Fictional Railroads 4

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[qballbandit]

Nice hoppers there!

Yes Jim, WAR is correct

[MP36PH3S]

Marshall's railroads are the richest in the land...after each run, they are run through the wash rack, and scrubbed clean!

Wait until you see a real desert railroad-they have to wash the units pretty often (relatively speaking) to keep the sand out of places where it shouldn't be.

Maybe make renumbers? Cleanliness signifies class, but weathering signifies a hard worker in my opinion. You know what they say, a little dirt never hurt.

Depends on what that is. Having engine soot and everything on a unit adds a touch of realism and doesn't hurt to have around, but when it's sand...enough said.
Random pics without a storyline that I took Wednesday and today.
Kicking some cars around in St. Joesph's cramped yard.

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CCP 436 leads an Illinois bound grain train that will be reloaded and sent back west for export.







See Neil, they're not always clean!

[Chicago Railfan]

Qballbandit,

Thanks! It's a group project that is on/off. Right now it's off. The tracks are supposedly already laid which I admit I have trouble believing because when you get down to it there is so much to do, there is so much that could be over looked. The idea was, one person does the tracks, a few people including myself do scenery as well as signals (wayside / crossing). Hopefully it will be finished because there is still some how no real Chicago route of any sort!

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NYS rolling out some 2 of their 3 new GEVO's with some containers in tow.

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MSVR M-LACHIC, bound for Chicago's Clyde yard, departs San Bernadino after attaching a pair of helpers.

[CJ_Railham]

Easing down the road with 130 loaded coal cars with 3 engines up front and 2 in the back on Full Bucket.

The eye in the sky getting this whole train.

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Finally getting some good weather up on Donner right now as a storm has drifted down from Alaska.

[MP36PH3S]

Nice one's Marshall...close to 9 inches here yesterday.

Hearing that makes me a little miffed-nothing but sub-zero temps up here in when you're buried under snow. C'mon, nature, can't there be a little equality?
A light dusting of snow remains from the blizzard, but most of it has disappeared.
The evening Moorcock Loop arrives in Dunkstown.



Heading south again in a deadhead move back to Simonville.