I got a few minutes today to go outside and clear the mainline off and run some trains. More to come later with more snow
Ore jennies out on the double track
Passing Red River
Passing through Wolf Creek
Passing over (the future) Wolf Creek
Headed back the other way over Wolf Creek
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All right, here are some more photos I took tonight. This is 1:29th mixture of USA Trains and Aristocraft Rolling stock on Aristocraft Stainless Steel track
Headed down the double track
Going the other way by Red River
Caboose crossing over Wolf Creek
Station at Wolf Creek after the train had been through
The Plot thickens!
Up to the frame now
The amount of snow on that roof is scary if it was 1:1
The operator is going to have fun climbing that snow drift
Going through the trough over the Wolf Creek bridge
Plowing toward the Wolf Creek
I'm not looking forward to digging out the hopper when its time to pull the car
Looks like AARR's Geeps weren't up to the task.
Plow extra called for duty
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
When the snow gets deeper than about a half inch I have to run the plow because it just packs in front of the leader geep and eventually will cause it to derail. If its the first snow, or its all melted off I can get away without running the plow but like the real railroad, once I use the plow I'm committed until the snow melts because I've trenched myself in. The first group of photos, daylight, Where taken after I had plowed, the second group, night, were taken on the same day while it was snowing. So there was only a little bit over the track and not an issue to plow with just an engine. The third group of photos was taken during the next snow storm and I had enough that I had to use the plow because I hadn't run trains over night and we got a good inch and a half or so over the track. I probably could have gotten away with 2 geeps but it I didn't want to have to go get another engine out of the house if 2 wasn't enough.