Prototype information
Walthers 50" Coal Gondolas
Anyone know what the basis/Prototype for the New Walthers car is?
Thanks
Don Carman
Carmancraft.com
Are we allowed to post short newsletters in pdf format? How do you do it?
I received by email the latest Newsletter of the Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society, Inc. It is 4 pages about the 100th Anniversary of the Marshall, Texas T&P Depot, which is still in operation. UP is bringing in the 844 for this event. This all takes place October 20th.
I would like to share the newsletter as it has a lot of details about times, the museum, the displays and availability of the 844. I just don't know how to upload the pdf.
Den
Green Town Illinois Railroad
Where does this start?
With a boy called Douglas Spaulding who is mostly Ray Bradbury but really is every boy, and it begins with a summer when he discovered how much magic and tragedy the world could hold in a place called Green Town Illinois in a book called Dandelion Wine. The year is 1928 and there is a trolley that sparks its way around town for a few chapters at least until its final ride.
Summits
Are there features of railroads at key summit locations that show up repeatedly? How often do such locations feature a passing siding? Turning wye left over from steam? Set out tracks? Lap siding? Turntable? Industry(ies)? Do any simply have a peak in the single track where? Does it matter if the summit required helpers or not? I would tend to think so, as the railroad would put in some level of infrastructure for their operations.
Thinking at the keyboard about what I want at the summit of my climb for a N scale mountain railroad featuring helper ops.
Everything Has A Prototype!
Hey,
On may way back from Oklahoma City I found this. Look at Eldorado Oklahoma on Google maps and note the full size model railroad just East of town. I think it is for loading unit grain trains. Everything has a prototype!
Another one gone
Ontario Northland train 698 pulled into Toronto Union Station at 1900 this evening, marking the end of mainline passenger service on the ONR. The Cochrane-Moosonee Polar Bear is still operating.
David
SP Rotary Plow Plans/Details
For years I've been looking for plans and details of S.P. rotary plows. I really would like to build a couple before I get to old to enjoy them! I'd like to build one steam powered and one "modernized " with traction motors with an F7B "snail" as a power unit.
Thanks for your help!
Ben
Who said that traction freight delivery is dead?
See this traction freight train at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram#Cargo_trams
The past reinvented.
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