Inspection track leaves Moline Kansas
We have finished looking at Eureka and step across the aisle and check out the right side of Moline, Kansas on Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. All his finished structures and scenery are superb. He models a Santa Fe branchline in central Kansas circa 1952. I photographed his layout on the 2014 Fall Layout Tour.
The Howard Branch doesn't have enough people to support full-fledged passenger trains, so Steve uses a gas-electric "doodlebug" and a mixed train (not photographed on this visit) to provide limited passenger service. This is a special inspection train used by officials to inspect the track and general state of the railroad and provide Steve with an excuse to run Warbonnet passenger diesels. The consist is a F-7 cab and booster pair, a sleeper, and a business car. The rear business car has an observation room, a small dining room, a little galley, and a few bedrooms and restrooms for the officials. The full sleeper is for extra staff.
Inspection track leaves Moline Kansas
We have finished looking at Eureka and step across the aisle and check out the right side of Moline, Kansas on Steve Sandifer's HO scale layout. All his finished structures and scenery are superb. He models a Santa Fe branchline in central Kansas circa 1952. I photographed his layout on the 2014 Fall Layout Tour.
The Howard Branch doesn't have enough people to support full-fledged passenger trains, so Steve uses a gas-electric "doodlebug" and a mixed train (not photographed on this visit) to provide limited passenger service. This is a special inspection train used by officials to inspect the track and general state of the railroad and provide Steve with an excuse to run Warbonnet passenger diesels. The consist is a F-7 cab and booster pair, a sleeper, and a business car. The rear business car has an observation room, a small dining room, a little galley, and a few bedrooms and restrooms for the officials. The full sleeper is for extra staff.