Random Recap #39

Some Work Done

This week I installed a light switch to control the power to a staging track. It works great, so I’ll be getting more the the other tracks. The track in Plattsburgh yard was also looking a little kinked, So I took a dremel to the turnouts (eek!) and now it is nice and smooth. The […]

Random Recap #38

A Southbound CSX Autorack waits for a clearance in Catskill, NY, on a dark May day. A few minutes later it departs and gets to the crossing we were waiting at.

A Taste of 1978

The southbound Adirondack waits for the northbound WR-1, the “empty paper train”. The freight is using a PA, as is the Adirondack, due to Amtrak power and equipment changes. The through freights, though traditionally paper and wood products, now include intermodal. This enterprise didn’t last long, with the completion of the northway. Todays southbound Adirondack has […]

Plattsburgh Track Change (and other stuff)

I have changed the track in Plattsburgh a bit, to kind of “un-spaghetti bowl” the 4×8 part of the layout. The GP mill main building is now a regular siding (instead of a switchback), and the team track has been moved the the outside of the mainline. I also am working on painting all the […]

Another Round of Colonial Crafts (and another Amtrak)

Today we headed to the station again to catch the 1949-built Pennsy buffet lounge Colonial Crafts going back to NYC. Ol’ 85 was leading again: Of course the sun goes away right when the train comes in, and comes back out once the train is gone… It was just last year that a PRR car […]

Speeder in town

By Gideon(dhfan5) This is a speeder owned by a NARCOA (North American Railcar Operators Association) member who regularly operates it in NARCOA events. Speeders are old track maintenance and inspection vehicles. this one is a two seater manual drive Union Pacific inspection car. The inspection lights are new LED lights. These rubber guards go just above the rails to […]

Private Car Colonial Crafts on the Adirondack

Read about the interior of the car here. Today’s Northbound Adirondack Consist included Pennsylvania Railroad buffet lounge Colonial Crafts. The train was 20 minutes early! P42DC #85 was leading. Look for the Colonial Crafts tomorrow on the southbound. -Harrison

(Not So) Random Recap #37

Today’s random recap is actually from today, the northbound Adirondack rolls through Plattsburgh.

Recent Projects and Massena Train Show Haul

I finally finished assembling the P2K kit I got while in ME. It’s quite a step up from Athearn BB kits. I broke a couple stirrups, good thing they gave me extra. I am still fiddling with the Plattsburgh Industry area trackage, then painting track. I am working on installing a sound decoder in a […]

Month: October 2019