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Alcos in Portugal
Interested in A-1-A Alco 1951 built RSC-3 in daily commuter service? Then Barreiro Portugal was a good place to be. Latest blog post : https://ageologistchasingtrains.blogspot.com/2020/12/portugal-alcos-july-1995.html
What's on Your Workbench - December 2020
Wow, it's December! I'll bet many of you started projects last month. Let’s see your workbench and layout progress as we kick off another month.
Eric
Eric Hansmann
Editor-at-Large, Model Railroad Hobbyist
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Bob Fallowfield does an interesting set of internet videos.
The current video is an interview with a CN train controller. Bob Fallowfield is a familiar interviewer from TMTV and does more than this single “Platforum”. See the link below. Enjoy!
Underground mine at the Copper King and a visit to Lark Utah.
Larks connection with the Bingham Canyon mine.
GM&O Manifest Sheets
Where can I locate manifest sheets for GM&O local trains out of Jackson TN ln the late 1950s early 1960s ?
Thanks
Tanks on Towers
What are these towers for?....sand, fuel whatever?
They are brass units I picked up at a show long ago
Brian
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TYCO HO (And AHM/Model Power/Con-Cor/Bachmann.....etc.) Truss bridge.
Is there an actual prototype for this bridge? Or, as in many cases it was a made-up item for the tor train market? I have 4 and want to use them in my layout but I'd like to know about the accuracy of these bridges before I use them.
Thanks for any info/help.
David Harding
Blasting at Copper King and Bingham canyon mines.
Exciting time when they Blast at the mine, the ground shakes a large piece of mountain lifts into the air then settles back down, gigantic shovels go to work filling haul trucks (once trains). From the beginning of open cut mining it been part of this hard rock excavating. Some of the pictures are from the Kennescope Magazine.
Light rail network in Chicago & North Western Proviso freight yard?
Hello,
new at this forum I would like to introduce myself. I am 48 years old from Germany, modelling in Z scale and ride-on live steam and interested in prototype operations too.
I just found a picture on https://www.shorpy.com/node/1605?size=_original#caption of the C&NW freight yard at Proviso. Close examination shows besides some very nice freight cars and car loads somewhat of a light rail network between the standard gauge yard tracks:
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