Stations I stumbled upon this great pick of the station (and mine loading platform) at Ophir, Colorado. I had heard of Ophir, but knew nothing about the place. I immediately thought of Matt’s endeavors in Colorado style narrow gauge, and decided to do a little research. Matt – check out the railroad crossing sign! The …
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Month:October 2021
Kevin’s Komments 10/15/2021
Rail Crews I’ve been wanting to do this topic for several years – railroad crews. The idea being that while the equipment is important, it was the crews that made the railroads operate. It’s a tough topic to research – it seems that you always run into good pics of crew members, but to get …
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Kevin’s Komments 10/02/2021
I decided to look at yards this week. These first few photos are similar in era (‘40s or early ‘50s) and similar in the general rolling stock “look”, but because they are taken from different cities, the make-up of the trains has a flavor of the traffic in that area. Then the later photos tend …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/30/2021
We were going through a couple collections of MR models that were donated to the club on Tuesday night when a couple of us opened a box of MOW cars. Discussion ensued. We’ve discussed what MOW and non-revenue equipment would be appropriate sitting on a track or two near the roundhouse. And we pass around …
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