Model Railroading > ExactRail Greenville 65ft Mill Gondola

An ExactRail Greenville 65ft Mill Gondola has joined the fleet.
The local switch crew is captured shuffling around a load of steel pipe and a refrigerator car on a busy Monday afternoon.

Andy

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Shift-able load next to the engine. Yup they got caught :)

NSDTK Wrote:
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> Shift-able load next to the engine. Yup they got
> caught :)

Is that really a regulatory issue when a yard shifter is involved?

toledopatch Wrote:
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> NSDTK Wrote:
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> > Shift-able load next to the engine. Yup they
> got
> > caught :)
>
> Is that really a regulatory issue when a yard
> shifter is involved?


Maybe not switching in a yard but if it's going going out on a road freight then it has to be fixed.

Good lookin' stuff there, Andy.

-Ryan

toledopatch Wrote:
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> NSDTK Wrote:
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> > Shift-able load next to the engine. Yup they
> got
> > caught :)
>
> Is that really a regulatory issue when a yard
> shifter is involved?

The only time it is ever a regulatory issue, is when the car is next to a hazmat car. Some individual railroads may have switching instructions regarding shiftable loads, but it's not prohibited by any law.

bioyans Wrote:
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> toledopatch Wrote:
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> > NSDTK Wrote:
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> > > Shift-able load next to the engine. Yup they
> > got
> > > caught :)
> >
> > Is that really a regulatory issue when a yard
> > shifter is involved?
>
> The only time it is ever a regulatory issue, is
> when the car is next to a hazmat car. Some
> individual railroads may have switching
> instructions regarding shiftable loads, but it's
> not prohibited by any law.

Yup, familiar with the car-placement regulations for hazmat. My question applied to the specific placement shown in the model photo.

Back in late 1989, I chased a D&H train up Belden Hill out of East Binghamton when helpers were still routinely assigned to such trains. The rear car in the train was a gondola loaded with utility poles braced with stakes. I'll bet the helper crew loved staring at that all the way up to the tunnel.

nice photo and models ... what is the guage ... the load might shift without metal banding :-P

All you have to do is watch the CSX Pipe trains.

Andy, great photos. I thought you had posted the prototype photos.

KR

What weathering technique did you use on the gondola?
Matt

Matt_SD40T-2 Wrote:
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> What weathering technique did you use on the
> gondola?
> Matt


Matt,
All A.I.M. washes, plus plain rubbing alcohol. I cover the model with the "Quick Age" Let it dry, the I covered the model with grunge black. After it somewhat dried I take a Q-Tip and moisten it with plain rubbing alcohol and wipe the mess I have created up... Seems to work ok.

Andy

kdrtrains Wrote:
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> Andy, great photos. I thought you had posted the
> prototype photos.
>
> KR

Thanks Kenny!!!

WOW! Nice weathering job Andy!

I need to apply that style of weathering to this gondola...Installed the Sergent Type E Compatible shank on it!!!

Thanks again, to Blaine and the folks at ExactRail for bringing this model to the HO market!!!

Thomas Austin
Centralia, IL
Joppa Sub Layout Site



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/19/11 18:41 by JoppaSub.

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Real nice!

SantaFeRuss

Thomas,
Are those couplers compatible with Kadee's?

Andy

I like the switcher how did you weather that. Great Job!!!

What did you use for the pipe load?
Clarence

bnsfmodeler Wrote:
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> I like the switcher how did you weather that.
> Great Job!!!


The switcher was done similar to the car... Each piece of equipment seems to be a continuing experiment.

Thanks!

Andy