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Quincy and Torch Lake RR - remains
This isn't related to the RGS, but it's a cool narrow gauge railroad in Michigan copper mining country, and there's a lot of remains. Photos and a few details in my blog:
http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2015/07/not-rgs-but-interesting-ng-stuff-quinc...
An Incredible Resource - April 1990 CN Winnipeg Terminal Car Control Manual
An Incredible Resource
Steve Boyko, recently posted a page from a very interesting document in a Facebook Railfan group I belong to.
The document is the April 1990 edition of the CN Winnipeg Terminal Car Control Manual.
When I saw the post my brain went haywire.
It contains track diagrams and car spot lists, codes, and names, for EVERY CN Customer in Winnipeg in 1990!
**Mind Blown**
Hill's Pet food plant
Spent last night finishing the track work for the Hill's Pet Nutrition plant in Commerce CA. It's situated on a 2'x5' or so peninsula off the layout and will be one of the key anchor industries on my LAJ. The plant was served by two tracks, for a total of six car spots.
A Peculiar Line Car from Quebec: QRL&P Co #200
I need some help learning about this car. So far I've found out that firstly, Arroseuse is French and directly translates to "water car" in English. Water car Sprinkler... Yes... It has pipes and nozzles. So, it's a line car that sprinkles water. But why!? What is a water sprinkling car useful for!? Please educate me on this if you may.
N&W Alco RS-11 Air Intake Vents/Shutters
Hello
Today I have a product to share with you that has been missing until very recently.
The story began with a pair of "NW" RS-11s from Atlas dating back to mid-2000s. When I decided a year or two ago to keep their factory paint and make them more prototypically accurate, I discovered a body modification. All N&W purchased RS-11s had shutters/vents added over the air intakes at some point in the early 60s. I searched Walthers and other places for possible solutions, but couldn't come up with any leads.
Laying pipe
for fibre-optic cable along Ontario Northland right-of-way
http://www.onrgallery.com/picoftheday/picarchive692.html
http://www.onrgallery.com/picoftheday/picarchive691.html
http://www.onrgallery.com/picoftheday/picarchive694.html
among many other interesting photos on http://www.onrgallery.com
The Bermuda Railway
Is a subject that absolutely fascinates me. To that end I've started a Facebook group to try and gather like minded individuals to share and discuss what we know about this little 22 mile railway across the Bermuda Islands.
Training and Errors...switching with inexperienced Conductors
Today was the first day that I used my Madras Oregon Switching Layout for a training session of New Hire Conductors. The layout is far from finished, aren't all layouts? but the track all works and I got the switch controllers operational. Other then a little dirty track, which I had forgotten to clean, and a switch that needed some adjustment, the layout ran really well.
Follow along as some Green Horns tackle a switching layout...
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