Minnesota Classic Glastron Forum
General Category => Classified / Wanted to Buy => Topic started by: dorelse on April 19, 2016, 09:53:30 AM
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I'll take the train & the controller please.
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Yes, that is one I got from you Doran.
And no, you can not have my new toys. I am starting to build a switching layout in my basement.
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And no, you can not have my new toys. I am starting to build a switching layout in my basement.
That's going to be my 'old man' retirement project.
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And no, you can not have my new toys. I am starting to build a switching layout in my basement.
That's going to be my 'old man' retirement project.
I haven't played with any trains since I was probably 13 or 14 I used to have a 4' x 8' layout for about 10 years of my child hood. getting into this new DCC stuff is a little confusing at first, and all I can say is wow how things have gone up in cost! I will send you some pics Doran when I start laying track after I make my trip to the big train shop in Deshler, NE hopefully next week.
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My yard lay out ... Not sure how you guys fit them into a basement ...
And at $2 million plus per unit ... not sure how you can afford them ...
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Very nice Gregg! Looks like a lot of Power just sitting around. Correct me if I am wrong, majority in the picture are SD units and I see a couple SW units?
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Show off.
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Think so ... can't see trucks to tell for sure and don't remember new (8000) numbering system , 4000 should be GP's.
We got SD and GP rebuilds by ILS and EMD... not new ... picture was taken in 2005.
Switchers are MP1500, road switcher built by EMD for the Milwaukee road, All have been sold and replaced with older GP's.
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Think so ... can't see trucks to tell for sure and don't remember new (8000) numbering system , 4000 should be GP's.
We got SD and GP rebuilds by ILS and EMD... not new ... picture was taken in 2005.
Switchers are MP1500, road switcher built by EMD for the Milwaukee road, All have been sold and replaced with older GP's.
Is that English?
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Think so ... can't see trucks to tell for sure and don't remember new (8000) numbering system , 4000 should be GP's.
We got SD and GP rebuilds by ILS and EMD... not new ... picture was taken in 2005.
Switchers are MP1500, road switcher built by EMD for the Milwaukee road, All have been sold and replaced with older GP's.
Is that English?
yes Jason LOL
Trucks -- the carrying wheels
I believe GPs or "Jeeps" have two axles per truck while the SDs have 3 axles per truck
ILS and EMD are engine manufactures
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I just picked up on some if this railroad terms just recently on a remember the Rock Island FB group. So I hope I get everything correct.
Hey Gregg or Doran you want to split this off of Mark's steering wheel search?
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" I believe GPs or "Jeeps" have two axles per truck while the SDs have 3 axles per truck "
Yep ... we kept the -2's and got rid of the rest ...
" ILS and EMD are engine manufactures "
ILS (Independent Loco Services) is a rebuilder.
EMD (Electro Motive Division) was General Motors loco division.
GE is our Loco supplier now.
Sorry Mark ....
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Dropped some power off on 3 track the other day, walking back to the shop I passed this ..
Just had to climb up and take a look ...
We aren't allowed phones on the job ... So got pictures off the internet ...
One of my first jobs when I started on the Soo Line was to wash the covered wagons, also had to crawl along the car body and scrap grease and oil out of the car body gutters. They were red and white by that time.
Blue card in the cab listed mfg. date as 1949.
Had the Mars light in the nose, but no steam generator ....
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Looks like a museum piece, didn't they run most of those loco's on light rail? I'll be working pre-cutover for hump yard process next week at Bailey(North Platte), so I can post some unit pictures for those interested.
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Sweet, please do Mike!
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Soo Line #2500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Line_2500
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A set of yard loco's at the diesel shop next to hump yard East bowl at North Platte.
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Label plate from yard loco 1797.
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Sand station at NPE diesel shop. Used to fill road locomotives with sand for increased tractive effort. Notice all the sand on the ground, they check the dump nozzles then refill the sand tanks. Really cool to see the operator move his cab around to get to the fill point.
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Forgot pic
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A view from above. Took this from the bridge at crest of East hump. Shows the antennas, including 220mhz and GPS receivers. This was a power move to outbound yard.
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View East from NP East hump 5 story tower. Shows back side of diesel shop and East hump bowl or tangeant tracks.
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Great pictures Mike! Thank you for sharing!