Backyard doesn't begin to do this massive system justice: 15-inch gauge, one-third full size, a 10-ton steam locomotive, air brakes and handbrakes on cars, five [real] miles of track, two tunnels, a wood trestle, automatic block signals, two diamonds, a ten-stall roundhouse and a 40-foot turntable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91Qvz2lbZQ
RichardTaylor wrote:
Memories, and good ones.
Thanks for posting.
You are welcome Richard...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR5P8noSdWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzaI84GCFYk
DickC wrote:
Very interesting!!
Thank you..It is very interesting indeed.
Hershel seasons greetings to you and yours.
Nice little town and nicely documented. Thank you for the view. Happy New Year tainkc.
Popeye wrote:
Did not know that. Thought the rails were kept shiny via continuous use. Thank you
It's was new to me also never seen or heard of one.
Leicaflex wrote:
That is amazing.
Thank you for the link, most interesting.
You are welcome. It is very interesting and not known at least to me.
Happy New Year with all the best.
dirtpusher wrote:
They would be arrested doing that around here.
We have enough fires set by trains acres acres burnt off
That is why they spray water out the side of the engine with a fire suppression station at rear of train.