Any Route, Any Train, Anytime! - 2023 Edition

[defect_detector]

Killer work, Travis. Keep the screenshots coming.

[qballbandit]

Travis, looking real nice - the route/scenery and the power.

MK - the usual..great mountain railroading. Looks like you have tinkered a bit there?

[anderson martins]

A couple shots from one of my many semi-fictional projects that I tinker with when I get bored of useful stuff

excellent painting
good job

[demando]

Killer work, Travis. Keep the screenshots coming.

Is that one of the new Tier 4 SD70ACe's second out I spy there? Looks good.

[rrdiesel87]

CSX GP30M 4218 idles at Rockwood, PA

Open Rails 2_14_2023 11_20_14 PM by Andrew Collins, on Flickr

[jbtower]

CSX GP30M 4218 idles at Rockwood, PA

Open Rails 2_14_2023 11_20_14 PM by Andrew Collins, on Flickr

Now that's a sight to behold, nice work!

[marklester01]

Not yet a Slug?

[marklester01]

Can be mistaken for an actual Shortline coming to & from a Mainline of a Class1 & then back onto Home Rails out into the Woods. Shortlines & Reginals have always had good & Odd Paint Schemes when able to step away from "Borrow+Patch" Jobs.

[rrdiesel87]

Not yet a Slug?

GP30Ms were Chessie era rebuilds that received some upgraded electronics and de-rating to 2,000 hp. Most survived on CSX until 1995-1996. The straight un-rebuilt GP30s were the ones converted to slugs along with many GP35s.

[CSRX]

GP30Ms were Chessie era rebuilds that received some upgraded electronics and de-rating to 2,000 hp. Most survived on CSX until 1995-1996. The straight un-rebuilt GP30s were the ones converted to slugs along with many GP35s.

We actually picked up a few of those GP30 body style RDMT's where I work. Pretty neat to see, but at the moment still sporting the ex CSXT paint scheme.
Will be interesting to see them in the Green and Yellow JD Irving colors.


Train EMR 120 with some Hapag-Lloyd traffic bound for Saint John, NB.

[marklester01]

You did great F/A Work of some a few years ago too! CSXT just has odd last-Min.( or so it seems ) Ditch-Light Placements on Its Units, kind of hard to do without F/As or starting from Scratch. Good Example's: SBD-Era SD40-2s( 8000 Series usually stuck in BV Central FL ) or The GP60s.

[rrdiesel87]

Shawn, nice work on your screens. But that’s interesting about the slugs up there. Crews loved them because of the smoother and quiet ride, so that’s something to look forward to.

[CSRX]

Shawn, nice work on your screens. But that’s interesting about the slugs up there. Crews loved them because of the smoother and quiet ride, so that’s something to look forward to.

Thanks!
Yeah so far I'm not hearing much positives about them. They seem to end up staying in Saint John, NB or between Madawaska, ME and Presque Isle, ME.

EMR job 907 swinging by Hardy Pond, and dropping off traffic for the MNR job 909.






After making the drop on the siding, 907 shoves back on the main to pick up the conductor before proceeding to Brownville Jct.

[Shortliner]

Randy

Oh wow, which route is this?

[rdayt]

VSL01.zip
It's here in the library.

Some modifications have been done.

Randy