For picture fun tonight, lets see your local freights. Lots of progress to be made on my layout, along with Kato HO Unitrak upgrades. But I have enough done to run my local. Here we catch NYS&W UT-1 pulling up to dog food plant in Sherburne, NY.
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
The flagman protects the rear of the local:
PRR_Brakeman_tone by Edmund, on Flickr
and finally — they head for home.
PRR at the end of the day by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Nice layout and cabin car Ed! Cheers Mike
emdmikeNice layout and cabin car Ed! Cheers Mike
Thank you, thank you, Mike I hope more contributors come around with their local photos.
Regards, Ed
It wasn't my layout, but this was my local, the Grape Creek Turn, last time I operated on my friend Rick Schroeder's Danville & Western. It typically runs about 30 cars of coal, crushed stone, and general merch traffic and takes a whole 3-hour ops session to get back to the yard.
Here I am in the middle of another creative runaround move, several of which are usually required to avoid a real mess given siding lengths, etc. The requirement to block the returning loads and MTs per destination was recently dropped. Too many crews died on the clock, I think.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
OK, got the standard gauge thing done, now for narrowgauge...
Here's 454 in charge of the Cascade Local, crossing the Rio de las Animas after leaving Silverton.
Later at Purgatory, the Cascade Local prepares to head out of town over Lime Creek Gulch once it passes the stone mill.
mlehman Here's 454 in charge of the Cascade Local, crossing the Rio de las Animas after leaving Silverton.
I like that Goose flying behind the train! Is it a kit or something!
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
I missed this last night, but here is the Plattsburgh local, D11, switching the GP mill in Plattsburgh.
And doing yardwork in Plattsburgh yard.
I really gotta get a RS-3 for the local so the GP38-2 can go on road freight duty.
Great locals guys,
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
The Grafton Turn at the beginning of its daily switching run.
Some great looking locals everyone.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Ed,You better tell that flag to get to the proper distance from the cabin or is he short flagging?
Great photo! I likes.
Here's Family Lines local tied up for the weekend at a outlaying yard.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
SPSOT fanI like that Goose flying behind the train! Is it a kit or something!
Thanks! It's a 1/72 Grumman Gosling (or Widgeon) by AirFix (or Sword or Czech Model.) Since the Gosling was essentially a smaller Goose, it works well as a HO scale Goose.
Another Cascade Local as it prepares to leave Silverton, this time behind 463.
This has to be one of the most colorful locals seen in a while
IMGcolor by Edmund, on Flickr
Any more Sunday night locals out there?
The D11 pulls a bad order car north into Plattsburgh.
Yes, the D11 does sometimes gets other power...