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Railroad Number Research
I have been doing a bit of research on waybill and watched a few videos. The examples shown in various forms shows an actual railroad number used in identifying a particular railroad. I would like to include these on my waybills. Is there a source to find a specific identifying number for each real life railroad ? The picture included shows where the numbers mentioned in the videos were located.
Identifying coal hoppers
Going through my books on Canadian railroads during the 50's, I noticed coal hoppers from the US on mainlines and branch lines. Was this common practice? I can't find any CNR coal hoppers in images south of the border.
IAIS's West End - Atlantic depot
The ex-Rock Island depot at Atlantic, Iowa, now housing the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce, is a real landmark of my prototype, and the events of the last few weeks have led me a few steps closer to modeling it. While I'm sure that completion is far in my future, I thought I'd document the initial planning steps and then come back to this post as I make progress.
More to come in the first post.
Motorised Bridge finally tested and operating
I have finally completed the operational part of my road bridge and have been testing and tweaking it for 3 months and I'm happy with how it is working. This completes one of my laps around the room. So now I can plan my next project but with the quite chuff of a train in the background rolling by.
Placing salt on the tracks is a capital crime!
Just thought I would post this one to make you go hmmmmmm
DIFCO
While vacationing in Minnesota, I spotted a string of DIFCO side dump cars in the Proctor yard. Some time later, I bought a bunch of the Walther's models. Now that I'm finally building a layout, I realize that I don't have a clue about how these cars are used! Can anybody educate me?
Signs on gondolas rarely modeled
I saw this photo from an NKP train and noted the signs on wooden poles on a corner of each gondola. We can't tell what they say but it's not something you see modeled very often.
BNSF Preserves Historic Railroad Maps
Another article from my iPhone Google Discover news feed:
http://mynorthwest.com/1296255/bnsf-railroad-maps-northwest-history/
Anhydrous Tank Cars for 1978 era
I don't reach out for help much but I need to now. I don't know much about tank cars for hauling anhydrous and liquid fertilizers for the late 70's and in particular 1978. I have several Atlas 11,000 gallon tank cars listed for Anhydrous (Barrett, Olin, Mathieson, Spencer, and so on).
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