Discussion of prototype shortline railroads for model research.
I live along the Susquehanna RR line from binghamton ny to new jersey and its a pretty boring route.They run only two trains a day,one in the morning...
Nope, this isn't an April Fool's Joke... http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?ph...amp;bydate%3A1 From the photo caption: Former NS #3010 was...
I thought of a good idea for people who are struggling to come up with an idea. You could do a Minnesota based Twin Cities Western Railroad!!:) I...
sometimes shortlines do things that just seem made for modelrailroading.... between Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake Mi is a locallity known as...
If one small operation sent a loco to another (say they sold it) which was hundreds of miles away, how would that happen? Would the sold loco...
(Note to Mods, feel free to move this to a more appropriate location if deemed necessary) I need to gather some assistance from the nscale.net...
I'm not sure if a commuter train qualifies as a shortline, but it's better suited here than in the Class 1 section I think. :smile: I knew I was...
This is an interesting rail line in Norway. It's a beautiful trip down the mountains to sea level. http://www.flaamsbana.no/eng/images/kart.jpg ...
The Copper Basin Railway(CBRY) was in support of the MAGMA Copper Mine in Superior/Hayden Arizona in support with the Southern Pacific Railroad. In...
I live in a small town in New York on the border of PA and we have the New York SUSQUEHANNA & Western and i very rarely get to see them because they...
Does anyone have an updated version of the Twin Cities Western Railroad that runs in minnesota? http://www.tcwr.net/
Hmmm.... The DAR? Never heard of it. ;-)I'm a "charter member" of the DAR DPI and grew up 10 minutes from Kentville. Welcome to nscale.net,...
MSE #60 was trapped inside a on-line customers facility during Hurrican Katrina a few years back & was under water for a unknown amount of time....
Very cool pic. :l
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Sure, it's a complete prototype but it would hold about the same operating interest as a ball of lint. I can think of more than a few shortline...
CAGY #1002 http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/extra7000south/Shortline%20Railroads%202/cg1002.jpg Loco History; Built 5/1953, EMD, GP9 Sir....
Hey, Andrew, did you find out anything more about this? I have a Spectrum Consol. coming to me in the mail soon... Grew up knowing about the DAR,...
Very cool. I grew up in that neck of the woods. Ann Arbor, MI. (Actually Manchester, MI., but It's a pretty small town. Not many have heard of...
The following three shots come from me standing on the fireman's side battery box looking aft: http://www.railimages.com/albums/johndulaney/acm.jpg...
that's cool...you from stillwater? from Oklahoma? I just moved from stillwater 5 months ago....didn't see trains very often there though.
From the condition of the locomotives pictured, I would guess that the line is doing well with only 22 miles of track.
Glenn, Thanx for rebuilding the thread, there's really good info here we can all use, and those are some great photos as well! Hopefully the others...
The LEFC was a neat little railroad but not a lot out there about it. I imagine the page you found is this one: ...
Nice start... :wink: What customers do they serve? Do they roster any more motive power? Rolling stock? How is the line governed? Are they owned...
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