Does anyone have info on Southern Railway's work trains or what kind of consists they ran in the late 70's, early 80's?
I have a Model Power N scale heavy weight combine I want to work it up as a Southern Railway tool car. I have seen a few pics with such combines as part of a wreck train or crane tender. I am trying to aviod the purchase of a crane and just use cars I already have on hand (couple 70 ton hoppers, flatcars, gons, and some difcos).
Here's some pics of what I'm aiming for, with and without the crane:
