Switching the Miami Downtown Spur - in 1:1 Scale

[shortliner]

For those of you who have found Lance Mindheims books and videos about Miami interesting - this might just be 20 minutes of pure heaven! 

One of Tolga Eboras posts - this is usually switched in the early hours of the morning - but here CSX is running it in daylight 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izyl6R7BxKA&fbclid=IwAR2IijW5EUAMu_EhBES5O3Ulz6EmeImFwEzVmAndT71dg70qkjjGJs-nUMA

[johnb]

Interesting video. What is apparent is the speed at which the switching is carried out!

[enginelane]

Interesting video. What is apparent is the speed at which the switching is carried out!

Yeap no crawling along at 2 mph, no long pauses in between movements

[Regularity]

Yeap no crawling along at 2 mph, no long pauses in between movements

Except when coupling: very slow.

And some of the “no long pauses” are down to the editing, which is a bit frustrating, to be honest, as it would be useful to see how long, and why, I.e. what’s going on, on the ground.

[Wendell1976]

A real life version of Lance Mindheim's switching layout(sort of speak). Nice video, Jack!

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[enginelane]

Except when coupling: very slow.

And some of the “no long pauses” are down to the editing, which is a bit frustrating, to be honest, as it would be useful to see how long, and why, I.e. what’s going on, on the ground.

Ah! Good point

[shortliner]

Thanks, Wendell - and glad you guys found it interesting!

Edited December 31, 2018 by shortliner

[F-UnitMad]

A real life version of Lance Mindheim's switching layout(sort of speak). Nice video, Jack!

Wendell

Idaho, USA

Yeah, nice of them to copy his ideas!!

 

It was interesting to recognise some of the places Lance has modelled though, especially the metal processor and one of the grade crossings.

Thanks for posting, Jack!