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Mascoutin Valley Railroad - From the Ground Up
A couple of people have been asking about the background for my model railroad so I'd figure I'd share it. I wrote it over a year ago and the basic concept have stayed the same. I'm going to add some edits of what is happening now
I originally posted this under my blog at blogspot you can find here:
http://mascoutinvalleyrr.blogspot.com/2015/11/concept-continued.html
SP Caboose 374
I was at the Orange Empire RR Museum in Perris CA, and I noticed a SP caboose. I thought I would share it with the SP fans. I am not sure what about the history of this caboose or what years it ran. I thought it would be a good reference for weathering.
Rolling Stock where to find out what has run on the prototype
I model Santa fe BNSF per merger and a little into it. is there a searchable database where you can find out what engines and freight cars were run over the line i am modeling.
OR is this something i should start to put together the Wikipedia of freight cars and where and who used them :)
This came up as i saw some awesome coal hoppers at the right price but was unsure if they ran on the BNSF.
How are construction debris loaded on to rail cars?
This is spurred from a photo I took a few years ago seen here
Bachmann 2-8-0 as a basis for ATSF 1951 class (and a 4-8-4 question)
Hi all,
I am looking / reading around and making some considerations for a couple of HO scale projects i have in mind. I would very much appreciate your input on this.
Would a Bachmann 2-8-0 be a good starting point for getting towards a 1951 class ATSF locomotive? I don't mind working on the locomotive, even changing the cab (with a scratchbuilt one) and other styrene related modifications, as long as the wheels/wheelbase/rods etc are ok, as well as the general shape/size of the boiler.
Notes on Logging Railroad Diesels
A few moments ago I put up a thread on revisiting the modern logging layout. This thread will deal entirely with logging railroad diesels, a subject I've always found fascinating. My traditional approach usually involved compiling lists of logging operations that survived to the diesel era, similar to the list I put into the bottom of the other thread.
Revisiting "Modern" Logging Railroads
I found this forum while doing a search earlier this evening that led me to the "Modern Logging Layout" thread from late 2015/early 2016. Rather than add to that thread, I thought I'd start a new one.
One of the debates on the referenced thread was what constituted a "modern" logging railroad operation. My general thoughts would be those that dieselized their operations, though that rule does cut off a few that lasted well into the diesel era but remained steam powered until the end.
Kaolin Boxcars
I recently ran across articles pertaining to 40' boxcars that had been converted to Kaolin service by installing roof hatches in them. Two things I have not been able to find out is how comon were these cars and what era they are most appropriate to?
Also, how would these cars be unloaded at the paper mill? Would they just open one door and let gravity do the rest or could they possibly suck the stuff out through the roof hatches?
NH I-1 #1007 at New Britain Station
More photo inspiration! There's often more than meets the eye in old photos.
http://blog.newbritainstation.com/2017/03/i-1-1007-at-new-britain-statio...
Randy
Northern Pacific U33C & ATSF GE markings
While modeling one of Northern Pacific GE U33Cs I noticed small (approx. 6"x12") black rectangles located on all four corners of the under frame. Some of ATSF GEs had these also, possibly others.
They appear flat with no depth that I can see. Nobody has been able to determine what these rectangles are for or whether they are indeed flat or have depth.
Anybody have any ideas?
Larry B
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