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Free 1905 Logging Book

Thu, 2012-07-19 03:14 — hminky

Found this thru the Google:

http://books.google.com/books?id=i-5myZhNxksC&printsec=frontcover&dq=logging&source=bl&ots=HdlxpxKp2x&sig=C9lfeLt3r1k-kc9MeBCfG2eUaV8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sekHUJjnHtO20AHC4KDXAw&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=logging&f=false

Dimensions for an Aggregate Hopper

Mon, 2012-07-09 11:51 — JohnnyUBoat

I plan to have a quarry on the layout and want to run Ortner-style aggregate hoppers in sand & gravel service. Ortners are available in HO (my scale) but they're running about $30 a piece! Considering even a modest quarry will produce more than one car of stone in a day's work, I'll need a small fleet and buying even a handful of these will be way out of my budget. After seeing so many amazing scratchbuilt pieces, I've decided to take a crack at it myself and have selected two prototype models to base my model on.

Conrail GP20R

Mon, 2012-07-09 10:22 — LPS L1

does anyone know of the horsepower rating for Conrail-ex Penn Central-ex New York Central GP20R's?

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Mythbusters: Operations In Model Railroading

Wed, 2012-07-04 20:26 — SurvivorSean

Baldwin #6000 early Genset locomotive

Mon, 2012-07-02 15:16 — JRG1951

While looking for Baldwin Centipede locomotive information on line, I discovered a interesting fact.

http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/CentipedeProject.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3967547669/

What Inspires A Young Mind To Switch A Yard

Sun, 2012-07-01 23:12 — SurvivorSean

grades on bridges

Sun, 2012-07-01 10:47 — Peter Pfotenhauer

When running over tall steel trestles and other larger bridges, how often were such tracks on the level vs on grade, especially in situations where the railroad was climbing a grade in the surrounding territory.

Are there any operational implications for our models (I am in N Scale) of having the track on grade? I have a spot where I plan to have a 4 foot steel trestle in a layout plan, and really need the 1 inch height gain I could get by keeping the track on its 2% grade over that length.

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Is this an SD70ECS?

Thu, 2012-06-21 03:06 — NormanW

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The Railway is Coming...................

I have been training a group of new Railway Police today in Abu Dhabi, in Integrated Emergency Management. The Etihad Railway is in existance, Etihad in Arabic means 'Union'.