Prototype information
Information about the Allegheny & South Side Railway
Several years ago, I bumped into this photo from the 1950s:
All I have been able to find about the A&SS and the locomotive is the following:
Tender Truck
Wonder if anyone can identify this truck that's for the long-haul tender of a Mantua 2-8-0 kit I'm assembling?
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Comparing it with a photo of a Commonwealth 6-wheel, swing motion, straight equalizer truck (see below), I think it's probably a variation of that. The only difference seems to be the shape of the parts next to the pencil points. What think?
WANTED: Kartrak/ACI Information
WANTED:
Any information, photos, or stories of the Sylvania/GTE Kartrak ACI system.
Consider this an informal announcement that I am in the final research phase of writing a reference guide detailing the Kartrak system. No release date or estimated date of completion is available at this time. I've already compiled a large amount of the information that can be found online.
I'm especially interested in advertisements, manuals, photos, and personal stories.
USA, Montana, Missoula, Northern Pacific Historical Association Convention and RPM Modeling Event, 21-25 September 2021
Modeling the Northern Pacific Railway: NPRHA Convention and RPM Modeling Event
Ferromex in Mazatlan - a GE haven
Mazatlan was a Super 7 and Dash 7 haven in the late 1990's. If you want to model with a GE focus then Ferromex might be a good choice. More here: https://ageologistchasingtrains.blogspot.com/2021/07/mexico-mazatlan-1998-and-2000.html
Union Pacific 4014 prototype, circa 2021
Not often that you can spot this kind of machinery from the end of your driveway!
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Out for an evening in Denver.
Train Wrecks
Train Wrecks, WARNING people lost their lives at Bingham Canyon mine. Thanks to Larry Sax we have some great train wreck photos, everyone loves a train wreck.
Swing Bridge and Trestle
Was out for a drive today along the Fraser River in Richmond BC and saw a road with a name that rang some bells. I had been on River Road a few years ago about 10 miles west of here, but never this far east in the Queensborough area. Came around a bend and got a pleasant surprise - a double headed tug team with a log boom looking like they are towing this old swing bridge. Many more shots below so as to have a short first post.
Semi trucks/trailers of the late 70's and early 80's
I'm looking to model New England in the late 70's to early 80's, and I'm having a hard time finding information on what types of semi trucks and trailers would be appropriate for that era.
I know that trailer lengths were first mandated federally in 1983, when the maximum trailer length nationwide was set at 48', but I can't find a whole lot of information on trailer sizes prior to that.
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