When talking about railroad crossings, two types come to mind:
Category:Trackwork
Kevin’s Komments 09/28/2023
Back in my early days of model railroading, logging railroads caught my attention.
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 while we focus ours on this odd little home-built turntable at the east end of the line. It was built around an old salvaged swing-bearing …
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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 model railroading, and you can never find what you’re looking for quickly. At the same time, there’s a prototype bridge for about every MR span …
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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 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 distracted finding other interesting pics. So the collection ended up a bit eclectic. Have fun with these! Carl Donald works the CTC board in 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 01/15/2021
This is what happens when rails are subjected to intense heat.