Well welcome to the TMRP. No one has posted in a while so I'll post some rail fanning I did on my layout, again. Here is something to add you DM&IR fans.
Today I was out at one of my favorite spots again. I like this spot because it's a good place to video tape, and a good place to get pictures as it's easily assessable. Well about a year ago I heard that some one was going to open an Iron Ore mine just North of Iron ridge. Well I wasn't thinking much of it today. I got my camera ready when I heard the horn. I saw the train come around the corner with the usual SD45, but it had a SD60 trailing, I guess WC needed some extra power again. But once I locomotive cleared the corner, it didn't look like the usual train. Nope, it was an empty ore train with DM&IR ore jennies.
Here's the power on todays train.
Now I decided this would be a perfect time to do a time lasp shot
The train had passed and was slowing down, then halted to a stop. I couldn't get back to my house, so I went over to the old CNW line that parallel the Milwaukee Road main for a while. The Track West of Iron Ridge is abandoned, but the CNW line going east connects with the former Milwaukee Road at the depot. The Former Milwaukee Road line turns North to where the new Ore mine is. The line only goes as far as Clarksville before being abonded.
Here is the train Switching crews at the depot, a WC local waits for the ore train to pass.
Feeling the Ore train locomotive rev up and take off was an amazing sight even from where I was standing. I was surprised to see that 4 former GN ore jennies also made the trip.
Here's the ore train passing the local fright.
Once getting clearence from the dispatcher the WC locol rolling onto the main.
WC 3005 is reving up and ready to get to work on the Rock Creek Subdivision.
With this one ore train this should be a pure sign for more SD45s on this line. A little way up the line I heard on the news that the ore train derailed. No one was hurt, I guess the MOW crew (Me) will have to find out what's wrong with the track.
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There are no N scale layout
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Here are some photos I took of the club I am a member of. Click on the link in my signature for the club website.
These are photos taken at the CPR St. Luc open house. We were invited to display a section of our layout. I'm the kid on the right in the photos. Photos by fellow club member Warren Meyhew.
Here's a not so good photo I took of the newest module.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itxegJhNMPQ
Here is video footage of our club.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btW4Oq7l-9E
And last but not least some video footage a CN freight train footsteps away from our club. (We also have an excellent view from the windows!)
Alex
#3 here...
Heres a few pics of my module...
MilwaukeeRoad wrote: Railfan Alex wrote: Good! A place for teens! My name is Alex and I am 14. Check out my videos at Youtube by clicking below, and you'll learn a bit about me! (ALL TRAIN RELATED). I'm 14 and Alex.. .. .. ..
Railfan Alex wrote: Good! A place for teens! My name is Alex and I am 14. Check out my videos at Youtube by clicking below, and you'll learn a bit about me! (ALL TRAIN RELATED).
Good! A place for teens! My name is Alex and I am 14. Check out my videos at Youtube by clicking below, and you'll learn a bit about me! (ALL TRAIN RELATED).
I'm 14 and Alex.. .. .. ..
LOL I'm 14 and Alex.
yay party for people named alex, all other names excluded
Hoople wrote: You do know that guilford guy is 14 and alex also...
You do know that guilford guy is 14 and alex also...
Grrrreaaaaat. We need to give them numbers. Alex 1, Alex 2, and Alex 3.
Now how can well tell the diffrence!
RR Redneck wrote:I like that caboose. I dont think I have ever seen a piece of rolling stock that rusty that was still in service though.
I have. It fits the condition those cabooses were in to a tee. Ours almost looked like that.
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
Cool, teen model railroad place! Shoot i havn't been here on the forums in a very very long time. But I'm back and into it more than ever. Bye the way i'm Shaun, 18 yrs old. I should learn how to get some pics up of my layout and equimpent for you guys to see. I hope i get the same enjoyment out of the forums as i did when i first started a few years ago.
I would do railfanning on my layout, but it looks horrible.
If I did, I wouldn't fit in. E9s, mountains, GS-4s, big boys... the norm for 1950.
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
Yo guys. I did some more rail fanning on my layout. I forgot to mention I had one more loco in my fleet. But first you'll have to read the story. SD60M, you might like this story.
Ok, I was out rail fanning today waiting for the NB to come. Now it took so long to get here I was bored out of my mind. I just wanted to get the shots and go. Well anyway I see the usual consist come up Clark Grade. One of the units kind of sounded sickly. I took my shots and just as about I leave, I heard one of the locomotive shut down. Listening to my scanner, I found out the lead loco stalled. Wow, I have never seen this before. Anyway she starts reving and trys to get going, but she doesn't have enough power to get up the last bit of the hill.
So anyway I hear on my scanner that the WC yard did't have any extra power on hand at that time. So one of the BN dispatchers sent down 9090 to help out. Well I didn't know what kind of loco 9090 was so; I figured it was a BN loco. But then I see this come around the corner, An OakWay SD60 with a SOO caboose. DUH!
And a VERY rusty SOO caboose.
I didn't think I would have enough time to get the shots so I hurried up, and got two.
This is my favorite shot. I went up on top of the hill and got the whole thing.
Well after running back to my original spot I got one more shot of her going away. Then I ran out of film.
Well I thought it was going to be a boring day, but it turned out I was pretty lucky.
Cool! I like writing articles about railfanning on my layout too, but the most recent was a few months ago and was on "plywood pacific" style scenery. (yes, I know, my layout's built on insulation foam, it's just a saying!)
Great photos everyone!
As I don't have any new scenery photos to share, here's one of my extremly ugly staging yard barrier, designed to keep the trains on the table and off the floor. It works, as I unfortunatly found out one day. (a train ran away on my 4% grade, ran over a switch too fast and hit the barrier.)
I made it from old brass track; my layout's Nickel Silver.
MilwaukeeRoad-Cool! I play hockey too! Greatest sport on earth
WCFan-Thanks for the compliments! I like your roster, especially that ATSF! haha dont feel too bad, I only have 1 locomotive and 1 dummy. Im looking for an ATSF GP30 or 35 to add next.
Hey guys. Well I did some "Rail Fanning" on my layout. I have my full roster here, except. A P2K ATSF SD45 which will be patched to WC in the future, an Atlas Master WC GP40 3005, and an Athearn WC SW1500. (Oh wow 3 locomotives [sarcasm]). I'm hoping to get 2 SD45s IF Athearn makes a WC version. They I might get a Guy I know to paint up a Bachmann Spectrum in my favorite WC loco, 7548.
Tim: I would like to see some picture when your layout get's going. Do you have any pictures of your old layout?
Well today I heard a horn down by the depot in Iron Ridge. Nothing much. A SB train stops down there daily to switch crew. So hoping I can get another GP40 to add to my collection I head down to the depot thinking nothing much about it. But When I turn the corner into Bob's Hot Dogs Parking lot it took me my surprise. A former ATSF SD45 was sitting in front of the depot. Now this is Rare, mainly on the Rock Creek Sub it gets the GP40s, or GP7Ms. Behind it was WC 3005.
Now I couldn't go right up to the depot because that would be trespassing, but I'm hoping that WC will donate the Depot to the Historical Society in Iron Ridge. Now I tried to get the best shot I could of 3005.
Now I thought I wouldn't get 3005 so I started to pack up. But then I see the crew get into the locomotive cab. So they take off and I get one more shot of 3005. Not the best in the world but I still go her
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So I quick Grab my camera and run over the Grade Crossing. I get a quick shot of her going across. I sure hope this is a sign that more SD45s are to come
So anyway the next week I catch 3005 doing a drop behind some industries.
Hello everyone. Since this thread seems to be catching on I might as well join in.
My alias is Yoshi; I'm not willing to give my real name. I'm 15. My location is as specific as I'm willing to be unless we are planning to meet in a public place. That's all you really need to know about me personally. Ask for anymore and I'll never speak to you again out of fear that you are a stalker. That should help break the ice.
I model a fictional shortline called the Vermont And South Troy (VAST) Slogans are "Business thinks vast, business ships VAST", or "Think fast, ship VAST". The route follows the former B&M Cheshire route from Bellows Falls, VT to Winchendon, MA, from which it turns south over the Heywood line to Gardner, MA. Between Bellows Falls and Winchendon it passes through the major town of Keene, NH and the line's summit at South Troy, NH. Also included in the route is the line from Keene, NH to Bennington, NH as well as a fictional branch from Bellows Falls to Westminster Heights, VT. My current layout is 7x11 modeling the Westminster Heights branch, butI have 15x30 allocated for expansion in which to model the route between Bellows Falls and Keene, NH. The next phase of construction has already begun.
My fictional line has been merged into a fictional system called NEAT, New England & Atlantic Transportation. The group running the system, the Boston Area Rail Fans, or BARF, was spearheaded by Guilford Guy and I. We are planning a round-robin group and a physical interchange system. We are open to teen modelers across New England, with the center of membership currently in Metrowest Boston. Come check us out:
http://neatrailcorportation.googlepages.com/
Yes, we know corporation is spelled wrong, you can blame Guilford Guy. ;-).
The current membership is all HO, but other scales are definitely welcome in the round-robin. The only thing that they will be unable to participate in is the physical interchange system.
Hey guys. I found out MB Klein is taking orders till they get them.... So I will get my locomotive.
It's a bit of presure... So many things are popping up that i want. Daylight passenger cars that are accurate, new GS-4s, TTT-6s, FEF-2 and 3s, the list goes on.
I gotta work on the layout... not buy engines!
Hey BNSF, I noticed you like ice-hockey. Not only do I play it, but my favorite NHL team is the New York Islanders!
bnsf97 wrote: Where you can see the wood in the first and last pictures...that's where water is going to be. A harbor. And the styrofoam peice jetting out is going to be a pier. I don't think I said before, but obviously i model HO. And I'm a big sucker for weathering rolling stock =)
Where you can see the wood in the first and last pictures...that's where water is going to be. A harbor. And the styrofoam peice jetting out is going to be a pier. I don't think I said before, but obviously i model HO. And I'm a big sucker for weathering rolling stock =)