MER Clinic: Helix Design Considerations, and Building the Behemoth Helix

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.

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