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@R L Smith and myself visited @Ed Kapuscinski and Windsor St Yard today. My Gettysburg units pulled the yard duty of sorting out the A/D tracks. I managed a couple of shots while Ron used his Lackawanna SD70ACe to pull the coal drag.Gettysburg # 105/107 sorting out cars for Elkhart Yard.Gettysburg switching Windsor St Yard by Adam Henry, on FlickrWith switching duties complete, they await their next job.Gettysburg Units rest by Adam Henry, on FlickrAfter the cars were sorted, Ed brought a road train in to swap some cars from the yard. Train has already dropped cars in the A/D track (with centerbeam), and has hooked onto cars destined for Selkirk.Conrail yard job by Adam Henry, on FlickrWith train back together, crews have done their brake test and are preparing to continue on their run.Conrail getting ready to head out of yard by Adam Henry, on FlickrRon and I had an enjoyable time and look forward to future visits as progress continues.
The last few weeks have seen considerable progress on my layout, and last night a milestone of sorts was reached with completion of track-laying and wiring for the main line between Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. I had hoped to reach this goal by July 15 and am pleased to have made it.The wiring under Sundance included connecting feeders to bus wiring for the Sundance power district, and forwarding of the bus wires for future power districts at Chetwynd and Hulcross (south staging). This wiring runs alongside the previously completed wiring for Septimus. Here is a sample of what that all looks like:In a similar fashion, the wiring under Tremblay included connecting feeders to bus wiring for the Tremblay power district, and forwarding of the bus wires for future power districts at Kiskatinaw and Dawson Creek. Here is a sample:The wiring work under Tremblay necessitated removal of the Pine River bridge. Fortunately it was engineered to be easily removed for just such a purpose:Meanwhile, the tracklaying continued east from Tremblay with a long sweeping 18" radius curve toward the Kiskatinaw River. The Fairmont speeder in the photograph is just inside the new power district boundary:The railway crosses the Kiskatinaw River on a 150' deck Howe truss span with frame trestle approaches at either end. My temporary span has been in place for some time so it was a simple matter of connecting to it:After the river crossing, the tracks swing through an S-curve and approach the yard at Dawson Creek. This is looking east toward the end of steel; in the distance is the lumber mill at Dawson Creek. Down on the lower level you can see the end of steel just beyond the west switch at Sundance, and in the distance the same for Septimus:The wiring under Kiskatinaw included feeder to bus wiring for Kiskatinaw, and forwarding of the bus wires for Dawson Creek:The first train to negotiate the new trackage was Work Extra 584. Here the RS-10 is pushing its train around the curve toward the bridge:and across the bridge, becoming the first train to cross the Kiskatinaw River:and returning from the end of steel toward the bridge:That's all for now; my track and wiring gangs are now on holiday!Tim
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Train has already dropped cars in the A/D track (with centerbeam), and has hooked onto cars destined for Selkirk.Conrail yard job by Adam Henry, on Flickr
But, none of them give me goosebumps the way this one from Adam's does:
I needed a New Haven tower to go with the new FL9 and Osgood Bradley cars. This is the N Scale Architect kit. It built up pretty nicely.
The tower looks great and the New Haven units and cars look fantastic. The only thing they are missing is a guy standing in the back of the Osgood-Bradley car smoking a cigarette. When I was a kid and watched them fly by Canton Junction there was always a guy standing in door smoking a cigarette talking to conductor. I have a few Osgood-Bradley cars myself and I already have the figures to recreate this memory.
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