Kevin’s Komments 03/10/23
SIRT could be considered the oldest continually operated “subway” system in New York
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Kevin’s Komments 02/24/2023
Ross Winans – Camels A while back, we reviewed camelback locos and distinguished the difference between a camelback and a camel locomotive. Camels were early steamers designed by the B&O …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/08/2023
Scenes that won’t be seen on the Cincinnati Northern!
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The Cincinnati Northern Locomotive Roster: Ten-wheelers, Moguls, & Consolidations On the first study of the CNor roster, we identified 11 Americans (4-4-0s) that worked on CNor track. Ten of the …
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Kevin’s Komments 01/10/2023
The Cincinnati Northern Locomotive Roster – Early Americans (4-4-0) on the CNor I’ve been working on the CNor roster for a while now. The roster during the early period – …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/20/2022
Last year, I did a Christmas on the railroads themed study. It ended up being one of my most viewed studies. So, I decided to do another this year. But …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/01/2022
Track Work I found this pic with the caption: “Portage Flyer passengers focus their attention on the train as they stretch their legs on the station platform in the background …
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Kevin’s Komments 11/17/2022
Three Cylinder Steam Locomotives Okay – So I found something new (for me) – three cylinder steam locomotives! At first when I saw this topic, I thought of the 3 …
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Kevin’s Komments 10/25/2022
I’ve been itching to do another trackwork study. I popped up this first pic, and trackwork drifted into abandoned trackwork! The caption on this pic talks about a century old …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/24/2022
Another of the layouts I really enjoyed at the NMRA convention tours was Paul Fries’ Chicago & North Western, East Iowa Subdivision. Paul’s layout represented the expanses and long runs …
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Kevin’s Komments 08/31/22
Jeff Kuebler’s rendition of the Louisville & Nashville, Eastern KY Division & Cincinnati to Corbin Division
Kevin’s Komments 07/27/2022
I’m still stuck on the locomotive shops that built and maintained the steam locomotives. I believe this is a large milling machine. The site is the Baldwin Locomotive Works in …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/08/2022
Locomotives and Shops: We’ve looked at shops and talked about the PRR shops in Altoona. Here is the wheel mounting machine at the Altoona shops. The guy in the suit …
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Kevin’s Komments 06/10/2022
I had been doing some more research on towns along the Cincinnati Northern, but got distracted by a series of pics on the Pennsylvania and PRR shops. This first pic …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/20/2022
Unloading lumber and a number of other topics! I saw this photo on Pinterest and it caught my attention for a number of reasons. The Milwaukee Road built a little …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/09/2022
The club picked up some hoppers (from Accurail, thanks to George) with the Cincinnati Northern markings along with the NYC logo. Which brings us back to looking at prototype cars… …
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Kevin’s Komments 04/22/2022
I’m between research projects, but have picked up a lot of interesting photos the last few weeks. I couldn’t find info on most of these photos, but there’s still some pics with a story or two between the purely visual photos.
Kevin’s Komments 04/11/2022
Streamlined Steam & Lehigh Valley Locomotives The first pic got me researching the Illinois Central Green Diamond – which was initially pulled by a stylish Pullman diesel electric (first set …
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Kevin’s Komments 03/25/2022
The B&O in Cincinnati An old friend of mine that passed away a little less than 20 years ago was Walter Edgecomb. Walt was a founding member of the Winton …
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Kevin’s Komments 03/11/2022
Ohio City & Van Wert I had mentioned a couple projects ago that the club has been considering towns to include in the next version of the Cincinnati Northern Model …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/25/2022
Davenport Locomotive Works So – I spotted this great little diesel switcher, Peoria & Pekin Union Railway #200. Searched and found this website: http://www.donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1213.htm , where you can find a …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/15/2022
Unusual loads I typically don’t pick-up on unusual load pics because most of our loads on the Cincinnati Northern are related to the industries being serviced. I’m more apt to …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/04/2022
Cement City, MI. In preparing for our upcoming relocation (hopefully!), members of the club have discussed possible additional towns on the Cincinnati Northern that we might include in the new …
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Kevins Komments 01/23/2022
Engine & railroad facilities. There was no caption with this pic, but I believe we’re looking at an engine facility around the early ‘50’s. I see a lot of doghouses …
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Kevin’s Komments 1/6/2022
Shays, Class D A couple weeks ago, I showed a little pic collection based on Lima, OH with the Lima Locomotive Works picking up a large portion of the end …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/22/2021
Christmas with the railroads CP #9773, a GE AC4400CW, is decorated for the holidays along with the Christmas train that follows. The Canadian Pacific decks out a Christmas train each …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/15/2021
Railroad Bridges My second topic for the holiday season is bridges. I’ve wanted to do some RR bridge research for a while – the need seems to pop up in …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/10/2021
After being distracted from model railroading for a few weeks, my thoughts have drifted back. And I have about three research projects already lined up for the next few weeks! …
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Kevin’s Komments 12/07/21
Logistics…We’re going into the holiday season this year, and the news tells us products are short in inventory, and slow in arriving. Being busy the last few weeks, and being …
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Kevin’ Komments 11/15/2021
Reefers, Ice, Icing & icing platforms. On our club layout, we have a meatpacking plant located with an icing facility nearby. Back when we were designing and building the plan, …
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Kevin’s Komments 11/08/2021
It’s been about 2 weeks since my past collection of pics – busy with Halloween. I decided it was time to do another collection of freight cars (in action) – …
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Kevin’s Komments 10/21/2021
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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Vintage Steam Time for some vintage steam loco pics (and maybe a bridge or two thrown in)! This first pic got me started. This pic of UP #75 with a …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/17/2021
Oil Burners One of the locomotive curiosities that caught my attention after my recent trip out west was the oil burning steam locos of California. Most of us steam lovers …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/10/2021
Yosemite Valley Railroad It’s been a couple weeks since my last set of pics – I was on vacation last week at Yosemite…Which introduces the subject of today! Yosemite Valley …
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Kevin’s Komments 08/27/2021
So…Who knows model railroading history? Who was the first manufacturer of electrically powered model trains? My normal research into historic railroad pics will take a little turn today – Let’s …
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Kevin’s Komments 08/18/2021
Odd Looking Railroad Equipment What is that? The first image below set me on course to look at all the oddities I’ve seen in pics the last few weeks. This …
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Kevin’s Komments08/06/2021
Camelbacks Camelbacks! Mother Hubbards! Way back when I was a teenager, I loved camelbacks. I dreamed of a layout with a loco roster filled with camelbacks of all shapes and …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/31/2021
Yard Switchers One topic that interests me but I haven’t covered yet is the small industrial steam switchers. We’ve looked at gas switchers like the Plymouths (Dupps #1). And we’ve …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/22/2021
Towing and Shrouding I was putting together some photos, in which the topic was inspired by the first photo below – and last night we coincidentally mentioned the Strasburg Railroad! …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/16/2021
GM&O 4-S So I was scanning one of my favorite photo collections, J. Parker Lamb, https://railphoto-art.org/collections/lamb/group-four/ , and found this pic of a diesel, GM&O #1900. What is that? The …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/08/2021
What happened to the billboard reefers? …by 1937, essentially all billboard reefers were gone
Kevin’s Komments 06/30/2021
The Caboose I previously said that we may have to investigate caboose trucks – Well here it is!
Kevin’s Komments 06/21/2021
A great photographer: J. Parker Lam Sometimes you find a great website: https://railphoto-art.org/ – and a great photographer: J. Parker Lamb – and you just have to spend a lunchtime …
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Kevin’s Komments 06/05/2021
Odd Locomotives After a while of research, I always end up with a collection of unique or odd locomotives that catch my eye. Here is a collection of locomotives, sometimes …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/27/2021
Historical Photos Stumbled on the Van Wert County Historic Society facebook page and found a few photos I wasn’t sure whether we had: I’m not sure if this loco had …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/13/2021
Track work and eclectic photos This collection of pics started with trackwork photos – you’ll find a group of them towards the middle of the collection. But I kept getting …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/06/2021
Painting schemes.
Kevin’s Komments 04/27/2021
Passenger Rail Service For a while, I’ve been collecting pics on rail travel during the golden era of passenger service. The first pic is a 1942 station photo – seeing …
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Kevin’s Komments 04/09/2021
Electric Locomotives Our club doesn’t discuss much about electric locos – it’s not really a topic pertinent to the Cincinnati Northern. But I was looking at passenger cars and service, …
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Kevin’s Komments 04/01/2021
Steam Switchers Somehow (probably because of the USRA pics of switchers), I’ve been caught up with pics of yard switchers – steam era. This is the Milwaukee Railroad yard: If …
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Kevin’s Komments 03/31/2021
Steam Engines Most of us have a basic understanding of the USRA steam locomotive standards – When the USRA took over the railroads during WWI, they created standards for steam …
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Cincinnati Northern Reporting Marks
What should be the reporting marks on Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club rolling stock
Kevin’s Komments 03/22/2021
This site caught my attention because it seems to focus on the railroad logos on boxcars
Kevin’s Komments 03/18/2021
With our modeling era at the club being the ‘50s, these older boxcars represent the schemes of interest for us.
Fast clocks on the CNOR permanent layout
On our fixed layout we use Timetable & Train Order scheduling during operation sessions. This means we need to know what time it is. Because of the scaling of the …
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Kevin’s Komments 03/11/2021
We got into a discussion about rail color, tie colors, rail and tie features, and areas where ballast and ties may become discolored
Kevin’s Komments 03/02/2021
Last week, a question was asked about “front” versus “back” end of cabooses
Happy Anniversary CNMRRC
David KullmanThe Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club has its origins as the Tri-County Railroad Club with four members of the Western Hills Model Railroad Club in February 1966. The clubs …
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Rolling Stock Inspection
All newly acquired rolling stock undergoes a thorough inspection before it is placed in service on the Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad.
Kevin’s Komments 02/23/2021
Steam Turbine Locomotives When I was creating the “largest Locomotive” list, I got my first real look at the steam turbine locomotives. There weren’t many of them, and for the …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/18/2021
With all the snow this week, and more to come tonight/tomorrow, I thought we’d take a peek at snow on the railroads. This pic was titled “proper snow plow” but …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/11/2021
“Largest” steam locomotive I was bouncing around one of my favorite websites, https://www.steamlocomotive.com/ , my quest still being details on CNor 2791 heavy pacific. I was trying to figure out …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/08/2021
Steam Engine Repair I’m still detailing out CNor #2791 4-6-2 for the layout. I’ve been looking at everything from Pyle generators (dynamos) to Worthington feedwater systems. Which brought me to …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/01/2021
Yard and Interlocking Towers Joe has been discussing with me (and a few others in the club) about yard and interlocking towers. I think he resolved his questions, but I …
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Kevin’s Komments 01/25/2021
close ups of the drivers and valve gear of steam locomotives.
Kevin’s Komments 01/21/2021
Streamlined Steam Monty got me attached to a project he and I are working on where we’re going to try and model a streamlined Pacific passenger loco. I know I’ve …
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Kevin’s Komments 01/14/2021
There are no unusual loads – just loads required by your customers.
Kevin’s Komments 01/15/2021
This is what happens when rails are subjected to intense heat.