Look Ma, no wires. One of my earliest childhood memories is getting off the train in Philadelphia and walking by one of these GG1s that was on the head end of our train. I knew about steam locomotives and diesels but this really really blew me away. My brothers had to try to explain to me what it was.
Great looking train, Russell. An Alco C424 rumbles through the crossing past the night shift's cars. Mike
Troup Junction scene in progress ... lots of foliage and trees to be added. The Kettle Falls power sitting in the weeds on the tail track at 5 Mile Point. Have a great weekend everyone. md
A late friend on mine worked the GN Salmo office. As he described it, the operation sounded quite interesting. I have never had a chance to explore that territory. Always wondered how it was situated.
I believe the GN's Salmo B.C. operator was able to issue CPR orders! These were needed because the train northward from Kettle Falls WA to Nelson BC was scheduled but ran as an extra on CPR track for the 5 miles west from Troup Junction to Nelson. This little line began life as the Nelson & Fort Shephard, a part of Canadian JJ Hill's attempted domination of Southern BC's natural resoures in the face of his hated ex-employer, the CPR. It saw lots of interesting operations...from the tall, curving timber trestles - which were used up to the abandonment in the 90's and are still a part of a rails to trails network - to caboose gravity drops, extended backwards running, shared engine maintenance, lake steamer wharfs, etc. Power included RS3s, F units, SDs, GPs, gas electric doodle bugs, the whole works! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_and_Fort_Sheppard_Railway md
Correct. The GN operator at Salmo was CP rules qualified, and did copy CP orders. I have an example or two of the GN orders he copied. But never have acquired a CP example for this operation. My Nelson example is for other track.
Last week I had the pleasure & honor to run my trains on Todd Treaster's layout. Here's my host, Here's some shots of the great day I had. Thanks again Todd. This PC consist is pulling an 88 car coal train. After a very long run, its service time.
Those look great, Mike. I particularly like that 2nd pic. I saw the massive yard on Railimages too. Just how long is the mainline run? Mike
Mike, that 2nd shot is Todd's engine. When he stopped it on the siding, I said that a nice photo & then took it!. Its a 115 car train.The layout is huge! Trackwork is perfect. We ran my push-pull in reverse for about an hour with no problems what so ever. As far as ML running, its has to be close 500 feet or better.
Wow. I'm always in awe when I see a GG1. I had one on my Lionels when I was a kid. My carfloat terminal is almost done. The carfloat itself is mounted on a separate module, so it could be swapped out as a cassette for operations. I thought this close-up came out well -
I like seeing that marsh grass in the last photo above. It says the barge apron has been there a long time.
Yes, I like that scene as well, Mr. B. You have the waterfront captured quite nicely. I like the detail of the bow of the car float where it meets the dock. Nice modelling. Well, I have a decent photo from my new layout. I have miles go go yet, but it's a start. A C&O Heavy 4-8-2 drifts out of the south portal of Elephant Mountain. The grade is 2.2%.
Farm Scene I started on a farm tonight. I painted the backdrop and placed the rear corner of the barn against it. A few model trees helps blend it into the backdrop. I used corns talks made by JTT to represent a corner of a field. I tried to give the illusion that a clearing heads back into the distance. I used fake fur for the fields and most ground cover. Lots of little goodies to add but here's a few photos from tonight's efforts.
Jim, that's a great scene, especially the barn. I've been agonizing how to model a derelict farm, and your barn has shown me the way, thanks.
Very nice Jim J , The scene is perfect and the barn looks very real .. only thing missing is a couple of deer or some kids messing aroung the barn ... :teeth:
