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by DaveO
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: New Ogihara Gondola Cars
Replies: 54
Views: 71108

Re: New Ogihara Gondola Cars

Unrelated to this thread: but I wonder where the high-top scrap gons (?) come from (I don’t know what they’re called, they’re brown, almost look like open too hoppers) that go to Ferrous in Auburn Hills. I don’t see them on 507 south of Pontiac, do they come in on L508 from Flint? woodchip hoppers ...
by DaveO
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: DaveO builds an empire
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: DaveO builds an empire

AARR wrote:
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:19 am
I suspect that when DaveO is done this will be a beautiful layout worthy of Model Railroader Magazine’s top layouts
I'll have what we had :mrgreen:
by DaveO
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: New siding-business in Traverse City???
Replies: 27
Views: 1335

Re: New siding-business in Traverse City???

the containers I see in the promo (the actual) photos are 20 foot forklift able.
those aren't double stackable.
edit: they can't be fork lifted out of the bottom of a well car.
by DaveO
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:07 am
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: DaveO builds an empire
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: DaveO builds an empire

joeyuboats wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:21 pm
Cannot remember the name, but, is it from an ATLAS track plan book??
the commercial origin is correct but not atlas.
but I did have a 4 x 8 layout when I was young, the atlas great eastern trunk.
by DaveO
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: DaveO builds an empire
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: DaveO builds an empire

AARR wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:46 pm
Nice long mainline run with a some switching too. Nice layout!

I will have to think about what layout inspired you. I think I know but I'll be darned if I can find it again.
It's a very popular layout in n scale.
by DaveO
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: DaveO builds an empire
Replies: 9
Views: 328

Re: DaveO builds an empire

freelanced. had to get santa fe fp45s my all-time fav. then had to get el capitan cars, 10 + 2 of them to go with them. then decided I liked the illinois central cars and got them. gotta find some matching power. then there's the amtrak sdp40s and 10 el capitan cars and ... instead of riding the bro...
by DaveO
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: DaveO builds an empire
Replies: 9
Views: 328

DaveO builds an empire

IMG_0402.JPG random thoughts understand use of right arm/hand impaired due to stroke use of left arm impaired by rotator cuff tear and disconnected tendon 4 x 8 table is of radiata pine. darn proud of the job I did :D especially considering supporting role filled by quick grip clamps 2 inch foam ea...
by DaveO
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11189
Views: 1861066

Re: Where Is It?

currently waiting for amtrak e8 day1 with sound
by DaveO
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11189
Views: 1861066

Re: Where Is It?

hobby center kato
1 Chome-24-10 Nishiochiai, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 161-0031, Japan
car is Keikyu Railway Deha(electric powered vehicle normal class) 268
by DaveO
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Goat Canyon Trestle
Replies: 2
Views: 157

Re: Goat Canyon Trestle

I'm surprised given the number of "explorers" over the years it hasn't been torched yet.
No water and no access.
by DaveO
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: arkansas midland fined for hazmat violations
Replies: 2
Views: 356

arkansas midland fined for hazmat violations

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-requires-arkansas-midland-railroad-company-pay-910k-alleged-hazardous-waste "The waste material, o-Chlorotoluene, was stored in up to 34 unsecured, unsupervised rail cars along Spring Street for at least two years." so my search turned up that the placard should...
by DaveO
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: L'anse, Mich. question
Replies: 16
Views: 1332

Re: L'anse, Mich. question

Nancy does a good job videoing train activity in the L’Anse area. This video is typical of CN’s operations there. this showed up on my youtube recommendations last night https://youtu.be/1VDwKVHN0QA I was surprised at how it was done. But considering the track layout and the number of cars, it make...
by DaveO
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: L'anse, Mich. question
Replies: 16
Views: 1332

Re: L'anse, Mich. question

this showed up on my youtube recommendations last night https://youtu.be/1VDwKVHN0QA recap: train arrived? and left inbounds on siding or main. next day? engines ran around inbounds and went light engines down hill. pulled outbounds and then shoved them back into other track up top. pulled inbounds ...
by DaveO
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11189
Views: 1861066

Re: Where Is It?

former gtw old main looking southwest towards where the bridge across I-75 use to be.
riders used to be on corrunna east of I-75 and now is west.
by DaveO
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024
Replies: 98
Views: 10513

Re: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024

Graham Halverson wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:13 pm
coasterrider wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:04 pm
first Venture car is the new cafe car testing along with a new Venture coach
Oh really? Do you by chance have an estimated time when they’ll come out officially? Or when more test cars will run?
only 1 cafe has been delivered
https://on-track-on-line.com/amtk-roste ... html#PRIIA
by DaveO
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11189
Views: 1861066

Re: Where Is It?

~Z~ wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:12 pm
David Collins wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:44 pm
Somewhere on the former PM between Saginaw and Baldwin?
South of Saginaw. I bet a lot of folk here have passed where the bridge used to be that's just past this codeline pole.
Many times on the way to where the hobby store was.
Many times on the way to where the hobby store is.
by DaveO
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: The port of monroe-containers?
Replies: 17
Views: 1462

Re: The port of monroe-containers?

is it not more than a minor detail to overlook if you plan to do international containers when the the welland canal shuts down for several months during the winter?
by DaveO
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: The port of monroe-containers?
Replies: 17
Views: 1462

Re: The port of monroe-containers?

those international containers aren't going to be moving during the welland canal winter shut-downs.
by DaveO
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: L'anse, Mich. question
Replies: 16
Views: 1332

Re: L'anse, Mich. question

if you use google maps measuring tool it looks to be about 460 feet using aerial image
by DaveO
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1558218

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

GRHC wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:36 am
On the southside of Fillmore Road on the east side of the tracks there’s an old foundation which makes me wonder if that could be the old station.
yes according to 1913 atlas