Prototype Railroading
Crossing gate with wires in the way
I was out looking around the Grafton & Upton today and came across this new crossing gate on Pleasant St. in Upton. The had a situation where there were wires right next to the street on one side, so here’s the solution:
The arm is configure to just not go up all the way. A closer view:
The Siskiyou Line by Drone(ATTN Joe F.)
Here is a very nice video of the Siskiyou Line. The Medford train heading to Hornbrook.
The video has 1 dislike and I thought it may have been Joe because no SP units were used in the filming of the video. ;)
Serving businesses on Coal Branch...
OK,
Without going too deep into the weeds here, I am asking a question that hopefully doesn't need to me to go into the why I would like to do this. What I care about is achieving my benchmark that has me asking how was this typically done by the prototype's typically found in PA, WV, and OH in the early 1950s.
Correct orientation of passenger car trucks
I have noticed on my passenger car trucks that there is often a horizontal bar on the side of the truck. See photo below. I assume it is some sort of torsion bar. Most of my cars have it mounted so that the bar is towards the center of the car. Some have it towards the outside. Is there a correct way or does it matter?
East Broad Top Railroad has been purchased
QUOTE:
EBT Foundation Inc., a new nonprofit organization has purchased the railroad from the Kovalchick family.
Bernd
Poling pockets
Got to wondering. Why do they still have poling pockets? When did railroads stop using a pole to push a car? It must have been Big Bad John to be able to push more than one car? And back when they used a loco and poling car, the danger to humans was pretty high. So obviously, it's a good thing they don't do that anymore. ?? Or do they? Is there any reason why they still have poling pockets on cars?
Illinois Central Question
Hi All:
I model the autumn of 1964. The IC is one of my southernmost connections. I would like to have representative pieces of their rolling stock for my traffic patterns, however I'm ignorant about things IC.
I just purchased a 40' boxcar with their "Mainline of the Mid-West" slogan on the side because I figure I'm safe in doing so. I also know that the IC and GM&O didn't merge until well after my modeling years, so that for sure should be avoided. My question marks are:
* When did the split-rail image began to be seen?
C&O manual turnout throws: Proto manuf and HO sources?
Dear MRHers,
Quick questions, as my Google-fu is failing me right now...
1- What Manual ground throw was the C&Os weapon-of-choice circa 1950s?
(Greenbrier sub, if that helps)
2- Are we talking high-level lanterns and direction indicators, or just low-level "flip over" handles?
3- Any known/preferred HO sources or options?
From some searching, Century Foundry and Details-West has come up empty,
I'm loathe to buy complete CI throws just for the lanterns and direction-indicators,
(the model turnouts are already Tortoise-powered, this is a visual-only addition),
MRH made UP's list of best railfan web sites!
Yay! MRH made it to the Union Pacific's "The Best Websites for Rail Fans" list. Here's a link:
https://www.up.com/customers/track-record/tr012820-best-websites-for-rail-fans.htm
SP Daylight head end cars
I want some guidance from our SP experts. What are accurate head end cars for an SP Daylight train of the early 50s? Specifically, within the context of E-unit motive power and full width diaphragms.I have many of the BLI Daylight cars but do not know what to add for headend.
Baggage, RPO? Also, I understand there was a transition period where the full width diaphragms were being removed due to maintenance cost issues. Would it be appropriate to include the excellent Genesis non- articulated cars in the consist?
Thanks for your input.
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