You are just trying to get me in trouble
Sherrel: You don't need anyone's help to get you in trouble...
On the last layout I just used cinders as the ground cover, but this time I want to up the game a bit.
Curt: Thanks. Hopefully, it won't be long before I start applying ground cover. Most steam era railroads used liberal applications of cinders for ground cover, weed suppression, ballast, and to soak up oil drippings...all free of charge. BTW: The BP20s were a PRR exclusive.
Just standard scale lumber. You start at the bottom, just like with shingles and work to the top. here are the three walls:
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Alan: Really nice building. Well worth the time.
What do they expect ? the dead to rise ? Does burial insurance include a shovel in case you have to dig your way out so you can file a law suit ?
GT: Anything is possible on TV...
These were produced exclusively for the Pennsylvania Railroad and were delivered in 1948 in the sharknose body style designed by Raymond Loewy, as diesel running mates to the T1 steam locomotive; also built by Baldwin and similarly styled by Loewy.
Sherrel: What the citation fails to disclose is that like the T1 steam locomotive, they failed miserably as main line passenger power. But they excelled in commuter service on the North Jersey Coast, and lasted five years longer in service than the Steam Sharks. Freight Sharks, were built in significant numbers, in two models one 1500 HP, the other 1600 HP. These were owned by the B&O, the PRR, and the NYC, and later the Monongohela, and the D&H. I never had the opportunity to work on them, as they were gone by 1965.
Garry: Thanks. Hope it's not the virus, but take care and follow Dr's advice. Going to get a test?
Ok, I divided my day between clearing out and organizing my computer's documents files, and cutting out turnout templates and placing them where I am hopeful they will work. I already know I'm going to need more code 70 switches, just not how many. I was able to resolve several areas that were operational problems, and create a more effective staging / storage area at the end of the line. This will be a major improvement over earlier.
This will provide two routes for engines to escape and get around their trains without having to be "handled" Sincethe storage ladder is also reconfigured, actual track capacity will also increase. Also the staging area will have scenery and look like a yard, rather than an appendage, like before.
From December 1967 until February 1976, I worked at Edgemoor Yard, in Wilmington, DE. in multiple capacities. I rarely id ever had c camera with me, so I don't have anything to show for my time there. Fortunately, others did come there to record events. These from 1993.
At the South End of the class yard, the 6428 waits on the storage track.
At the South End at 12th Street, road power rests on the "Speedway". That place had already changed drastically when these photos were taken. I imagine under NS, there are many more changes. Back in the day, Edgemoor boasted two "Gravity" Humps with Car riders, and switch tenders, but has been a flat shifting operation since about 1972, when the rebuilding beginning under Penn Central was complete.