Here are a couple photos of my Sacramento Northern belt line, layout period circa 1940-1950 in Sacramento, CA; I don't model overhead wire but the layout is set in the "transition era" when SN was starting to transition, not from steam to diesel, but from electric freight motors to diesel, including motive power provided by parent company Western Pacific. I also include Sacramento Northern passenger equipment, even though technically SN stopped passenger service in 1940.
Southern Pacific's overpass contains non-functional "scenic track" with my only steam locomotive.
These pics are from last year, perhaps I should take some more current photos including some of my various traction equipment.
I have a couple of trolleys. I bought them both undecorated, and painted and decaled them for my Moose Bay Transit Authority. The first is a Bowser PCC car:
The other is a Bachmann Peter Witt:
Modeled very loosely after the Boston system that uses both trolleys and normal subway trains, both systems use underground tracks and share some stations. Here, the not-quite-completed PCC car pulls into the depressed lower platform of the Penny Lane station. Other subway trains are at higher platforms behind it.
Only the trolleys run above ground. This station was built with hexagonal cobblestones. I made a mold from latex using a section of artificial honeycomb and poured hydrocal.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
— among giants:
IMG_5620 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Above is my one (and only) contribution to Traction Tuesday. This is a N scale Bachmann GE 44 Ton loco that I painted and decaled as a Pacific Electric engine. On the prototype the trolley pole (non operating on the model) was used to activate signals/crossings on PE's routing. This model engine was finished late 2020 and runs great.
emdmike
Why is it I cannot see these pictures any longer. I keep getting a security warning.
Time to dust off those traction motors! If your layout is set in modern era, a small trolley museum with a short length of track with overhead would fit right in! My layout is 32"x44" using Atlas 15" radius snap track. I have all Suydam poles up and will be stringing the overhead soon.
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
I always advacate for traction for those with little space. Like the Odell traction articles from years ago. I have a couple traction motors. havent been run in years. one day I might string catanery again.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Todays Traction Tuesday pic is my late run Orion built Pacific Electric RPO for Suydam & Co. For those wishing to get into traction modeling, you cannot really go wrong with one of the older Suydam cars. This one was pro painted and purchased thru ReSourced Rails website. Highly recommended place to get brass and he has a fair amount of traction right now. Lets see pics of your traction models! Maybe here soon I will get some scenery on my little layout!
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