Model Railroading > Big Power on the Grain Train

The Delaware Valley Traction Company's big articulated motor No. 4100 was assigned to handle the grain train today.
1. Northbound through Jameson on track 3.
2. Leaving Jameson passing the Cabot Dairy warehouse.
3. Arriving at Furlong where the cars will be set out at the Fiorino Pasta Company.

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4. Entering Furlong, PA.
5. 4100 returning southbound on track 2 at Jameson, PA after having delivered the grain cars to Furlong.
6. 4100 meets northbound East Penn car 223 at Jameson.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/12 03:47 by birdman.

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7. Southbound at Ivyland, PA

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Nice juice. O scale?

It is more likely the grain would have been delivered in 40' boxcars with 6' sliding doors backed up with wooden grain door panels. The covered hoppers of that era were commonly used for cement loading.

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Scale 1:24. Gauge = 2.5 inches (PA broad gauge mandated by PA legislature for trolleys). Rail = code 148. Ties = popsicle sticks (about 5200 on the layout) with rounded ends cut off. Track = hand spiked. Locomotives, trolleys and interurbans, work cars all scratch built. Overhead = 20 gauge phosphor bronze wire and fully functional. Layout size about 42 ' x 16 '.

Nice modeling in a non standard scale. The broad gauge standard proportions kind of threw me off.

Keep up the good work.

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Thats a big motor even with the articulated body. Bet you have to be careful on curves that you don't sideswipe
a passing train (if there are any I guess)

Birdman,

Beautiful stuff, really amazed at the quality. Really dumb question (as I know absolutely nothing about traction ops): the motor has poles and a pantograph, why????

Regards,
Burlington John

The prototype ran on the Piedmont and Northern in the Carolinas. It was 66 feet long and the double articulation spread the weight out on light rail and bridges and allowed for a tight turn radius. The Piedmont and Northern had long stretches of tracks between towns with overhead wire hung in such a way as to permit operation with pantographs. The hangers were such that the pantographs could contact the trolley wire without snagging the span wires. The railroad also had trackage in towns and some sidings where the hangers were not designed for pantograph operation but could accommodate poles with trolley wheels that wouldn't snag the span wires. This was particularly true where there was street running. True to the prototype, the model has two trolley poles because the locomotive drew so much current that the two poles were necessary to handle the large current draw. The layout has sections of double track and single track. Spacing is such that there is room for cars - even the big motor - to pass without problems. More critical than track spacing is the placement of line poles on curves so that when the ends of interurbans or locomotives swing out on the curves, they clear the poles.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/12 03:47 by birdman.