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Modeling / Something new for those with street switches

« on: January 14, 2016, 03:26:27 PM »

Being that my railroad is covered in street running, I decided to have the Racor in street (submarine) switch stand cover plates made.  These are the typical large plate, and the smaller one that only actually covered the mechanism and not the levers.  They are laser cut, as they will be much easier to work with then etched metal.   They are HO, and made using field measurements.  I opted not to do the cover plates that go from these to the switch itself covering the rod, as that is simple to do with styrene, and no two ever seem to be the same length. 

These were made by Precision Design.   http://www.pdc.ca/rr/  These are not a catalog item, so if anyone is interested they need to email PDC.

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Modeling / Re: New layout based on Brooklyn, NY and Milw's Chicago lines.

« on: October 18, 2012, 11:09:47 PM »

Boy, I am slacking.  I forgot I posted here! Anyway, I had to make some changes to the layout, moving it to another side of the room and adding some things.  I will post an updated plan as soon as I finish it.

Franklin Polymers spur is on 47th Street just a few feet east of 2nd Ave.  It is no longer served, they get there cars in the yard when they do get them.  It was hard to get back there as they had to go through a junk yard.

The other spur is on 1st Ave and 54th Street. 

Benchwork starts this week!

Paul

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General Discussion / Re: Old north side switching video

« on: August 19, 2012, 10:49:21 PM »

The clip is from Pentrex's Todays Chicago Railroads, and is available on DVD, having just watched it.  Its is one of there best DVDs, lots of great action thats now gone, especially the Goose Island portion.

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Modeling / New layout based on Brooklyn, NY and Milw's Chicago lines.

« on: August 16, 2012, 09:57:14 PM »

Well, Ill admit, I am a diehard New Yorker first off.  I always wanted to, and still have plans for a layout based on NY Cross Harbor, NYC's last street running, and carfloating railroad.   Unfortunately apartment life has put those plans on hold.

Anyway, I designed this layout plan with elements using Chicago street trackage as well as some of my hometown customers in Brooklyn.   I hope to get down to Goose Island soon to photograph some of what I plan to incorporate. 


Its 9' long and 6' wide, with a 2' width.  All the street running will be using Proto87s girder rail and single point switches.  Other yard trackage will be using Central Valley Code 70 switches and track.

Customer A will be a generic newspaper plant.
Customer B is Vesuvio Foods.  This customer is based off of Peerless Confectionery, abit renamed for a NY customer.   The building will be exactly like Peerless, although I did add a switchback inside of it to add a little switching puzzle to it.
Customer C is Cropsey Metals, a scrap yard.  This customers siding will be built just like Midwest Zinc's.
Customer D is Brooklyn Block, which will be based off of Plibrico's siding. 
Customer E, MVP Warehousing, a generic warehousing customer with no real base.
Customer F is Franklin Polymers,  a plastic bag company.  This is a Brooklyn Based customer.  (You can see them switch this on Pentrex's street running).  Here is a photo of there siding:

Customer G, Atlantic Waste, a NY customer, ships garbage out in 60' boxcars.  A photo of the real siding:

To get to it is an interesting piece of track.  Its a right switch, to cross over into a left side building. This is a prototype siding that they built in NY, however it was never used since the contractor built it to sharp!

Customer H is Plywood Specialties, this building/siding will be built just like Big Bay Lumber. 

I is a team track, J is a small engine hut, and K is a short RIP track.

At some point I would like to add to the layout to the right, unfortunately if it ever gets to that point and I have the room, I might just build by Bush Terminal Cross Harbor layout..























 

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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself!

« on: August 16, 2012, 09:42:11 PM »

Hey guys,
 
My name is Paul, I am 22 and live in Michigan, abit working in NYC.  Yeah its a long commute.  Anyway, I love street running industrial RR'ing, and have been spending more time researching Chicago's lines on this website.