A Katy freight heads north outside San Marcos. The crummy crew is taking advantage of the nice weather.
We had an ops session a couple of weeks ago on the C&W. This is Dispatcher Len Thompson's preferred way of getting the two pushers down the hill from the Farron Summit helper station to Castlegar to help the afternoon ore train: he has them cut in behind the Eastbound Boundary wayfreight which has no work in the three scale miles between Farron and the foot of the hill. The photo was taken by Rene Gourley on his iPhone - Rene was the engineer on X8602E, the Eastbound wayfreight - and he applied an Instagram filter to the photo to make it look like an old 70's print. Have a great weekend everyone. md
Just curious- Is this copied from prototype CP practice? Or is he possibly simulating a potential need for more braking?
Neither....when CP introduced diesels on the southern mainline they dropped pushers (CP's term for helpers regardless where they were cut in) altogether but we include them for operational interest on the resurrected ore trains (copper mines in the area also being largely played out by 1970). Len likes to cut them in so he doesn't need to create and manage another extra down the hill against traffic. They simply ride on the Eastbound wayfreight's orders. It makes for an interesting sight coming down the eastern side of the hill. MD
Here are some recently finished freight cars! Here is a Branchline #1100 Double Door Boxcar kit built with the Despatch Roof and Ends to replicate NYC Lot 884B which was repainted to PC Green and lettered with Microscale Decals to show a repainted PC Car. This is a CB&T 40' Boxcar Kit, with added detail, painted Dark Green and lettered with Highball Graphics decals. This car could be seen all around the country as the North Stratford Railroad was funded by the State of New Hampshire as an old B&M Branchline that serviced the Ethan Allen Plant in Bellow Falls, NH. (Although most of the railroad was in Vermont). Another PC Repaint of an ACF 3500CF Covered Hopper from the PRR, Class H44. Car was lettered with Highball Graphics Decals. Thanks for looking, Rick J
Gross Dam Rd now has a prototypically rough grade crossing, complete with low, bone jarring joints in the ties: Glen and I have roughed-in scenery at Tunnel 19:
The replacement "Commercial Hotel" in Flagstaff has been put on the layout, triggering a bunch of other changes to come. But for the first time the right building is now in the background as it should be. Details in the Commercial Hotel thread in the N side. Looking at 'finished work' and deciding to completely redo it to higher standards is a different kind of modeling for sure.
I look forward each week to this site and view workmanship that I will probably never obtain. Now I need to click on several sites just to get here. Is this a better site or are you just trying to confuse us old folks? At least before, you knew when there was a new post because it went to the top. Now I don't know how to tell.
I agree with Daryl. Would it be possible to have a link to each of the unread threads instead of just the latest, which appears to override and block all earlier threads?
Thanks, I'll take it from the designated forum Urban Modeling Goddess! My current count is 20 scratchbuilt structures from photos and sketches in Flag. I did that depot back in 1975 for the prior layout, that was the very first. Other than being upgraded with better windows once, it's still pretty much the same.
