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Model Railroading > Tehachapi Sugar BeetsDate: 09/13/22 16:41 Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: dmaffei A few members of the La Mesa club invited a few of us to attend a open run this past weekend. Of course I took the beets. On Sunday afternoon I increased the size of my beet train from siding length to all 64 cars as the traffic was minimal. We first ran downhill from Tehachapi, then ran up from Bakersfield to Summit using a powered helper on the rear behind the caboose as I remember seeing back in the day. Video is the decent with the train traversing the loop in dynamic brake and the photo is the train climbing out of Caliente with the rear helper. Betsy (Liz Allen) was also in attendance with her amazing beet train. Managed to photograph the trains passing at Ilmon. I'll process the photos this week and post.
Want to Thank the crew at the La Mesa club for their hospitality and assistance during the weekend. A top notch crew. Dave  You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 09/13/22 17:14 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: tracktime Absolutely outstanding!
Cheers, Harry Date: 09/13/22 17:21 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: TCnR That's pretty wild, every so often I'm looking for the backdrop to remind me it's HO scale.
t4p. Date: 09/13/22 17:36 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: TomG Dave your beet train is amazing. The amount to time invested in this train boggles the mind. Great job.
Date: 09/13/22 17:39 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: ChrisCampi Hard to imagine a better model railroad then this one. Fine looking train too!
Date: 09/13/22 17:41 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: jkh2cpu Outstanding work: layout and train set. It looked real to my eye.
Date: 09/13/22 17:43 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: WAF OMG, Dave, you outdid yourself. Just like the good all days IV beets for the SJ Valley. You should have taken off two of those units and cut them in as a helper
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/22 17:47 by WAF. Date: 09/13/22 17:43 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: photobob Dave what is your secret for shrinking down real sugar beets to fit in your cars?
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography Date: 09/13/22 17:56 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: alongthejointline Nice drone navigation on that video!!
Date: 09/14/22 03:33 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: JUTower Absolutely fantastic. La Mesa is an amazing layout, and that is an amazing train!
Date: 09/14/22 04:09 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: SPDRGWfan Excellent job Dave on that sugar beet train. And listen to the dynamic brake whine as the train drifts down grade.
Cheers, Jim Date: 09/14/22 04:50 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: sp8192 Excellent!! Sure wish I lived closer to San Diego to run some long trains!
Date: 09/15/22 05:40 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: dmaffei Video Posted on a favorite media as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY1mkkSfeFI Date: 09/15/22 07:51 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: Red_over_Yellow Great work Dave!
Date: 09/15/22 08:32 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: 6432 Fantastic. Your sugar beet train looks great on any layout.
John B Posted from iPhone Date: 09/15/22 12:05 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: PHall Now if we could just replicate the smell of diesel exhaust, hot brake shoes and the beets...
Date: 09/16/22 03:51 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: funnelfan Gotta luv that. Now I want to see a video of the uphill train!
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 09/16/22 13:48 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: mcdeo Date: 09/16/22 16:39 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: PHall mcdeo Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Close with smells: http://megasteam.com/ If you're doing steam... Date: 09/16/22 17:02 Re: Tehachapi Sugar Beets Author: WAF Fresh cut beets smell like lawn that was cut
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