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Info Wanted on Engine Terminals

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 6, 2005 1:55 PM
Hey, sorry for writing in your post but i thought that it would be better for me to do so instead of making another one of the same topic. question...Would, lets say, BNSF at a small engine facility lease or share a track to another road such as amtrak? I have a small space to build a 3-4 stall facility and i would like one track for an old F40ph or F7 amtak engine. The facility would house and be owned and serviced by BNSF and share a stall or rip track with amtrak. Thanks, sorry for posting on your post, thankyou, ben
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Posted by Bergie on Friday, March 4, 2005 4:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

I'm trying to build an engine terminal. I need info on Details of the surrounding area. Help is apreciated![|)]


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 4, 2005 4:07 PM
Since you're on a low budget you could do like the prototype in small yards. Often locomotives have fuel delivered to them from a tanker truck. Sand towers are not hard to scratch build. You need a place to do light repairs so you need a "Repair In Place" or RIP track. Maybe with a scratch built repair shop with a stall for locos and a car port on the side to do freight car repairs. You can add details and make the facilities larger later. I see in the Walthers sale catalog they sell a diesel fuel facility for $25 plus tax and/or shipping. However you can make more structures for the same amount of money by scratch building it.
A sheet of clapboard styrene, a sheet of plain, a few packs of styrene strips of various sizes, a bit of electrical wire, brass or plastic tubing (check out the plumming department for a storage tank), a pack of small windows, a pack of plain doors, a pack of nozzles from Plastruct (570-95602), a single door electric relay cabinet frm Details West (235-901) and I could scratch build it. And so can you. I've seen what you have built so far on your home page.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 4, 2005 7:27 AM
I had spotted that awhile ago. I'm still trying to talk my mom into it.(i'm very broke right now)
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Posted by dknelson on Thursday, March 3, 2005 5:16 PM
I agree with Ray, above ... for a C&NW fan the two books about C&NW engine facilities by Joe Folmar are gold mines of drawings, photos, and information and should be exactly what you are looking for. His link was to the first book. Here is the link to the second book.

http://www.cnwhs.org/shopping/product_info.php?products_id=34&osCsid=41ad73641e16cfd884e5f78023585fd5


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Posted by tjsmrinfo on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 3:50 PM
you may want to get the model railroader book on engine terminals and the railroad model craftsman book on the same subject. i have both of these books and helped me out a lot.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:32 AM
The terminal i'm trying to model is a Modern Light/Medium Duty Engine Terminal. I have the track plan finished and i know the sturctures and stuff but i need like Pictures. There is only one Engine Terminal near by me. Thats the CN/GT one in the CN/GT Flint yard, but i can't get to that becuase its blocked by an Air Port Terminal parking lot.
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Posted by orsonroy on Friday, February 25, 2005 8:16 AM
Since you're a C&NW fan, you should really invest in this book:

http://www.cnwhs.org/shopping/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=48

Loaded with photos, trackplans, and building plans, it should answer most of your questions.

Ray Breyer

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Posted by Jetrock on Friday, February 25, 2005 2:59 AM
The surrounding area depends on where the engine terminal is located!

Is this engine terminal intended for steam locomotives or diesel? Or electric? Is it a small terminal for a short line or a huge terminal with extensive repair facilities?

The basics, though, are these:

A place to fuel the engines: coaling tower, wood bin, fuel oil column, or diesel fueling station
A place to add water and sand: water tower, sand tower.
A place to store the engines: roundhouse/turntable, enginehouse, or open tracks.
A place for the crews to wait when they're not working: a shanty or two, yard office.
A place for repairs to be done: from a spare track with some tools to a huge shops complex.

Once you know more about what sort of engine terminal you want, and where it is located, we can be of more help.

As far as "surrounding area" goes, well, anyplace near the tracks works...
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Info Wanted on Engine Terminals
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:37 PM
I'm trying to build an engine terminal. I need info on Details of the surrounding area. Help is apreciated![|)]

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