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Followed almost immediately by an eastbound counterpart, powered by a NYC H10b. Love the overhung Elesco heaters!

Before too long, a westbound drag freight came by, headed up by double headed JGL mikados. Strongly influenced in their design by Erie units.

Nice as the surprise of the electrics was, we were aching for steam. And we got it, in a big way! An Erie berk, doing what she was meant to do, speed perishibles to market.

Here's one more of the little T motor, and the the mystery solved. Bit of a bummer for those in the rear of the observation, huh?

But Eddie wasn't done with the surprises yet. A third section, and another electric unit! By now we knew how this was possible, on a road with no third rail, but I'll keep you guessing for now. The first photo also shows I haven't yet installed fascia! There is to be a lower level and I...

I wanndered back across the river to wait for whatever might come next, turned out to be a second section of the advance Comet, railfans had really turned out en masse. But the big surprise was the power, wtf!

There was a brief pause in the action and one of our most looked forward to locos appeared, a J1e Hudson on the point of the advance Comet.

We were totally unprepared for what came next, and did not yet realize just how much unusual power we would be seeing! Blew our minds when a restored doodlebug came trundling by.

It wasn't long before a westbound passenger train, in the charge of one of the home road Mountains, #5412, came thundering by. I had run across the bridge to the other side of the river to catch it on the bridge, fortunately my buddies were able to get other shots as well.

Hmm again, worked this time. Must be me! Next up was an eastbound in charge of a NYC L4, complete with elephant ears. What a beauty!

Hmm, I wanted to put three shots of this loco on one post, perhaps they are to large to do so, it wouldn't copy a second shot, so you are in for lots of posts!

The first train we saw that day was a coal drag, empty, headed west. It was headed up by a C&O mikado, #2341. This was, coincidentally, the first steamer Eddie had bought, before he went wild buying up NYC steam.

Me and a few friends went down to shoot some film back on Railfan day in '64. For those who weren't aware of it, Eddie Willers, President of the JGL, for years substituted steam for the usual diesels on the Saturday prior to July 4th. Eddie, as most know, was an avid railfan himself, and had...

Here is one more photo of the loco in a recently completed area of the layout. I've taken a bunch of pics of my steam collection in this area, thinking about making a thread for them if you think there would be any interest.

Yes it is indeed a NW5. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article. I note that their history does not incluse this unit owned by Mass Central. EMD NW5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia While at work today I visited the Atlas forum (by the way, can't get on the Gauge at work, it is blocked...

Thanks Sarge. Great pics from a cell phone! CNWMan, correct observations, wrong guess tho. Will wait till tomorrow to post answer so others can respond.

No, it's HO, the track is code 70 flex. Here is another photo of the loco, a rare unit, anybody know what it is?

Been awhile since I stopped in, some very nice photos. I'll add this one, I like the way the lights look.

Or do what I do: I have resistor values on hand in increments of about 100 ohms, starting near 60 and up to 1100. I start at the high end and work my way down, using whatever value lights the bulb.

Yep, you got it. Block B will always have its polarity changed to match whatever block you are entering/leaving. If the polarity already matches, the reverser does nothing. If the reverse module you choose works properly, you won't ever notice a thing.