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Some NS action at my favorite spot.

Then you are saying NO Railbox,NS,CSX,EEC GATX etc doesn't rumble through your area on through trains? Of course if you are taking about the Colorado coal routes to the mines then I can understand that.However,we are not discussing solid coal operation but,a switching layout which cars for a...

C&HV JALO eases to a stop behind a chessie train..Today JALO is only 8 cars long. Track scene at "deep cut".

Absolutely! However,on my past ISL's I always like to have enough cars so I can rotate the inbounds at least 10 times that way when my G&N boxcar shows up there is no need to think:Gee,there's that green Greenville & Northern boxcar again. However,other roads like CSX,CR,NS,UP,Railbox etc...

PBCO rolls toward Columbus with GP50 #500 leading 2 GP38-2s with 36 cars in tow.

I still see several on NS but,they are not as common as they once was. Nice catch!

Hi Mike!:wave: As far as caboose many still remain in service where long reverse moves are made such as locals and mine runs..Many of these cabooses are fully functional.

Here we see C&HV LO-CO waiting for a NS train with CN Power roar by before getting permission to enter NS on trackage rights. Here we see LO-CO just seconds before derailing at a tunnel portal..16 of 19 cars will leave the rail-no joke here..The last car jump the track and jammed in the...

The worst sound to me is the scream of a brass engine heading for the big catch-wait! That's the scream of the owner!

Ah,Enter "all things railroad"..There is no glory in step grades and sharp curves on railroads that is why many choose to follow river valleys and not climb a grade. That is why Saluda grade is no more. Tennessee pass was shut down by UP. As locomotives got larger and heavier those old...

All that math hurts my head..Thanks for posting the information..:thumb:

Well again IF he has a old airport hanger for a layout room.After all prototype curves was laid out as large as possible even on the mountainous division.I fully believe a sweeping 72" curve may be a little tight for main lines in some applications.:eek: Indeed it is hard to follow...

Even at that our curves are still to sharp in most cases as our switches and needless to say most modeled grades are unrealistically steep.However,those are among several "evils" we must contend with in our miniature world unless of course one has a old airport hanger for his layout "room"...

Serious N Scalers uses the largest curve possible.I perfer nothing less then 11" ..I will use 9 3/4" radius IF that is the largest I can use.

Well,I plan on being in Marion next Sunday.I also plan on attending some of the early slide shows this fall..

The 722 was being towed.

I took these photos Wednesday while railfanning in Marion..I meant to stay long enough to drink my daily cup off coffee but,ended up staying 6 hours[:O].It was a very busy day.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Well,I could understand a bad runner with the older GP18 drives as they were at best hit and miss unlike the upgraded GP18/20 which has been a proven smooth runner..The older GP18 has a cruel looking fuel tank fashion from a chunk of lead...This might be even better...

Interesting.. Is this the one that uses the old GP18 drive?