Lots of good stuff has been posted since I posted yesterday.
Ken … I like the SP switcher.
George … Thanks for posting an update of Boothbay Village.
Mike L … Nice !.. Many tanks ! …
GP9 … The E7’s look outstanding.
Casey … The 4-4-2 is beautiful.
Ray … You do great work. I like what you have done so far with girders and stone wall.
Ed … Your comment is sincerely appreciated… I grew up next to the CB&Q Raceway, and that is where my intersted came from. … Our family did ride trains out of Chicago, and one trip to DC included riding in the B&O dome car. i still recall the lights shining on the hills as the Capitol Limited traveled into the night.
Allan … NYC certainly ahd some fine looking steam locomtives.
Peter … Good idea to place boxes along the track to visualize future buildings.
TX Terry … Your U23 sounds great as it creeps slowly .
What a good variety of really Good Stuff again, I see Mike has been fuelling around, Peter has his Papermaking and Cardboard Box Manufacturing Plant about wrapped up, and I can only presume Ed that the four spot lights on the top of the dome car were of no practical use but just another over the top display of 1950s US mass consumerism. [:-^][;)]
Thanks to everyone.[tup]
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
If I recall correctly, the lights on the B&O dome cars illuminated a very limited area, which the train passed quickly enough that the passengers couldn’t really focus on it very well. Their main function seemed to be annoyance of the trackside neighbors, and they were very effective in that role.[;)]
I would bet that the flood lights were another one of the “brainstorms” that the marketing and sales department came up with without consulting the operating department.
I’ll bet they weren’t much use in tunnels, foggy or rainy contitions or when passing trains on adjoining tracks, either. B&O also had the movie theater coaches, too. I’d be willing to bet that the success ratio of that projection system was less than 50/50. I have messed around with enough projection equipment to know that it can be difficult to get the film to pass through the gate successfully even with the machine on solid footing. Imagine trying to mess with one suspended from a coach ceiling while traversing Sand Patch on jointed rail… all the while the coach attendant turned A/V projectionist was cussing quietly to himself…
I remember riding the Capitol Limited in 1966 or '67 when they showed the 1966 remake of Stagecoach. The film (yes, film; not tape) was shown on a ceiling-mounted screen in the dining car after dinner, and there was no problem. My experience may or may not have been typical. I don’t remember whether the film was shown in a coach as well.
I was not home this weekend so no modeling. However I had the opportunity to visit the Boothbay Railway Village Model Railroad Exibit and meet our fellow forum member George Paine. So here is a shot of this outstanding layout.
