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[D&J RailRoad]

Seems we are getting behind or out of sync with the days.
Here's a coal drag on a western line with a rear end DPU pushing across the Diablo Canyon Bridge.

 

[santafewillie]

A load of hides at the tannery.

A couple of bulkhead flatcars.

 

[santafewillie]

A few random freight cars for Western Wednesday.

 

[D&J RailRoad]

OK, how about a western coal drag with a DPU back in the middle of the train.

 

[skyliner]

First western picture I came across in a quick look in my photo folder. Sierra Northern 133, a Railpower RP20BD, couples up to the Sacramento River Train by the conductor's signal. Woodland, CA, September 2018.

 

[Snowman]

A load of hides at the tannery.
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A couple of bulkhead flatcars.
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Interesting, the SP car. I'm planning a "Boots and Saddlery" works for one of my small towns. Finished products would likely ship by truck, but the occasional inbound loads would be tanned hides...and of course the empties must be picked back up. Read that as "just one more source of traffic" for the local...

Now I know where they should go to get them, and which railroad's boxcars the hides might be delivered in too. Cool.

 

[santafewillie]

Interesting, the SP car. I'm planning a "Boots and Saddlery" works for one of my small towns. Finished products would likely ship by truck, but the occasional inbound loads would be tanned hides...and of course the empties must be picked back up. Read that as "just one more source of traffic" for the local...

Now I know where they should go to get them, and which railroad's boxcars the hides might be delivered in too. Cool.

I missed this response originally. On my layout the boxcar of hides comes from and the empty goes to the north end staging yard. Even if it actually originates at the packing company elsewhere on the layout. Many RR's took all cars to the yard even if they were destined to another industry in town.
The boxcar itself was usually the oldest most run down car that was available, regardless of where the hides originated. Railroads did not want a load of dirty hides in a food service boxcar or other clean piece of equipment.

 

[santafewillie]

Time to revive another forgotten thread.
Here's a few "Western" roads appearing on my layout.

 

[logandsawman]

Northern Pacific, Great Northern - early morning

Dave

 

[santafewillie]

Let's not let this thread die. I missed a couple of weeks due to other stuff.
Here's an MKT boxcar.

And a couple of private owner covered grain hoppers.

Keep this thread alive even if you don't post on Wednesday!

 

[dennis461]

My version of west

 

[logandsawman]

My pair of 50' Northern Pacific outside braced box cars, one is a Walthers and the other Accurail.

Cupolas on the potato warehouse are scheduled for a rework, however they don't look too bad in the pic. this is my new layout

Dave LASM

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Some intermodals got tagged.

 

[santafewillie]

Technically it's Thursday morning when I post this but here are a couple of covered hoppers full of fertilizer roaming around the pike.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Good Morning all. It’s that time of week again Western Wednesday. Here’s a few off my O scale layout.

 

[NorthBrit]

A drop of oil here. A drop of oil there.
D1017 Western Warrior

David

 

[MikeGTW]

Not sure how far west

 

[MikeGTW]

another one way west

 

[TrucTrain55]

Good Morning all. For this Western Wednesday here are a couple Athearn Pig Trailers. The Great Northern is one I Custom Decaled and added a Reefer the Rio Grande is a very old one I’ve had for awhile. Enjoy your day

 

[MikeGTW]

far west as I can get