C40-8 6045 leads a short freight through town. It will be dropping off several cars for local delivery.
Among the cars is this well-worn NS boxcar. Built by Pullman-Standard in the late 70's, this car will soon be reaching the 40 year retirement age; at that point it has to be either rebuilt or retired from interchange service.
Among the cars to be dropped off, are these three heavy-duty flatcars. The first two are carrying compressor parts for a new plant being built outside of town. The third one has yet another worn out turbine being sent to Wilson Steel for scrapping.
Last in the train are these two bulkhead flatcars carrying pipe loads -steel on the first one and concrete on the second.
To follow up on last week's excursion theme, here's a "fantasy" excursion; a late 70's era passenger trainset powered by gas turbines! While Amtrak did, indeed, own several Turbotrain sets during the late 70's-early 80's, they were all (unfortunately) scrapped after several years of deferred maintenance and storage. But the cool thing about model railroading is that you can bring back the past on your layout!
C40-8 6045 leads a short freight through town. It will be dropping off several cars for local delivery.
Among the cars is this well-worn NS boxcar. Built by Pullman-Standard in the late 70's, this car will soon be reaching the 40 year retirement age; at that point it has to be either rebuilt or retired from interchange service.
Among the cars to be dropped off, are these three heavy-duty flatcars. The first two are carrying compressor parts for a new plant being built outside of town. The third one has yet another worn out turbine being sent to Wilson Steel for scrapping.
Last in the train are these two bulkhead flatcars carrying pipe loads -steel on the first one and concrete on the second.
To follow up on last week's excursion theme, here's a "fantasy" excursion; a late 70's era passenger trainset powered by gas turbines! While Amtrak did, indeed, own several Turbotrain sets during the late 70's-early 80's, they were all (unfortunately) scrapped after several years of deferred maintenance and storage. But the cool thing about model railroading is that you can bring back the past on your layout!
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Now you know how to run a railroad! Great stuff!
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