Prototype information
New GE Locomotive plant in Texas
I guess the rail industry is doing OK! GE is building a new Locomotive plant In Ft Worth Texas.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/12/3070621/ge-to-build-locomotives-in-north.html
Factory run by steam loco
If you want to show a static steam loco at work:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/PopularScience/5-1933/locomotive_factory.jpg
here is your prototype!.
Garden Fn3 bridge plans
I'm working on my Master Builder Structures NMRA AP. I need two scratch built structures to finish it up. Linda (my wife) pointed out that I need a couple of bridges on the RMP, which is an Fn3 (1:20.3) garden layout, so why not build some?
Last weekend I built a small wood bridge in HO from 1:1 scale plans - just cut the wood to length, as shown on the plan and glue together. I could scale those plans up 4.29 times (87.1 / 20.3). However, I'm looking to see if you MRH folks have some already together?
Anything new with the prototype?. . .
It seems like (at least to me) we have entered a very uninteresting time of railroading. What I mean is this; here in Southern California, most "real"/prototype trains consist of several GE units with the occasional EMD unit up front, followed by a long string of cars and cars of intermodal double stacks with the occasional DPU unit at the end. That's about it. Main lines are slowly being converted to concrete ties (a good thing) and the old target signals are being replaced with the new "traffic signal" style (3 light) signals.
DCC, tiny 603 LEDs for headlights, and explorations in Mancos CO
Another blog post - this detailing my weekend's efforts in updating a brass steamer to DCC and adding my first 603 LED in the headlight. And, some discoveries in Mancos CO.
http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2012/03/tiny-leds-back-to-workbench.html
Prototypical return loop BLOB
I was bored and didnt feel like getting frustrated at my layout tonight, and I was fooling around with Google Earth, and found this pretty much in my backyard (actually 20 minutes north of me). It is a coal loading facility at Curtis Bay. it is served by CSX. So here is a prototypical answer to your turn back blobs.
Rural Drawbridge prototype
I've spent the last two days riding Amtrak #11 from Seattle, WA to Southern California, CA. And, of course, my face was glued to the window most of the time; camera and notepad in hands.
In central Oregon I spotted the perfect prototype for a drawbridge to fit a non-industrial or rural setting. I would love to build it, even though it won't fit my layout. So, I'm hoping that someone on this forum might have some detailed info on it.
Assistance required from across the Pacific.
I am looking for a map photo's or information regarding the Arcata & Mad River railroad in Humboldt County.
specifically to do with the rail line or lines from the bridge crossing the Mad river just west of Blue Lake
Google earth has provided sufficient detail to make out the right of way thus far but nature has taken over again.
A little hard to do myself since I am in New Zealand.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
New York Centrals Black and Gold color scheme
NOTE: I had lost the pictures when doing a web site rebuild. Just found them today (12/22/13) while looking for some other pictures on a thumb drive.
John,
I found the round-tuit button this afternoon. Here are the Atheran F7 shells. One was made into an F3A before commercial models were available. This was Atherans second up grade. The trucks were much improved on these models. Anyway here are the prototype engines.
E. St. Louis Railroads
To All: The railroads going into and out of E. St. Louis in the 1950-1970 era were--Litchfield & Madison (C&NW), NYC (CCC&St.L or Big 4), PRR, NKP, IC, GM&O, Illinois Terminal, L&N, Cotton Belt (SSW), Southern, MP, TRRA, CB&Q, B&O, C&EI, WABASH, E. St. Louis Jct. (in the city only), and Alton & Southern. Also the St.Louis & Belleville Electric RY, St. Louis & O'Fallon, Chicago, Peoria & St.
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