Tiny industrial lines

[FJ and G]

My first view of a narrow gauge line was a small push wagon type setup at a lumberyard in upstate New York. The lumberyard has long vanished and I didn’t know how many other hidden narrow gauge lines there are in the country. None of these small lines, to my knowledge, has ever been modeled before. They aren’t exactly garden lines, but are more industrial. I’m guessing that they push these little trolleys by hand.

Yesterday afternoon I came across one of these lines at a local northern Virginia brick factory and thought I’d share some photos of these underappreciated gems.

[bman36]

Hey there,

     In the past I never found these types of lines to be very interesting. It must be my age or something but lately the more obscure the line is the more fascinated I am by it. This Winter will have me working on my amethyst mine on my indoor layout. Part of that will have an HO track to act as my mining train. Locally though we still have part of an old line that belonged to CP Rail. It was known as the "Bergen Cutoff" This track, now abandoned, still has a very awesome bridge over the Red River here in Wpg. The bridge is turned sideways for marine traffic and has been that way for years now. That would be neat to model! No real industrial lines to speak of here besides that. Thanks for the pics. Later eh...Brian.

   

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

I'm pritty lucky around here as we have the Material Service Corp. They quarry stone and gravel for roads and whatever . The company uses what appears to me to be a old EMD sw-1 switcher painted in the company colors of orange and yellow . They fill EJ & E 100 ton hoppers with a giant front end loader and park the cars on a nearby 3 track holding yard that they share with coal trains that service the local powerplant . The Union Pacific brings in the coal trains and parks them in another small yard . From there the powerplant breaks the trains up into 20 car consists and takes them to the rotary dumper on the powerplant proprety . The power company has two green and black SD's of some kind that they use . I can't tell what they are . My guess would be a SD-18 . I'll have to get a picture of it and post it here . On the side it says Will County Coal Handlers .

[Anonymous]

No one will be surprised when i say i am not interested in these types of lines at all. However if this is your interest good luck to you.

Rgds ian