Conrail Kellog Branch

[charland]

You're welcome John. I think it took me nearly as long to write each activity as it did to run them!

Paul :-)

[John_P]

I just saw this thread, but there's a coincidence--I'm working the CRKB_21NOV activity from the FJG route. Amsterdam to Fonda, rearrange cars for the FJG, back to Amsterdam and do a long series of operations in the yard there, with an excursion on the Kellogg branch to look forward to. I've been repeatedly saving the game and spreading it out into numerous sessions. I don't think my lifetime will be long enough to work through all the activities for this one route!

Paul, this must have been an immense amount of work for you, and I want to say thanks for doing it. It's really making Open Rails worthwhile for me.

[charland]

First time I merged routes and had them actually work!

Paul :-)

[rfranzosa]

Congrats, Paul. I will definitely download this when I get home from vacation!


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[eric]

And they are all approved. Happy downloading.

[charland]

Just uploaded the 5 parts for the CRKB_FJG Route to the library.



Paul :-)

[dcarleton]

Where I grew up, a local historian named Harold Seuss had a D&H caboose that he kept on a siding near our house. When we'd drive by, we'd say "There's Seuss' Caboose!" And now we have one just like it in the sim. Ah - the things one remembers from kindergarten....

[magmateus]

Yes! Oh yes, thank you very much!

So do I!
Thanks.
Regards.
Mateus

[charland]

You're welcome!

Each comes with the appropriate F5 "Inside" view.



or...



Paul :-)

[dcarleton]

Yes! Oh yes, thank you very much!

[charland]

I thought it was about time to draw a new FJ&G 3 that was an accurate version of the caboose they
had built by the Delaware and Hudson. While I was at it I build a few D&H cabeese.



Paul :-)

[charland]

The third part of the November 21 1977 activities, the Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville train.

Activitiy starts in the Gloversville enginehouse where the crew makes they way to the yard and picks up their train before heading to Johnstown and lifting a few cars, then on to the interchange in Fonda with Conrail.



After amking dropping their train in the yard and lifting the cars Conrail has assembled for them, FJ&G 20 makes their way back to Johnstown.



After finishing switching the customers in Johnstown the crew will head back and pick up their train in the Lower Johnstorn yard before heading north to Gloversville.



Dropping a reefer on the Kindsboro team track before heading to service Coleco.



Two cars lifted and two cars spotted at Coleco. The two lifted cars will be left on the run-around track and picked up when the train returns from Broadalbin.



All the switching is done in Broadalbin and the crew is pumping up the air before returning to Coleco and on to Gloversville.



The two cars at Coleco have been lifter and the train is assembled.



After lifting two cars from the yard, tomorrow's train is assembled and left on the main. Time to pickup the caboose and head back to the enginehouse.



Paul :-)

[charland]

I'm finally starting to write and run activities for the Conrail Kellog Branch/Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville route.
First activity is the Conrail Amsterdam yard. They start at 0730, run light to Fonda to do some yard work and any
local work they have. After the FJ&G comes in and exchanges their cars and heads back out, the Conrail switcher breaks
their train down into east and west cars to be picked up overnight. The crew heads back to Amsterdam to service their
own customers along the Mohawk Sub before heading up the Kellog Branch and servicing those customers.
The first activity took eight and a half hours to complete.

The Amsterdam yard crew departs Amsterdam and meets NY-10.



After switching the Fonda yard the crew waits in the Agway siding for the FJ&G freight to come and go.



After returning to Amsterdam the crew serviced the industries along the mainline.



Heading up the Kellog Branch that hits grades of up to 3.7%.



8429 services some of the smaller industries on the branch before heading into the "Concrete Canyon".



With all their switching complete it's time to head back to the yard.



8429 heads down grade to the yard, the drop is over 174 feet in less than a mile and a half.



Paul :-)

[charland]

"Saddlebacks" refer to the TTX flatcars with the six or seven trucks with no bodies. They are included with the TTX Bi and Tri Levels I posted a week or so ago, along with the Ford Cube Vans.

Paul :-)

[dcarleton]

those saddleback flatcars will be published right?

Do you mean the coil cars? Those were released two weeks ago. Look for AMcpk26.zip in the file library.