Not
all structures are shown in the above 1898 photo. |
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This photo shows the general area in which San Anselmo will be
constructed. The main line from Sausalito will enter from the
bottom of the photo. The branch line to San Rafael will curve left and
pass through the upper tunnel under the staircase in the middle of the
photo. Meanwhile the main line to Cazadero will turn right then
loop left, passing through the lower tunnel near the middle right edge
of the photo. The San Anselmo yards will be located just above the
lower tunnel, ending near the staircase. |
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Once the line to San Rafael has passed through the upper tunnel
(barely visible on the right side of the photo), it will traverse the
hill looping back to the lower tunnel at the left of the photo.
While traversing this loop, the San Rafael yards will be modeled. Once
the line leaving San Rafael has passed through the power tunnel it will
extend to the lower holding pond of the water feature. The San
Quentin docks will be modeled in the water feature.
At this point no final decisions have been made as to how the San
Rafael yards will be modeled. When the decision has been made, an
update will be posted. |
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