RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, pH said: Complete with a man with a red flag walking in front: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/791632/ Interesting little short line with a passenger service (tourist trains) and a collection of trolleys. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 51 minutes ago, melmerby said: Interesting little short line with a passenger service (tourist trains) and a collection of trolleys. Some of them need a little bit of work though..... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: Some of them need a little bit of work though..... Looks like it's been in someone's garden. They've rescued a few of such "sheds" in the UK and you would be surpised at how they end up. A coach cut in two and devoid of chassis still ends up getting restored, eventually. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, melmerby said: Looks like it's been in someone's garden. They've rescued a few of such "sheds" in the UK and you would be surpised at how they end up. A coach cut in two and devoid of chassis still ends up getting restored, eventually. I think that one is former York Railways car #162 which was withdrawn from service in 1939. It has got a pair of trucks, but I'm not sure if they are the original ones pr not. I've gained permission to look round the M&H yard on a couple of times when passing through Middletown, although some of the stock stored there is difficult to get to/photograph. Never been there on a day when they were operating though..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Not a freight: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/792432/ (Not a passenger train either - it's the CSX track geometry train.) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Here's a picture of a New York New Jersey Rail train in the Brooklyn section of New York City. The train is moving down First Avenue and heading to the 65th Street Yard. This is the only mid-street running freight operation in the Big Apple. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/780940/ Wendell Idaho, USA 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 12/01/2022 at 06:53, Wendell1976 said: This is the only mid-street running freight operation in the Big Apple. Which, according to the Photo Notes, will then shunt "...onto the only operating car float in the continental United States." ...! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2022 That dock is essentially a switching yard with detachable fiddle yards (the floats) at one end, and the line disappearing between city blocks to what may as well be off-scene staging at the other end. Although hoppers and boxcars appear to be in use on the line, for anyone who likes gons and making loads for them as well as slow speed switching, this is an interesting prototype for a modern day model. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, WessexEclectic said: Which, according to the Photo Notes, will then shunt "...onto the only operating car float in the continental United States." ...! The full Route of the line. In Brooklyn from here at Sims Recycling, where there is a dock: https://goo.gl/maps/uFj5LRdiWEsJ7XVu8 To car float here at 65th St. Yard: https://goo.gl/maps/nfy4kCUoH5tY1wcY6 New Jersey end at Greenville Yard https://goo.gl/maps/gZwBhAwDZ1DqtENeA and vice versa Sims have also got a rail connected facility close to Greenville Yard, which also has a dock. Sims look like some of their material are shipped from Brooklyn straight to NJ by barge. Do any of the wagons of waste in that picture start from trucks unloading to the rail wagons alongside 2nd Ave? Why would Sims use two modes of transport? Anybody know ? Edited January 13, 2022 by melmerby 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 hours ago, Regularity said: That dock is essentially a switching yard with detachable fiddle yards (the floats) at one end, and the line disappearing between city blocks to what may as well be off-scene staging at the other end. Although hoppers and boxcars appear to be in use on the line, for anyone who likes gons and making loads for them as well as slow speed switching, this is an interesting prototype for a modern day model. In the October 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Lance Mindheim built a N scale Brooklyn Terminal layout with some street running of First Avenue. You can also see this 1940's themed layout on the www.lancemindheim.com website. The February 2018 issue of Trains magazine has a detailed article on the present-day New York New Jersey Rail system. Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted January 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Wendell1976 said: In the October 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Lance Mindheim built a N scale Brooklyn Terminal layout with some street running of First Avenue. You can also see this 1940's themed layout on the www.lancemindheim.com website. The February 2018 issue of Trains magazine has a detailed article on the present-day New York New Jersey Rail system. Wendell Idaho, USA There’s a chapter dedicated to the Bush Terminal in Bernard Kempinski’s 2008 Kalmbach Book: “Mid-Size Track Plans for Realistic Layouts”. Kempinski also references a 2003 N-scale Model Railroad Planning plan for a small shelf layout (marginally less than 3’ x 4’). I only have the book, and the 10 pages of the chapter show a good selection of historical photos - when compared with the Google map links @melmerby has given above it shows how much the area has changed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Wendell1976 said: In the October 2021 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Lance Mindheim built a N scale Brooklyn Terminal layout with some street running of First Avenue. You can also see this 1940's themed layout on the www.lancemindheim.com website. The February 2018 issue of Trains magazine has a detailed article on the present-day New York New Jersey Rail system. Wendell Idaho, USA Had a look at that website and there are some nice layouts on there. He defintely makes them look realistic. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: There’s a chapter dedicated to the Bush Terminal in Bernard Kempinski’s 2008 Kalmbach Book: “Mid-Size Track Plans for Realistic Layouts”. Kempinski also references a 2003 N-scale Model Railroad Planning plan for a small shelf layout (marginally less than 3’ x 4’). I only have the book, and the 10 pages of the chapter show a good selection of historical photos - when compared with the Google map links @melmerby has given above it shows how much the area has changed. Yes indeed, Keith. I had forgotten about the Bush Terminal layout that Bernard Kempinski had talked about. Wendell Idaho, USA 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Here's a newer picture of a Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad train in Stockton, California. The train is moving down Roosevelt Street. Stockton is 47 miles(75.2 kilometers) south of Sacramento via either the Interstate 5(I-5) or California State Route 99(CA-99 or SR-99) freeway. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/795856/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Last street-running freight train on the Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad: https://railpictures.net/photo/796639/ 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, pH said: Last street-running freight train on the Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad: https://railpictures.net/photo/796639/ I gather there is a diversionary route built or under construction from the write up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Video of street running in Brooklyn. First moving some freight cars inbound and then moving a retired NYC subway train to be sent off for scrapping. Shows a crew member operating one of the switches in the roadway. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) Here's a couple of new pictures of a Union Pacific Railroad train in Anaheim, California. The train is running down Santa Ana Street in both pictures. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/799767/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/798868/ Wendell Idaho, USA Edited May 11, 2022 by Wendell1976 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Here's a new picture of a CSX Transportation train in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The train is moving down Main Street. West Brownsville is a suburb of Pittsburgh. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/802534/ Wendell Idaho, USA 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Wendell1976 said: Here's a new picture of a CSX Transportation train in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The train is moving down Main Street. West Brownsville is a suburb of Pittsburgh. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/802534/ Wendell Idaho, USA Very neatly finished road surface surrounding the tracks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Here's a newer picture of a Union Pacific Railroad train in Rockford, Illinois. The train is running down Madison Street. Rockford is about 85 miles(136 kilometers) west-northwest of Chicago via the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway(Interstate 90 or I-90). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/801703/ Wendell Idaho, USA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Here's a new picture of a BNSF Railway train in Renton, Washington. The trash container train is running down Houser Way South at the intersection with Wells Avenue South. Renton is a suburb of Seattle. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/804895/ Wendell Idaho, USA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2022 I bet that leaves a whiff as it passes.🙁 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 03/06/2022 at 09:04, Wendell1976 said: Here's a newer picture of a Union Pacific Railroad train in Rockford, Illinois. The train is running down Madison Street. Rockford is about 85 miles(136 kilometers) west-northwest of Chicago via the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway(Interstate 90 or I-90). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/801703/ Wendell Idaho, USA What's the significance of the UP's "Y" series numbering? They have both a 705 & a Y705 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, melmerby said: What's the significance of the UP's "Y" series numbering? They have both a 705 & a Y705 A separate sequence for ‘yard’ engines (as distinct from road power): https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/507/t/75311.aspx 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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