And now, some much smaller trains
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tracker7So, at last, photos of the layout and most of my locomotives. I have the usual ridiculous ratio of locomotives to rolling stock. Need more hoppers.
Here is my first N-scale train. Bought it at a Kay-Bee shop when I was at UofL. Paid a whopping $13 for it. The circle of track is still in use, as is the train itself. None of the railroads represented really existed even when I bought the set - Chessie System had been folded into CSX, Southern Railway is part of Norfolk Southern, and the Lehigh Valley became part of Conrail in the mid-70s. No F-series locomotive (the one here is an F9) was ever painted in Chessie System colors, even.
A Conrail SD60. Grr - didn't notice the derailed rear truck until just now. In the background is a commemorative model I picked up a while back.
My favorites - #1828 is an SD9, and the unnumbered unit is an SD60. The Chessie System scheme is the prettiest paint ever applied to a locomotive. The proportions on these two are pretty good; the SD9 is a first-generation locomotive of 1800 hp; the SD60 is a third-gen, cranking out about 3600, I believe.
Seaboard System SD60. I only saw this prototype paint scheme on a few locomotives, as the SBD didn't last long before the merger with Chessie to form CSX.
CSX originally stood for Chessie-Seaboard-eXpanded. The SD50 on the left represents one of CSX's early paint jobs, grouped together under the "stealth" nickname. The very first CSX paint jobs were this dull gray with "CSX Transportation" on the long hoods, until a paint shop manager pointed out that it was remarkably redundant to have "Transportation" painted on the side of a locomotive. The loco on the right is a representative of the "Bright Future" paint job. That model was a birthday gift.
Two representing Norfolk Southern. The C30-7 on the left was the first thing I ever purchased online, way back in USENET days. On the right is another SD50/60.
And there's the layout itself. Not a lot there now, but it lets me run trains and exercise my imagination. The stack of stuff on the right is the kit for a largish coal mine model, to be placed, well, about where the kit pieces are now. That section of the layout will eventually be a couple inches higher than the rest and separated by a river valley. In the back, the little house represents what will eventually be the town of Yeager. The three spurs in the middle of the two loops will be some mixed industries. The longer spur along the left front is going to be either a passenger station or a paper mill.
Here is my first N-scale train. Bought it at a Kay-Bee shop when I was at UofL. Paid a whopping $13 for it. The circle of track is still in use, as is the train itself. None of the railroads represented really existed even when I bought the set - Chessie System had been folded into CSX, Southern Railway is part of Norfolk Southern, and the Lehigh Valley became part of Conrail in the mid-70s. No F-series locomotive (the one here is an F9) was ever painted in Chessie System colors, even.
A Conrail SD60. Grr - didn't notice the derailed rear truck until just now. In the background is a commemorative model I picked up a while back.
My favorites - #1828 is an SD9, and the unnumbered unit is an SD60. The Chessie System scheme is the prettiest paint ever applied to a locomotive. The proportions on these two are pretty good; the SD9 is a first-generation locomotive of 1800 hp; the SD60 is a third-gen, cranking out about 3600, I believe.
Seaboard System SD60. I only saw this prototype paint scheme on a few locomotives, as the SBD didn't last long before the merger with Chessie to form CSX.
CSX originally stood for Chessie-Seaboard-eXpanded. The SD50 on the left represents one of CSX's early paint jobs, grouped together under the "stealth" nickname. The very first CSX paint jobs were this dull gray with "CSX Transportation" on the long hoods, until a paint shop manager pointed out that it was remarkably redundant to have "Transportation" painted on the side of a locomotive. The loco on the right is a representative of the "Bright Future" paint job. That model was a birthday gift.
Two representing Norfolk Southern. The C30-7 on the left was the first thing I ever purchased online, way back in USENET days. On the right is another SD50/60.
And there's the layout itself. Not a lot there now, but it lets me run trains and exercise my imagination. The stack of stuff on the right is the kit for a largish coal mine model, to be placed, well, about where the kit pieces are now. That section of the layout will eventually be a couple inches higher than the rest and separated by a river valley. In the back, the little house represents what will eventually be the town of Yeager. The three spurs in the middle of the two loops will be some mixed industries. The longer spur along the left front is going to be either a passenger station or a paper mill.
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:06 am (UTC)I'm guessing the track snaking it's way around the back of the table to the right will be joining up with the coal mine?
Oh, and you might want to pop an lj-cut in there so peoples browsers don't have hernias :p
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Date: 2007-01-10 01:08 pm (UTC)You're correct about the track on the back right. My plans are to start that one up a grade as soon as it slips away from the rest of the tracks, with a nice bridge over a steep creek/river valley.
When I have room and money for a larger setup, I'd love to get a couple of steamers. The old Chesapeake & Ohio had some monsters for use on their Appalachian and Allegheny mountain lines.