Train sets!

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that is a matter of discretion, but so far it's been my old house, my current job, and my trains

i thought i'd include the caption as the two companies are always feuding over sales

1mtvfan wrote:i thought i'd include the caption as the two companies are always feuding over sales

COOL! The drop bridge is finished and installed .

no, the drop bridge is still on the "yet to be built" shelf, i took a pic of it to show you what it looks like.

1mtvfan wrote:no, the drop bridge is still on the "yet to be built" shelf, i took a pic of it to show you what it looks like.

How can you take a picture of something that hasn't been built yet?

Such is a photo of what currently exists. The current bridge is to be replaced with a drop bridge... eventually.

that bridge deck is what will become the drop bridge

Bridge deck?

the part of the bridge with the rails on it, that is the bridge deck

1mtvfan wrote:the part of the bridge with the rails on it, that is the bridge deck

Hmm.. ok .

yes, that's a bridge deck, more pics follow  
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50' boxcars at the freight station

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50' Mechanical reefers& 3rd 50' boxcar waiting on the storage spur

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2 20' containers

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Container stacks in mixed styles waiting their route

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53' container stacked on a 48'

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double stacked 48' Containers

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48' stacked on a 40'

hope you like them all

1mtvfan wrote:yes, that's a bridge deck, more pics follow  

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50' boxcars at the freight station

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50' Mechanical reefers& 3rd 50' boxcar waiting on the storage spur

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2 20' containers

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Container stacks in mixed styles waiting their route

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53' container stacked on a 48'

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double stacked 48' Containers

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48' stacked on a 40'

Nice pics .

i'm just happy they turned out well, and now you guys can all see how containers are shipped by rail today

agreed, they are good. Btw, the car seen behind the well car with the 53' foot container above the 48' one is an old passenger car that has been converted for use as an office (since it was damaged in an accident and was deemed no longer safe for use by passengers as a result of this accident).

yes indeed, the brass didn't want to scrap it completely, so they turned it into an office space

1mtvfan wrote:i'm just happy they turned out well, and now you guys can all see how containers are shipped by rail today

TigerTankFan wrote:agreed, they are good. Btw, the car seen behind the well car with the 53' foot container above the 48' one is an old passenger car that has been converted for use as an office (since it was damaged in an accident and was deemed no longer safe for use by passengers as a result of this accident).

1mtvfan wrote:yes indeed, the brass didn't want to scrap it completely, so they turned it into an office space

Wow very interesting story! Very cool indeed.

isn't it? there's lots of stories about old railroad equipment, Cabooses and passenger coaches mostly, bein' rescued and turned to other uses

1mtvfan wrote:isn't it? there's lots of stories about old railroad equipment, Cabooses and passenger coaches mostly, bein' rescued and turned to other uses

I read an article about old New york city subway cars being taken onto a ferry... brought out to the middle of the river, then thrown overboard as a reef . What better way to re-use the train cars right?

that's getting common also

1mtvfan wrote:that's getting common also

Yes indeed .

the only other thing done is sending them to be recycled at a rolling mill, where they are turned into new car parts.

1mtvfan wrote:the only other thing done is sending them to be recycled at a rolling mill, where they are turned into new car parts.

True .

i've seen many a train of nothing but badly damaged and scrapped equipment rolling off along the mains, some 2 miles long. and here's a new pic showing the progress of phase 3

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Container stacks in newly made spur lines of new Container yard area

1mtvfan wrote:i've seen many a train of nothing but badly damaged and scrapped equipment rolling off along the mains, some 2 miles long. and here's a new pic showing the progress of phase 3

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Container stacks in newly made spur lines of new Container yard area

Cool!

it's still not finished yet, but it's a place to start

1mtvfan wrote:it's still not finished yet, but it's a place to start

Yeah, you have to start somewhere.