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I worked on a variety of things this weekend.I also worked on trying to figure out buildings for Ellis Coffee. After looking at a few on-hand options I decided to go with a some of cut down and extended DPM buildings. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) My plan is to make that main structure square using two sets of "fronts" as sides and then build it out with other parts. It won't be exact, but it's close enough for me.
Ed, as a kid I remember smelling Ellis coffee cooking the beans, Frankford Chocolate making chocolate and Rohm & Haas Chemicals making Methyl Ethyl Bad Stuff. What a cacophony of olfactory confusion! Also, what are you referring to when you call the yard "Meadows Yard"?
I ran my power lines at Afton Canyon. Now I need to plant some vegetation....
I just finished weathering a 1990’s vintage 3-bay open hopper with some pan pastels and added a coal load made from 3/4” black automotive foam that I salvaged from the trash after helping my son-in-law install one of those pickup truck bed covers.This weatherstripping appears to be same stuff. Could make a lot of coal loads quickly for small Dollars. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-E-O-3-4-in-x-7-16-in-x-10-ft-Black-High-Density-Rubber-Foam-Weatherstrip-Tape-R734H/100047977I have been using the black foam for several years now. Best part is I can get it for free from a customer who's dumpster is usually full of the stuff. They cut various shapes out of full sheets and toss the rest.
Ed, I think everything on the east side of Aramingo Ave. was considered the "Meadows" all the way down to the electric plant next to the Del Air line. Use to go watch the drag races on Delaware Ave. "down the meadows". My cousin and I used to go over to Wheatsheaf Lane and watch the TrucTrain flat cars get pushed off the Trenton Ave. Hi-line, down a sharply curved track that dropped down from the Trenton Line to cross over Aramingo at the slaughter house and then an equally sharp curve the other way to get into the TrucTrain yard. The curves at both ends were so severe that one could actually stand inside the rail when the center of the car passed by, ( I know, I tried it, ranks up there with one of the dumbest things I ever did, but, hey, I was about 12). Used to watch the truck drivers back down the string of cars to pull their trailers. Excelsior Trucking was on the doors of all the tractors. They drove the trailers up to Wheatsheaf and Buckius to the Excelsior Trucking terminal, about 2 or 3 blocks away, and unload them there and return them to the TrucTrain Yard. Excelsior Truckings building had, I think, 4 covered platforms with tracks in between. The Frankford Junction switchers used to bring cars over from the yard passed the American Felt plant. That caught fire several times a year, due to all the lint floating around. There was a small yard across the street from Excelsior that wasn't part of the Frankford Jct. yard tracks. That may have been where they put the empties they pulled from Excelsior when switching out loads and empties. There was a lumber dealer down on Aramingo, next to the Del Air track, that used to get boxcars of lumber from The Great Northern. Loved seeing the Big Sky blue boxcars with the goat on the side. That was a great place to watch rail traffic all day long. Frankford Jct., the NEC, the Del Air Branch, the Trenton Hi-line, the Excelsior Co., the TrucTrain yard, Baldwin and Alco switchers (they had EMD's too, but the other 2 makers were better). They had a foot bridge that spanned the entire width of the yard and crossed over the NEC. Saw the E44's when they were brand new and actually looked green, waiting at the Junction, off the "O" track, waiting for clearance on the Del Air branch, taking the transfer train from South Philly yard over to Pavonia in Camden. Great memories
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