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PAL_Houston

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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2012, 05:29:48 PM »
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Mine is at Clyde, Illinois.  Fortunately it is off the layout, and so I don't have to model it!  :facepalm:

However, there are a number of pictures of the facility in rrpicturearchives.net.  I guess I found it surprising that the facility for such a busy division wasn't bigger. 
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2012, 06:03:52 PM »
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I don't currently have one of my own, but this is what the local club has, with a pretty impressive array of power.

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See photos of the original owner's layout here:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/about-face/sets/72157603977732928/

It sounded like a good idea at the time... too bad the caboose wasn't in on the plan.

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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #32 on: July 31, 2012, 08:52:07 PM »
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Quote from: C855B on July 30, 2012, 01:17:47 PM
Now THAT'S a detail you don't often see... the little piles of sand next to the rails from testing the wheel sanders. Ubiquitous, in every facility I've toured, but rarely modeled. Kudos.

Thanks!  I appreciate that.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #33 on: July 31, 2012, 09:56:01 PM »
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I don't have any overall shots of the WR&N yard, since it no longer exists. But I can sort of piece it together--

Satellite view of most of the engine servicing facilities and the station area:



Ground-level view of the same:



Behind the RS-1 are the fuel storage tanks and pumphouse:



The enginehouse:



The storage yard, filled with derelict equipment:



EDIT: Here's a scan of a reject slide of a Lou Sassi shot that was used in GMR:


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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2012, 10:32:13 PM »
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Dave,

What ever became of that sexy Pennsy H-class 2-8-0?

 :D
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2012, 12:27:51 AM »
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My little two-tracker:





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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2012, 03:45:28 AM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on July 31, 2012, 10:32:13 PM
Dave,

What ever became of that sexy Pennsy H-class 2-8-0?

 :D

It was a really lousy runner, so it was destined for the scrap heap. All I kept where the wheels and running gear.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #37 on: August 01, 2012, 10:41:22 AM »
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Quote from: jsoflo on August 01, 2012, 12:27:51 AM
My little two-tracker:



Nice work, I like that!
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