... On the CGW that would be 12 F units of some sort. Looks like two stanard sets of power on that train. And yes, the CGW did call all diesel units "motors" ...
... In Alberta there are such invasions of gypsy moths and tent caterpillars that a road can be covered with them creating a hazard for motor cars and all...
I am looking for an idea for an industry that can be a flat surface, with only track above the layout board. The reason is that the area is directly in front...
... ain't ... They were Budd Cars, not Bud Cars, throughout North America. So called because they came from the Budd Company. They came in different designs...
Rick, Are you modeling a specific location? How long do you want the industry to be? I use quite a few "flats" as industries on my layout . You can have a...
... (authorized) application was limited to electric pwr only. I've yet to see a rule book authorizing the term for anything else. We'll, here 'ya go,...
... Hello Vic, I was just looking over the CB&O's summer, 1959 public system timetable. Both the Cresson, IA- St. Joseph, MO and Galesburg-Peoria trains are...
Fruit packing shed, paper warehouse, crate plant (for fruit crates) If you want something taller how about a Bekins or other Moving and storage. The one in...
... But the train probably only had one engine, from the 1950 UCOR defintions page 10 Engine--A unit propelled by any form of energy, or a combination of such...
I thought AMC was American Made Crap! They perpetrated that........ie the Hornet, Pacer, Gremlin and the such. Still they had motors. And an alternator!!! ...
... I'm sorry, but it was a locomotive. The engine was specifically everything below the boiler, the cylinders, pistons, rods, crankpins, and counterweights,...
There were many towns that had more then one team track due to the amount of off line customers that shipped or received by rail. Terry...
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If I understand what you're asking, you're looking for an industry that lies flat on the ground because there's a laundry chute above the layout your wife...
someone Emailed me off list with the suggestion of A utility yard, poles, transfomers, cable etc. If the Question is indeed a flat to the ground area this...
TNX Mark. Exceptions to everything continued! Like I said before, I've never been on CGW, and haven't ever seen their rule book. VRP ... correct ... yet to ...
The gypsy moth did bother operation on The NewHampshire NorthCoast it a gravel haul short line From Ossippe NH to Dover NH They have about a 3% grade coming...
... many ... Barry: My only aquaintance with CB&Q in 1959 was limited to studying their public timetables! It was '66 when I first set foot on CB&Q property ...
Yes, the idea is a "flat" horizontal space, sorry I didn't make that clearer, nothing protruding above the track.. The pole yard makes some sense, could...
How about a manhole delivery area (G) JonC.........SP Inyo Subdivision superintendent. Serving eastern California and Nevada. Potash Soda, Copper, Lumber,...
Two things come to mind. One is a warehouse structure that's built with a flat roof. It should be built stongly enough that the fully loaded laundry basket can...
Are there any periodic formal ops in the Arlington, Texas area? If so, pls contact me off-list at: "jberger" at "marshallremc.coop". Looking to link up a...
"Second item is a "Flat Iron Factory". Actually Dennis' humor offers a good idea. A steel slab yard would be nice and easy to do. With or without some sort of...
As an added benefit, if hampers etc. ae indeed going to be set here; the steel slabs laying around, glued down; could offer to hold things off the track...
... I think Vic needs a trip to Language Log (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/) so he understands that there is no difference between "correctness" and...
Vic, I heard the term "motors" being used around Chicago by former PC people (P Company side) so perhaps the term was also used on that road? Didn't hear the...
How about a low industry (but not flat, per se) with a cover, hinged at the front, that swings up and covers/protects the industry? Depending on any height...
