Running Bear's Coffee Shop XLIX


Eric, Amtrak owns their track in the NEC, and some track in Michigan. They also own several shop facilities.
 
montanan said:
I really would pass on getting rid of any of the dry transfer cars. They are sort of one of a kind, even though they're old blue box kits. They were my first attempts at customizing cars 20+ years ago. I do have a couple of REA reefers and I do run passenger trains, but the operation is a bit rag tag.

The primary service is a leased Northern Pacific RDC with a club car in tow. Next is an old gas electric.
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After that a passenger may be lucky enough to get a seat in a drovers caboose.

View attachment 49162 Sometimes an old NP combime may be run in place of a caboose for passenger service.

The last is a tourist train that the Northern Pacific runs during the summer to take tourists to West Yellowstone and Yellowstone Park. The Northern Pacific actually did run a train to Yellowstone park, Fron Livingston, MT to Gardiner, MT which is the northern entrance to the park.

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I would love to be able to run long passenger trains on my layout, but being that is is a short line serving rural towns, they wouldn't have run here. Growing up we took numerous trips east on both the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha and the Northern Pacifics North Coast Limited. I loved trips on those trains.
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Chet .... He is an idea if you wish to upgrade to high speed rail...... LOL

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OH ! Well heck Louis , you're quite welcome. We Grampas have to look out for each other .

Phil
 
Hi all. I haven't stopped in for a while. I'm in Plainfield Indiana finishing up my 2nd week of training for the new job. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a place to park and get a good look at the CSX Avon yard. I'd like to take a look since I am so close. Thanks!
 
mnbaty said:
Hi all. I haven't stopped in for a while. I'm in Plainfield Indiana finishing up my 2nd week of training for the new job. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a place to park and get a good look at the CSX Avon yard. I'd like to take a look since I am so close. Thanks!
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Call CSX and ask permission to go look. Tell them you are a rail-fan and modeler. They might just let you on site - escorted of course.
It would be worth a try anyway.
E.
 
Good morning everyone!

42 with cloudy skies in southeast Baltimore. They say it's going to be 72 today with a chance of a thunder storm later today. I just hope it wait until after my wife's plane lands.

Have a great day everybody!
 
mnbaty said:
Hi all. I haven't stopped in for a while. I'm in Plainfield Indiana finishing up my 2nd week of training for the new job. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a place to park and get a good look at the CSX Avon yard. I'd like to take a look since I am so close. Thanks!
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I found this online

From I-465 west of Indianapolis, go west on US-36 past Raceway Road until you get to the Avon Fun Center (golf driving range, miniature golf, go-carts). Turn left (south) on Gable Road at the west edge of the fun center. This road dead ends at the yard, at a point just east of the mainline fueling station. This is also at the throat of the departure yard, so you get to see the pullers dragging cuts of cars out of the classification yard, and shoving them into the departure yard, in order to make up trains. Anything that relays thru the main or the Controlled Siding will re-crew and/or refuel right in front of you. Also, any eastbound that leaves the departure yard will go right in front of you, too.
Stay north of the "no trespassing sign" and you won't be bothered.

http://www.frograil.com/railroad/in.php

 
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Not good news about the Airbus crash in the French Alps. The voice recorder appears to indicate that the co-pilot was locked out of the cockpit when he visited the toilet.
 
Morning gents. 62 here this morning going for 76 later today and then 80% chance of thunderstorms tonight.

Just waiting on 3 orders to come in to have something to do.
1) Yard control tower from MB Klein.

2) LED lamp post lights for the yard. Coming from China so it might be a couple weeks before I see them.

3) 3 LED strips 5 meters each cuttable to units of 3. See here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EHHLD8/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The price was might good so I got 3 - not likely I'll come close to ever using them all but I'm a tinkerer so who knows.


Guess I'll ponder on a dedicated 12vdc power supply for accessory lights.
If I could get a ride down to the LHS I might get some ballast I like and start on the track. I'd like to start on some scenery work.
E.
 
tootnkumin said:
Not good news about the Airbus crash in the French Alps. The voice recorder appears to indicate that the co-pilot was locked out of the cockpit when he visited the toilet.
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Yeah, I just heard that on the morning news on the radio. They say they can hear one of them on the voice recorder trying to break down cockpit door. Sounds like a possible pilot suicide. Not good.
 
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