trisonic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Fish Glue? Seriously, Savannah is a pretty nice town ruined by the smell. Have I admitted that I dislike Nawlins? Prefer Charleston. Pete. Edited August 5, 2014 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 One of these days the Sept MR will arrive in Canada. The usual suspects currently have very new-looking batches of the August edition... Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Al, just picked up MR in Smiths and an excellent article 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Al, just picked up MR in Smiths and an excellent article Thanks! Still a bit of a thrill for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 picked up in Smiths in Reading the other day - I particularly like the pic of the RS3 on the depot - I am a little surprised that the bridge scene wasn't featured though... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 picked up in Smiths in Reading the other day - I particularly like the pic of the RS3 on the depot - I am a little surprised that the bridge scene wasn't featured though... I struggled to get a good picture of the bridge scene. It's awkward to get a camera in at an interesting angle - one of those things I'd know to think about if I did it again. The truss bridges also hide the train when it's on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Here's a crop of one of the bridge pictures. The angle of the bridge makes it hard to get much of the bridge, swamp and train into the same frame - but then again, there's no Photoshopping here, other than a little cropping. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I got the Sept MR yesterday in Smiths (finally!) and i thought i recognized the layout name! Very nice article and i liked the photos of the rs-3 switching the Atrlanta tool company. Keep up the great work! Lloyd 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 If you want some later Southern power, there are a couple of new releases coming up. Intermountain is doing SD40-2s (4 numbers, order deadline is Sept 30) and Atlas is doing SD35s (4 numbers - I haven't seen the Atlas announcement but they are showing on the Walthers website). I ordered one of the Intermountain locos because I found photos of it still in Southern livery 5 years into NS ownership. Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted September 29, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2014 If you want some later Southern power, there are a couple of new releases coming up. Intermountain is doing SD40-2s (4 numbers, order deadline is Sept 30) and Atlas is doing SD35s (4 numbers - I haven't seen the Atlas announcement but they are showing on the Walthers website). I ordered one of the Intermountain locos because I found photos of it still in Southern livery 5 years into NS ownership. Adrian How do you order from Intermountain, Adrian? Is it more straightforward from Canada? I've always found pre-ordering from the UK a bit hit and mass. The retailers often won't deal with the UK, and the British importers haven't always been reliable in following up on pre-order if you place it through them. I notice that BLI has some Southern stuff in the pipeline too, include new E units and PA1/B units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 How do you order from Intermountain, Adrian? Is it more straightforward from Canada? I've always found pre-ordering from the UK a bit hit and mass. The retailers often won't deal with the UK, and the British importers haven't always been reliable in following up on pre-order if you place it through them. I notice that BLI has some Southern stuff in the pipeline too, include new E units and PA1/B units. I put an order in through my local hobby shop. I don't know if you can preorder direct from Intermountain, but I would expect them to be available through Walthers - who, as I understand it, can drop ship to any retailer who carries Walthers products. As for BLI - I forsee an expensive time for me with the PRR M1a/b and the Baldwin Centipedes as well as some PRR freight cars... Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm hoping for one of those SD40-2's as well. They look fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted September 29, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2014 We could really use some more 4-axle road power in Southern - there's been the odd GP7, 9, etc but not in huge numbers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Very true. RS3, H16-44, GP7/9, GP18, and not a lot else, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) We could really use some more 4-axle road power in Southern - there's been the odd GP7, 9, etc but not in huge numbers. Atlas has done GP38s and B23-7s in Southern livery - both are quite nice. Southern really didn't have a lot of GP7/9s as they persisted with the F-units for so long and then went straight to 2nd gen power. I don't believe Atlas has done the GP30, GP35, or U23B with a high short hood, so a lot of the possible early road power isn't available without a lot of work. They also started to go for six-axle power with SD24s (done by Atlas) and then SD35s (done by Atlas in Southern and CofG). Adrian Edited September 29, 2014 by Adrian Wintle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Also, I just picked up a couple of the Trainworx 100T quad hoppers in Southern livery. While semi-generic, they are a reasonable facsimile of a standard Southern hopper and are very nice items. They have done them in brown and black liveries (although the black livery is a N&W painting diagram and dates from after the merger). Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) I have seen a couple of photos of prototypical Southern trains for those who have lots of motive power and very little stock: 4x GP38 (the first three running long hood forward) 1x FP7 (in later black) 1x coach 4x piggyback flats 1x caboose or 1x GP35 (short hood leading) 1x GP30 (ditto) 1x GP38 (long hood leading) 1x FP7 1x coach 1x caboose Both pictures are in the Morning Sun book Southern Railway in Color Volume 3 and date from the early '70s. Both are of scheduled trains. Adrian Edited October 13, 2014 by Adrian Wintle 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 16, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2014 I have seen a couple of photos of prototypical Southern trains for those who have lots of motive power and very little stock: 4x GP38 (the first three running long hood forward) 1x FP7 (in later black) 1x coach 4x piggyback flats 1x caboose From what I can gather, a typical late Southern passenger train could consist of a coach or two, then many piggyback flats - guess where the money was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 From what I can gather, a typical late Southern passenger train could consist of a coach or two, then many piggyback flats - guess where the money was. That is certainly true from the pictures I've seen. They didn't always overload on motive power, though. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalLamer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) Keep in mind... (and for some reason 99% of railfans assume this) ...that just because you have motors in a consist doesn't mean they're online or even running at all. Even the largest of manifest trains can usually get by with two modern diesels... anything beyond that is pretty much being transferred to another location for any number of reasons... usually for repairs or scheduled inspections because most terminals don't have full-service diesel shops. Edited October 17, 2014 by TotalLamer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Al, if you want one of those Intermountain SD40-2's drop me a PM, I'm ordering one via the local trader of a friend in the USA after payday. My friend is shipping it over to me via USPS, so it won't cost any extra shipping to add another one to the box. I'll fill you in on paying the trader via PM if you are interested. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I forgot to get the MR Sept issue, time for a visit to Sheffield Transport Models this lunchtime, they always have loads of back issues 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you can fit through the door! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yeah, it's a good job I'm tall not fat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) Keep in mind... (and for some reason 99% of railfans assume this) ...that just because you have motors in a consist doesn't mean they're online or even running at all. Even the largest of manifest trains can usually get by with two modern diesels... anything beyond that is pretty much being transferred to another location for any number of reasons... usually for repairs or scheduled inspections because most terminals don't have full-service diesel shops. I agree, but there are photos of this train in both directions with similar consists, so it is possible that the booked horsepower was 7-8000* for the piggybacks (which some days could be a lot more than 4) plus 1500 (the FP7) for the passenger car. Even if they didn't use all the motors, they attached them in case they needed them for the return journey. This was the early '70s. *4xGP38 = 8000, GP38/35/30 = 6750 Adrian Edited October 17, 2014 by Adrian Wintle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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