The Pennsy had a lot of different types of locomotives...if you post some photos of it we can narrow it down a bit!
(hate to double-post, but...)
Night ops in West Canaan.
Yeah, cdog, we kinda need a little elaboration before we can help you there...
Wow, Tyler, I really like that shot! Are those ditch lights, or did you Photoshop those?
I FINALLY started on benchwork!!!!!!!!!!!! Got the main frame built yesterday, and gonna work on legs today. I don't have plywood, foam, roadbed, track, or money to buy the above items, but it's a start...
I'll have photos later
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ns3010Wow, Tyler, I really like that shot! Are those ditch lights, or did you Photoshop those?
Thanks! The original shot was a shot of Alex running night ops (I added the background hills instead of Alex's silhouette against a lighted basement wall) and the engine was going backwards - I didn't take the photo just for this purpose. So both the ditch lights and the headlights were added in Photoshop.
BUT - I've already paid Alex and bought the decoder to put flashing ditch lights in both ends of that loco!
Hmm, it looks like it's running short hood forward, but then again, what do I know?!
Well, the benchwork is gonna need some fixing, but that shouldn't be a problem.
ns3010Hmm, it looks like it's running short hood forward, but then again, what do I know?!
It is, but Alex was running it in reverse with the rear lights (facing away from the camera) on, shoving cars into Delery Pulpwood & Lumber when I took the photo - if I had taken the photo for the sole purpose of making this shot (like most of my images) then I would have it in forward with the headlights on so I wouldn't have to Photoshop the headlights in.
Oh, ok. I didn't realize that when you said backwards, you meant away from the camera, as well as long hood forward... I get it now...
Good Afternoon,
Well as I said before, I've been on winter break this week. So I figured I could share a picture of what I've been up to:
If you look closely, just below the spool of red wire you'll see a black line. That's the old track centerline for the spur closest to the wall. Also all of the sectional track in that area has been replaced with flextrack. If you look in the foreground you'll also notice ballast up to the grade crossing.
That's all for now, I'll have more pictures soon. Probably on the WPF tread that's coming up.
Jamie
Cape Vincent Southern Railroad
HO scale Horseshoe Curve in 5’x10’
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Very nice! The ballast and the parking lot look excellent!
Although I think your HO scale pushpins are a little too big...
I recently starting building a burned-out barn from Horst Meier's article in Model Railroader. Here's the materials.
A couple hours later, the wall frames and roof ends have been started. I bought way too little of the heavy square stripwood so my roof is going to be built of the skinny stuff. My barn is going to much more destroyed than the one in the article.
I also *finally* put sides on the Shaker Hill Road bridge in Enfield! They just need paint and weathering.
A fun thing for you all, that UP employee asked me to name the 5 'people' on a modern train and the 6 on a steam era train. Its really fun. Give it a try.
~G4
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Tyler, the barn is off to a great start!
John, that's pretty neat!
As for the 5 people, the only ones I can think of are engineer, conductor, brakeman, flagman and ???As for steam, the same as above and fireman?
I thought most crews were only 2, maybe, 3 people...?
On a modern train, you got the Engineer, Conductor (fireman, copilot), John (engineer during night, to let others sleep, also functions as a switchman when conductor is preoccupied), Fred (Flashing Rear End Device), and Mary Jane (computer correspondent for FRED). Technically, in this case, you are right. However, in modern RR terms, the last two, even though they are both computers, are still part of the crew.
In the steam age, however, things are much different. The crew consists of the Engineer, Fireman (copilot), Conductor (paperworker), Switchman (on the ground, switching switches), Forward brakeman, and Rear brakeman. The last two are running up and down the train turning the wheels in a random manner to slow the train. I just thought you all might enjoy this random bit of information.
Most don't even have a "John..." So there's really only 2 human crew members.
Most switch jobs that I've seen have a brakeman to assist the conductor, so that's three!
Alex
Ok, I guess so. H02 doesn't have one, even though they do nothing but switching...
Anyone know what the 3 (minimum) people on a passenger train are? And then there's those additional people.
Ask me something, or just leave a comment! And no, I won't know who you are. This should be interesting...http://www.formspring.me/ns3010
Most modern train crews only have two human crew men. There are exceptions like Switch Jobs, and Passenger trains. But most, if not all road train crews only have two people. There really isn't a need for a "John". FRA regulations state that a train crew can only have a maximum of 12 hours on the road. After that, they die on hours and need a crew change. So really, it would be useless to have an extra person to sit in the cab, even at night when people might get sleepy. Most of the time crews will know their call time in advance. Unless they are on the extra board, or not high in seniority. Here is a good example of a three person crew though.
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I've bene lurking for the past week or so, but jsut thought I'd post a minor update.
I'm gearing up for another big work day. figured out how to fix the furniture factory roof, and I'll work more on the forest in the yard. I have also figured out the 5 kits I need for the downtown area, and after I get those it's onto scratchbuilding the industry buildings. I've decided to build the roads from the same signs I used for the roof of King Furniture. lot cheaper than Perfectcast and not too bad looking hopefully. Worst comes to worst they get torn up and relaid with Perfectcast.
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Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Passenger can be different, depending on era and long or short distance.
Steam always had engineer, fireman, and conductor.
Long distance have baggage people.
Modern short distance trains (like, for example, this is a typical crew on NJT) have an engineer, conductor, and rear brake (he contols the doors and collects tickets). TCs (ticket collectors) are added as necessary.
So, no matter what, there's gonna be at least three people.
I've been in Italy so I haven't been keeping tabs on the conversation. Yard Crews can often get work accomplished more quickly with the addition of another man on the ground. This can often coincide with OJT for new conductors.
There are rules on commuter systems regarding crew size. In rush hour 2 assistant conductors are required in addition to the conductor and engineer, while off peak trains only have 1 assistant.
IVRWWCfan, thats a very good picture, do you have more? :P
Thanks! My two Photobucket accounts are private, and that is the only place where I have all my pictures. But my Flickr account has a good amount of my "good" pictures. It only goes back about a year, but it's better than nothing.
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Guilford GuyI've been in Italy so I haven't been keeping tabs on the conversation.
I was right! That's what I guessed when I noticed you hadn't been around for a few weeks.
I was about to write the same thing: Engineer, Conductor, Assistant Conductor... I commute regularly so I might have an unfair disadvantage in that question.
As to Jordan's 3 person crew (in a nice photo too!), there's the guy in the cab (Engineer), the guy on the front walkway (Door Stop), and the guy on the steps (Autographer). There's no train to pull, so all they do is drive around and look pretty. The engineer watches for cars to swerve into at crossings and blows the horn, the guy on the front stands in front of the nose door so it stays shut and keeps the rain out, and the guy on the steps hands out autographs just for the heck of it.
I think I've been reading Joe's question thingy for too long.
TrainManTyI think I've been reading Joe's question thingy for too long.
What, my Formspring? It's definately, uh, interesting... Some of those questions were wierd...And I'm still trying to figure out who asked me to describe NJT's system map in 300 words... And who asked why round pizza comes in a square box and why McDonalds doesn't sell hotdogs...?
But it's down right now, so I can't check for questions.
Had our last game of the season tonight. We lost 4-1, but it was still a pretty good season, although we only won one game...I thought overall, I did very well, and I've made it far from someone who never played hockey before to someone who is halfway decent over the past two years.
On the topic of model railroading, I have no clue when my genset is coming. Atlas originally said January, and then they pushed it back to February, and they still have no date on their website. *Sigh*
John,
1. I have no idea. So I'll take a guess and say 300...?
2. It's stopped for now. The benchwork needs some fixing before I can do anything else, and I don't have materials (or money) to continue. I'm not sure how long it'll be before I can resume, but hopefully it'll be pretty soon.
Also, I was talking about my Formspring for questions. The link is above, but it's also in my sig (the last link). Just click on it and it goes right to the page where you ask the questions. I usually check my inbox relatively often (at least once a day, usually two or three times, depending on how busy I am).