Just wanted to drop a line. I'm not new to sims as i have had every aviation sim that's ever been put out. I'm a retired Jet Engine Mech from the US Marine Corps. I use to have a train set as a kid and just bought the MSTS and fell in love again with trains.
I browsed your messages and have attached a local web site that you might be interested in
The F.J. & G. was a short line Railroad that ran through Fulton and Montgomery Counties of Upstate New York. In it's prime, the Railroad ran from Fonda to Northville,and it's trolley line connected Gloversville to Amsterdam and Schenectady. The railroad has been gone since 1984.
They have alot of pictures. They were associated with the Delaware Otsego line. They had an RS-3 that was the Reading 492 in the train-sims data base. They also had some S-2's but i havent found any in the files. This line went from steam to Diesal. The rail lines are now turned into bike trails. After the major Glove industries died in my home town of Gloversville th only trains i see are on Route 5 near Amsterdam and Fonda. Which i believe is the Mowawk Sub Division of the Albany Division. I usually spot alot of CSX traffic and a few UP motives. Plus the usual Amtrak. I'm mostly a Freight Fan. So this site and MSTS has brought back the memories of getting yelled at as a kid when we hid close to the tracks to see how brave we were. Now that i'm older i see how dangerous the tracks could have been!!!
Well enjoy the site the guys up here are very proud of the hard work they put into it.
Robert Bridge MSGT USMC/ret
I browsed your messages and have attached a local web site that you might be interested in
The F.J. & G. was a short line Railroad that ran through Fulton and Montgomery Counties of Upstate New York. In it's prime, the Railroad ran from Fonda to Northville,and it's trolley line connected Gloversville to Amsterdam and Schenectady. The railroad has been gone since 1984.
They have alot of pictures. They were associated with the Delaware Otsego line. They had an RS-3 that was the Reading 492 in the train-sims data base. They also had some S-2's but i havent found any in the files. This line went from steam to Diesal. The rail lines are now turned into bike trails. After the major Glove industries died in my home town of Gloversville th only trains i see are on Route 5 near Amsterdam and Fonda. Which i believe is the Mowawk Sub Division of the Albany Division. I usually spot alot of CSX traffic and a few UP motives. Plus the usual Amtrak. I'm mostly a Freight Fan. So this site and MSTS has brought back the memories of getting yelled at as a kid when we hid close to the tracks to see how brave we were. Now that i'm older i see how dangerous the tracks could have been!!!
Well enjoy the site the guys up here are very proud of the hard work they put into it.
Robert Bridge MSGT USMC/ret
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