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    Prototype for Everything

    Does it look like the hill was put there, solely so that the railroad could have a cut through it? Imagine if it were a tunnel... James
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    Clever little switcher

    They made using the handbrake look easy. I bet there's a slight incline there just off the crossing. With the car going as fast as it was when the forklift let off, the brakeman would have made it to the next town even on a level grade! James
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    Aerial Photo Tour: RJ Corman Sand Train

    Sand Train There is a link to a slide show from Kentucky.com. It has some good photos. James
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    Speaking of Henry Ford...

    One of the Ford SW1500's seems to be in Kansas: Railpictures James
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    Untreated Crosstie Handling

    Trees to Track Videos Here are some videos showing the basic sawing process of wooden ties. Gross and Janes Co. James
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    Strasburg vs. Real Short Lines

    I'm not sure I agree that a long hood forward diesel counts as 'Backwards'. I'm a natural Southern Railway fan, and a learned Norfolk and Western Railroad fan, and I feel that Long Hood Forward is a fine way to run! For modern railroading, I feel that using a 'Shoving Platform' counts as...
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    Speaking of Henry Ford...

    Here is a partial list:Fallen Flags. Ford is about halfway down the page. I've seen a photo of the centercab GE, but it evidently wasn't on the above site. Here's a photo of the Ford Centercab: Wellsville, Addison, and Galeton. The Ford section is near the top. Scroll down just a little...
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    2nd Anual How Many Contest????

    Jerome, thanks for making the contest! James
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    Prototype for Everything

    http://www.nolancompany.com/Main/Rerailers/Rerailers.asp Permanent Rerailer. Though, this could also be filed under 'The Model Came First'. James
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    2nd Anual How Many Contest????

    156. The black Sandersville Railroad #400. James
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    Aerial Photo Tour: RJ Corman Sand Train

    I'm not 100% sure that they're rebuilt. I think I read it in the article in Trains a few years ago. I'd have to figure which issue, then dig through my shelves. Rebuilt could easily mean the original sill and framework, and a completely new body. James
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    Aerial Photo Tour: RJ Corman Sand Train

    There's some interesting things in this photo, too. The truck scale, presumably for the departing sand trucks. The dump truck near it is RJ Corman, so it's probably there for the construction. Look at how the engine house is built. Those are containers stacked up for the sides. I haven't...
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    Aerial Photo Tour: RJ Corman Sand Train

    There's been a lot of work down at the Water St yard, where the sand trains are unloaded. A new overpass has been built, and it has a nice wide sidewalk for looking at trains. The sand yard. The dump truck is there for the construction going on, I don't think it's used for transporting sand...
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    3 foot gauge dimensions

    Thank you Harold. That's what I was looking for! James
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    3 foot gauge dimensions

    Not anything in particular, I was hoping for some 'common' information. Or possibly the word that I disdain when reading model railroading magazines 'Typical'. I guess if I had to pick something, then I'd choose Colorado narrow gauges. D&RGW, C&S, C&T. I've never visited out there, so even a...
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    3 foot gauge dimensions

    Could someone direct me towards information about the track of narrow gauge? Weight of the rail, tie dimensions, tie spacing, things like that. Thank you. James
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    Tank car

    I didn't notice any hazardous material placards, so that rules out a lot. Corn syrup, corn oil, sugar syrup. Something that they don't mind overflowing a little. James
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    Military trains

    I like that picture. Do you have any more? The flatcar which is being loaded is similar to what we have at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum. I'm not sure I've seen many photos of the early paint scheme of them. James
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    Grain Unloading on a budget

    Isn't portability a function of budget? Everything always goes back to money. I used to live in Georgia, and had a bit of free time. I now live in Kentucky, and tend to be busier. I frequent a nearby Railroad Museum, and since they let me go all over the property, I get my fix on trains...
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    Grain Unloading on a budget

    I could see this place from the interstate, where I used to live, and they would occasionally see a three bay covered hopper spotted by it. It looked like just a regular warehouse, though it did have a couple silos by the track. On the occasions when the track was empty, I didn't see an...




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