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Illinois Central 9567 with Canadian National 4803 leading a very short Canadian National Train L562, the Jackson-Ferguson Local, stops by the locomotive parking spur switch in the small Material Yard in Brookhaven, Mississippi and the conductor gets out to flip the switch, the train then waits for about five to ten minutes before proceeding east out towards the Georgia-Pacific Paper Mill out at Ferguson, that is over in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
About a few minutes later a large pop-up thunderstorm lets it loose, dumping a lot of rain over the area, and I had to take refuge under the awning behind Pearlhaven Baptist Church that is up the street from my house.
This photo is a screenshot from the video that I have taken on a hot and humid, then very stormy Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 4:03 PM CDT.
IC 9567 [EMD GP38-2]
CN 4803 [EMD GP38-2W]
Tower 16 at Sherman Texas was the crossing of the SP/SLSF and the T&P. By this time, October 25, 1999, Burlington Northern had taken over the tower and the SLSF, SP was no longer using their route and Texas Northeastern (TNER) was operating the T&P lines. In between road trains, BN road switcher LTEX8591 with GP38AC 2122 for power went south of the diamond to switch the elevators. The tower was on short time. It was moved to Grapevine, TX for preservation after closing.
Three of my steam switchers... From left to right, my Thomas Industries 0-4-0 (Probably from 1949), my Lionel 1615 (From 1955 - 1957), and my Lego PRR B6.
CP 9738 is switching its load of empty grain cars to the north track as it accelerates eastward out of Kamloops on the Shuswap sub.
Providence & Worcester job NH-1 spends time switching sand hoppers on the run around at West St in Middlefield after dropping Danbury empties and loading three ballast hoppers at Tilcon in Reeds Gap. Different pieces of M.O.W. and the PW ballast hoppers typically spend time just by the switch on the run around, however, due to a previous weeks derailment, the Palumbo rail terminal in Wallingford experienced a surplus of hoppers, forcing some to layover in Middlefield before they could be swapped out.
Party @ Borussenpark Mönchengladbach - visuals by genelabo & mayerempl - massive LED Screen & 60 monitors!
WARNING: cut Legos in picture :/
I have been trying to come up with a more steam-friendly switch design, and this is how far I've gotten. The two pieces to the at left slide left ad right.
Downsides:
Lots of cutting
Currently, track spacing at the right is 4 studs not the standard 8, Although I think 4 is more realistic for 6-wide models
Th full thing Is one track length longer than regular switch
I can take better/more photos if asked; I was too lazy to take out an actual camera.
Idea came from: www.flickr.com/photos/33949953@N07/8682908636/in/faves-44...
Thursday another three switches were unloaded at the Autoport site. The crew was earning their pay this day, it was hot! Unlike with the previous switch these were moved across the road onto the property for the new facility. Visible in the upper right are the 22 lengths of ribbon rail dropped last month. After being cleared out previously the junk at the junk yard is once again encroaching upon the ROW. I'm sure once the dirt starts flying for the Autopark lead it will retreat again. July 2, 2020.
Shortly after departing the shops of the Midwest Central Railroad, Surry, Sussex & Southampton #6 runs light toward the switches that will take her to the train shed in the background on the left, where she will pick up her excursion train for the day. On a typical day during the Old Thresher's Reunion event, the Midwest Central will run a pair of trains, which will depart the north and south station complexes simultaneously, so as to always be separated by half of the 1.25 mile loop. Since the #6 is the only operable steam power at present, the other train will be pulled by one of the line's Plymouth diesels. In years past, when two steamers were operational, both trains would be steam-powered.