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Signals facing 90 degrees to the main line track
Last week I was visiting Grand Junction, Colorado. I went there by flying into Salt Lake City and driving. While driving along the Central Corridor of the Union Pacific I saw some very interesting signals.
HRRC Boxcar
To All: HRRC are the reporting marks of the Housatonic Railroad. The original line was formed in 1840 in southwest New England and the modern incarnation was chartered in 1983 as a Class III short line. I painted and lettered this "What If" 40 foot boxcar to run on my layout. Photo and Herald copy work by Elvin Howland. Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout.
Prototype Rail Served Industry Scenes
The biggest issue I have is finding detailed images of rail served industries to model.
I saw this post and thought maybe,
Penn Lake 8: Enter the Dereco (Update 12/15/18)
One of my recent Morning Sun acquisitions, Dereco in Color by Arthur J. Erdman, has slightly altered my Penn Lake 8 history.
Centerbeam Flatcar Brakes?
So I have a centerbeam flatcar that I've decided to add some brake detail to, flipped over the car and drilled out the 3-way valve, air reservoir etc. Looked at some prototype photos and it looks like the trainline or some other component runs from the brake gear in the center of the car DOWN at an angle to BELOW the trucks? This looks different than any other car I've looked at the brake rigging on. What am I looking at there?
Swift reefer - searching a photo
A friendly Hallo to all!
I'm in search on a prototype picture of a wooden Swift reefer of years 1930 or a bit later. This picture is very close to this picture which I took with my new Swift reefer like this.
Battery Box styles for Diesel loco
Here's a question for the forum:
I'm thinking about purchasing an Atlas N Scale GE B23-7 engine, probably undecorated as the RR I"m covering is the Minnesota Commercial Railroad. . I know that it has a thick anticlimber but what has me stumped is the undecorated models are available with either Button Battery Box or Knuckle Battery Box.
Can anyone yield an explanation about the 2 types of battery box?
BTW - the prototype is the former Conrail # 1971 which Atlas does produce but they don't describe the battery box.
traxeditor.com
I'm trying this web based design tool while designing my layout extension. It won't work with my iPad but works ok on my laptop.
Prototype weekly photo fun - Mar 21-27
I have been reading this forum now for several years and a couple of the regular columns have come to be my favourites, namely:-
Weekend Photo Fun
What 's On Your Workbench
Recently there was a posting (What Is This Tank For? http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/25322) of a single photograph of part of the Weyerhauser plant in Washington State which generated 53 postings of lots of juicy information and discussion.
Old New Project
It has been quite some time since I last posted to my blog. I have not been up to much over the winter , certainly nothing I thought was worth sharing. Most of the models I have built are based on that which is near to where I live. So it is HBM&S or HBRY mostly. While some choose to build specific places and time, I just like to build what interests me.
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