Semper Vaporo
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 | | 08/04/2008 6:00 PM |
| | The amount of track you have is impressive, but then to think you have enough locos and rolling stock to have a congestion problem... :-))) | |
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blackburn49
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| | 08/04/2008 6:11 PM |
| The Santa Fe backs toward the rear of the AKRR GN consist:
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blackburn49
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| | 08/04/2008 6:13 PM |
| Posted By Semper Vaporo on 08/04/2008 6:00 PM
The amount of track you have is impressive, but then to think you have enough locos and rolling stock to have a congestion problem... :-)))
Soon the congestion problem will become apparent. I have two more consists to line up . . . | |
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blackburn49
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| | 08/04/2008 7:32 PM |
| The AKRR-GN passenger consist is the next one to negotiate the east loop:
This one is the longest of the consists with eight passenger cars. It now pulls in place directly behind the Santa Fe, facing west.
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blackburn49
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| | 08/04/2008 7:50 PM |
| The final consist to leave Cicely for the east loop is an AKRR-Milwaukee Road passenger group--Aristo streamliners--headed by an Aristocraft Mikado.
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Torby
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| | 08/05/2008 7:07 AM |
| | From my perspective, your layout is vast! | |
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blackburn49
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| | 08/05/2008 11:08 PM |
| With the return of the Mikado consist to South Cicely, the grouping of passenger trains was complete. All of them, with a little maneuvering were now in position lined up on the GN Mainline facing west.
Two of these trains would head for the parking area in the bar. The rest would be returned to Cicely.
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blackburn49
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| | 08/05/2008 11:13 PM |
| Before moving this long group of trains--four passenger consists on the right and the beer train on the left . . .
I decided to run a measuring tape to determine just how long this group really was.
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blackburn49
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| | 08/05/2008 11:15 PM |
| | I haven't showed you the sideview shot yet. Care to guess as to the length of the combined passenger consists? | |
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ThinkerT
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| | 08/06/2008 1:58 AM |
| Care to guess as to the length of the combined passenger consists?
Based on what I remember of the length of the building...between forty and forty five feet. If I could remember the length of the passenger cars, I could narrow it down a bit.
Note 1) You have a lot of passenger cars. Good luck finding lots of affordable passengers to stick into them (that was one of last winters projects for me).
Note 2) No felines visible in the last few sets of photo's...have the trains scared them off the walkways? | | | |
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blackburn49
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| | 08/06/2008 2:55 AM |
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Posted By ThinkerT on 08/06/2008 1:58 AM Care to guess as to the length of the combined passenger consists? Based on what I remember of the length of the building...between forty and forty five feet. If I could remember the length of the passenger cars, I could narrow it down a bit. Note 1) You have a lot of passenger cars. Good luck finding lots of affordable passengers to stick into them (that was one of last winters projects for me). Note 2) No felines visible in the last few sets of photo's...have the trains scared them off the walkways?
a) Won't be adding passengers to these coaches. b)One of the cats did knock several cars from one of the train consists off its tracks after I took these shots. c)Your guess was just a little shy of the mark. Here is another picture.
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flatracker
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blackburn49
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| | 08/06/2008 2:06 PM |
| Posted By blackburn49 on 08/05/2008 11:15 PM
I haven't showed you the sideview shot yet. Care to guess as to the length of the combined passenger consists?
Any other guesses? | |
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Semper Vaporo
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| | 08/06/2008 2:34 PM |
| | Too long to fit in either of my loopbacks The engine would easily t-bone the second or third to last car. | |
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blackburn49
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| | 08/06/2008 2:40 PM |
| Posted By flatracker on 08/06/2008 5:31 AM
I have just one word to say about all of it. AWESOME!!!! That is really one heck of a job you've done, and I'm impressed with the outcome! Of course the fun of it is to continue improving what you have. Now that the bulk of it is done, you will have more time to spend on the details. BUT, now you can enjoy running you trains in between doing other projects. WONDERFUL JOB!!
It is nice that I finally have a workable layout. Until recently the Phase II segment has been only marginally operational because I had so many details to work on. Now most of it functions almost flawlessly (he said optimistically). | |
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Dave F
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| | 08/06/2008 3:43 PM |
| So Ron, My daughter and I were watching Globe Trekker the other night and now she wants to go to Alsaka...(All in all not a bad idea). Specifically, she wants to got to Chicken, Alaska.. Just how far are you from Chicken?
http://www.chickenalaska.com/chicken/index.html
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Dave Fulghum,
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Torby
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| | 08/06/2008 3:59 PM |
| 226 miles.
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blackburn49
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| | 08/06/2008 4:21 PM |
| Posted By Dave F on 08/06/2008 3:43 PM So Ron, My daughter and I were watching Globe Trekker the other night and now she wants to go to Alaska...(All in all not a bad idea). Specifically, she wants to got to Chicken, Alaska.. Just how far are you from Chicken? (click pix)
If you approach Chicken by flying to Anchorage and then renting a car or a motorhome, I am just 14 miles out of your way once you reach the Richardson Highway junction east of Glennallen. If you head south (in the direction of Valdez) I'm 16 minutes away. When you head north, it is 15 miles to the junction with the Tok CutOff highway. Then it is 123 miles to Tok, 12 more miles to the Taylor Highway, then 66 miles up the Taylor to Chicken. | |
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