Random photographs from the branch

[Patrick_Flory]

Missouri Pacific branch line

have been building this present layout, my third, since 2007. It’s a point to point operation on a 15 inch wide shelf that’s about 40 feet long. On the second layout in 1963 I left continuous running operation on a loop behind to create point to point operation that would replicate actual train operation from point A to point B as much as I could. The only prototype railroad I’ve ever been interested in modeling is a Missouri Pacific branch line on the Gulf Coast that replicates parts of the ol…

Missouri Pacific branch line - 2

This thread will be mostly about cabooses and various equipment items, but I left room for a few random photographs that might turn up worth showing. I think I need to clarify that there’s always been an identity crisis about this layout, probably very detectable. I call it a Missouri Pacific branch but it retains the name Midland Western from my days of youth, which I’m not really willing to give up. Plus, I run Frisco equipment on it regularly and sometimes engines from other Regional roads…