B&O Passenger Trains of the '40s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qTti-puUEs
Murphy SidingSnow or no snow, that's one big model railroad set-up! Seriously though, how does the snow not cause the traon to short circuit?
G Scale is big enough that it can carry some serious batteries. Combined with radio control (room for that, too) and you don't need power from the tracks.
That's not to say that they don't run them on track power. If they do, they'll generally be OK if the snow is relatively dry.
There are functional G scale rotary plows, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTZQefUxhmw
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
zardoz Model railroad snow plow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0R_nWm5Rs
Model railroad snow plow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0R_nWm5Rs
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
The 1942 NH video is probably the best general film about railroad operations. Steam, Electric, and Diesels are shown. I particularly enjoyed the rehabilitation of coaches. One comment about that: the man dipping the coach seats into a vat of cleaner should have been wearing eye protection.
Are the coaches shown the "American Flyer" cars?
Ed Burns
How the 844 works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vogL3LL8Q
BaltACDOne thing I have 'interesting' is that among these kinds of 'educational' short films - they all seem to be British. Very little if any from the American locomotive manufacturers - Baldwin, ALCO, Lima etc.
Glad you reminded me! I don't think we have seen this one in this thread yet:
One thing I have 'interesting' is that among these kinds of 'educational' short films - they all seem to be British. Very little if any from the American locomotive manufacturers - Baldwin, ALCO, Lima etc.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDBigger questions are why and how did the 99234 become frozen in place?
Sorry for the delay. Here's an intro, translation by Google
Thermite welding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig
Amazing steam engine wheel-slip control (NS611)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZlFPsCc4y0
BaltACD jeffhergert How about the old railroad safety films on youtube? The kind that would make current safety managers have cardiac arrest to see how things used to be done. Jeff
jeffhergert How about the old railroad safety films on youtube? The kind that would make current safety managers have cardiac arrest to see how things used to be done. Jeff
Jeff
I watched this in new-hire class back in '98. They'll have to start showing it again since getting on and off moving equipment is going to be allowed at specific locations.
MiningmanAfter some time they finally get to the engine, which is now dead and frozen and snow packed. It's the last to get hauled out after a lot of digging, thawing out with blowtorches and manpower, as we can see.
Of course we can also see the missing eccentric rod and an utter absence of lagging around the cylinders, neither of which argues very well for practical 'winterizing' (especially since rebuilt Kriegslok 52-8055 does this so very well)...
Those snow cuts are very deep. Thinking the train ran into a wall of snow that it could no longer handle and was unable to move forward. The blizzard continues, the crew walks out to the rear of the train and gets rescued. After the storm subsides they start digging and pulling the cars out from the last car. It slow and difficult progress. After some time they finally get to the engine, which is now dead and frozen and snow packed. It's the last to get hauled out after a lot of digging, thawing out with blowtorches and manpower, as we can see.
Something similiar happened on the Southern Pacific.
zardozThawing a frozen steamer 99234 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onpGmYWEwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onpGmYWEwo
Bigger questions are why and how did the 99234 become frozen in place?
Balt-- Well I'm sure you're faster than moi.
Zardoz-- Very surreal video.. not of this earth. Like a Sci-Fi movie.
MiningmanWait!... don't you drive Formula race cars... you're supposed to be fast... Speedy Balt!
My son is FAST, I am only half fast.
zardozModel railroad snow plow
And if it's really bad, call out the rotary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT6gEiqpWA&t=174s
Thawing a frozen steamer 99234
Wait!... don't you drive Formula race cars... you're supposed to be fast... Speedy Balt!
MiningmanGo back .. you are just too fast.. it's there ...wasn't finished!!! This Is My Railroad" posted by Balt, 1954 Business Screen article https://ia902701.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/30/items/businessscreen1954mav15rich/businessscreen1954mav15rich_jp2.zip&file=businessscreen1954mav15rich_jp2/businessscreen1954mav15rich_0124.jp2&scale=2&rotate=0 https://ia902701.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/30/items/businessscreen1954mav15rich/businessscreen1954mav15rich_jp2.zip&file=businessscreen1954mav15rich_jp2/businessscreen1954mav15rich_0126.jp2&scale=2&rotate=0 Snow on the Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj2B3y7IV0g Ok NOW I'm done!! Thank you for your patience.
This Is My Railroad" posted by Balt, 1954 Business Screen article
First time I have been accused of being 'too fast'.
Go back .. you are just too fast.. it's there ...wasn't finished!!!
MiningmanRe: This is my Railroad
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zardozBalt, the "This is my railroad" video was quite interesting. I especially liked how throughout the film the theme is how important everyone, at whatever occupation they chose, is necessary to properly run a railroad; or the parts starting around 14:30 when the narrator says how no machine can replace certain crafts; how different from today, where the philosophy is rather different.....
One other comment about 2 or 3 minutes in - 100,000 employees - SP by itself!
Balt, the "This is my railroad" video was quite interesting. I especially liked how throughout the film the theme is how important everyone, at whatever occupation they chose, is necessary to properly run a railroad; or the parts starting around 14:30 when the narrator says how no machine can replace certain crafts; how different from today, where the philosophy is rather different.....
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