I love all railroads past and present, but one seems to just naw at my heart strings more than any other and that is Seaboard. So much so, I started modeling in G gauge an early 80's Seaboard railroad. Nothing fancy mind you, just the basic stuff. I brought up some really nice video of the Seaboard in operations ranging from yard work to actually transporting of cars.
I remember those gray locomotives. Long before CSX came along and mergers. They just looked real nice, straight forward. Nothing fancy, just very professional looking and the power on point was always several types of locomotives. My favorite was the GP9. It just looked so utilitarian and practical. Plus that whine that engine made when under power. Man, EMD really made some very nice locomotives back in the day.
I hope to replicate this in G gauge. Looks like I am off to a pretty good start. Presently, I only have a few pieces. Nothing fancy. Just the Lionel GP9 and two box cars. One 3 dome tanker and a Seaboard long steel caboose. The locomotive has a pretty decent sound system with an independent horn and bell control device you hook up separately to the track to control those sounds. I also purchased a pretty nice transformer. It has the ability to replicate the very slow pull out of a locomotive under full power and with a heavy consist.
By the way, I am doing this strictly indoor. I have done this before with other types of locomotives from K27's to Dash9's, but 8 foot is just too large for indoor right now. So, I run the locomotives that can handle 5 foot radius curves. Like the afformentioned GP9 and in the future, several U boats perhaps a few geeps.
Anyone else miss Seaboard around here?
Thanks for reading,
Jack R.
Oh, yes, I miss the Seaboard (Air Line more than System), but hey, half a loaf is better than none. Good luck with your project.
SALfan Oh, yes, I miss the Seaboard (Air Line more than System), but hey, half a loaf is better than none. Good luck with your project.
Thank You☺
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