Video: Switching the CP Rail M & M Sub. Fort Frances Yard

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Fort Frances is a major division point on the CP Rail M & M Sub. All trains change crews there, and many drop off and pick up cars. On this video you can watch yard switcher SW9 #329 pick up cars from a mixed train going from Duluth to Winnipeg, and add new cars to the consist.

To watch the action, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ5MwgcUMJQ

John Longhurst

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Nice video and a well layed out yard! Thank you for sharing the fun! HNY John

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Very nicely produced. Always fun to see realistic operations. Also, car weathering and track work are superb.

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Gotta love them Life-Like GM switchers! I’ve got a couple dozen of 'em and they are my best running locos. I have CP System 329 and 328 (both retired for spare parts) and a CP Action Red 7400 (part of a three unit ‘hump set’).

I was in Winnipeg a few years back and got a good look at your layout. I was quite impressed with the track plan, scenery, and equipment.

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John,

Nice video and a great looking yard but I have to admit I did a double take when I read CP switching Fort Frances as I once lived in CN’s division point for that line which of course is Rainy River and don’t remember seeing any CP locos, but as they say it is your layout and of course you can make it any location you chose. When Rainy River crews took a train bound for Duluth they called it a Ft. Frances turn as they could only take it as far as the Fort where is was picked up by DW&P crews.

CN Charlie

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Great video!

But - no caboose ??? Too modern. [:)]

Wolfgang

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You’re right, Charlie–Fort Frances is a CN town. My CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Sub. is a fictitious line based on a factual situation (I call it "faction). I model the line from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay and the Twin Ports via Fort Frances.

The inspiration for my mode of operations (dark territory) comes from CP’s Portal Sub. in Saskatchewan.

You can read more about my layout in the December, 2009 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman or on my blog at http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/

John

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The layout is set in the early 1990s, so you’re right–no cabooses. Well, not exactly; they do show up from time to time in the middle of trains, headed to the scrapper.

John