I know this may sound negative but having operated many shortlines I wonder who in your group, Bill has the resources to purchase the track from...
I currently, have an HO layout, wye to a balloon track, basically a pair of 4'X8'sections cut to fit with a 1' shelf down 25' of two walls in...
These are Boeing fuselages moving from Wichita, KS where they are made to, I believe, Kent, WA where they are assembled into planes. Barry
Thanks, Hytec for the nice words. Actually I was in N scale for 45 years and still have over 200 cars, 50 locomotives, additional track and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Attached, is a shot of a small, N scale, experimental, layout I built to test the reliability and operating...
Hi Boxcab: I have used this picture in several power points teaching railroaders over the years. As I recall, the situation was that the...
A four wheel locomotive with one traction motor cut out. Barry
Very possibly he was "dead" on his hours of service and awaiting transportation back to his final tie up/release point. If that was the case he...
Randy, that's a great description of how the automatic air brake system operates. Do you mind if I include your comments in my training notes for...
As I understand it, the MM&A had an engineering(track/MOW) employee on hand to aid the fire department. The bigger question is not about the...
Nice work on the weathering, Randy. Reefers are my favorite car and you have weathered them well. Barry
I really don't think any of this is bad. In my case, I purchased way too much back when product was plentiful and so were the dollars to purchase....
Wheel of Time makes/made great Harriman, 60', coaches and baggage cars in N scale for IC, UP, SP and one other road. Barry
Hi Ken: I don't know why the tanks are being stored on Eastern Idaho? But I do know that several of our railroads are storing excess freight cars...
A slight correction folks. The RailEx Washington facility, is up one a hill in Wallula, Washington. It's switched by a switching service using an...
I would make the connection at A, a full wye by adding a curve from the branch to the yard above your work area back to the main. This provides...
Those cars, all former B&M RDCs, are owned by Watco (a large, shortline railroad/car/locomotive shop/transload company) and are used for...
I believe that was the Soo job, on the old MN&S line, which services Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line. When I started up the line for PGR and ran...
I worked for the WC from day one until nine years later and ran on a fair amount of it's track. It looks very much like places I ran with or...
Boxcab is right as usual. Chicago Heights Terminal and Transfer was a MOPAC subsidiary which handled heavy switching service in Chicago Heights,...
