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Interesting, Nick. I currently work in Burlington WI. On the south side of town. the factory is on McHenry St., right next to the old Soo Line spur to the glass factory. I look forward to seeing your progress.
As a Soo fan, this will be fun to watch. What era?
Burlington always struck me as a RR town that yells "model me!". Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Early-mid 70s. I will still have a few Alco RS1s/RS3s for switchers
St Gobain? Lavelle? Air Liquide? That spur on the south side is actually the former Milwaukee Road "Southwestern" line between Racine WI and Savanna IL. I plan on representing the Milwaukee with the interlocking and interchange track in the corner on the layout. I have a Milw SD7 for that purpose. When driving on McHenry St the Milw depot used to be located north of the tracks on the west side of the street where a storage place is now located. On a historical note the Soo took delivery of many new locomotives and cars from the Milwaukee in Burlington (something about a delivery tax if they posession in Illinois).NickOmaha (formerly Burlington WI)
Ah, very interesting. So the SOO retrucked (more than) one of their RSC-3s. That's going to be a very interesting loco to make.I always liked the SOO until it took over the MN&S. But I guess if someone had to do it, the SOO is as good as anybody.Jason
Lavelle. Been here (according to my boss) 29 years, last month. (I could have sworn it was 30, but they ya go.) I have fond memories of WC GP-30's, rolling past the plant, on their way to service Foster-Forbes. (As it was known then.) And shoving Nestle's cars into the siding outside our plant.
The RSC-3s are actually available from Atlas under their RS-3 line. I know it's not a perfect match but I figure it's pretty close:
I guess I wasn't really meaning that you should change the cab windows, doors or any other spotting differences between the Altas RS-3 and a SOO RSC-3, just that what I assume to be a winterization hatch and ducting back to the cab would be really cool to see modeled.Jason
Best I can tell, they've always "stored" Foster-Forbes cars on the FF spur. Even before they double tracked the tail end. That way the cars were available & ready for the cable to pull them through the unloading shed.I remember, more than once, the cable operator not paying attention and running the string right off the end of the spur. Pushed the track bumper right over the edge, and down the slope, of the berm. Putting at least the first truck on the gorund. (Occasionally both trucks.) What I never understood is how that could happen. Because the bunper was still attached to a short section of rail. that's right. The bumper, rail, ties & all, would be pushed right over the edge and down the embankment. Almost like it had slipped out of the rail joiners. But I would have thought it was all bolted together.Maybe it happend once too often, and the maint crew decided less damage was done if they just let the track come apart. I don't know.
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