The miles don’t matter, it is the service you provide that does!
Track diagram
The miles don’t matter, it is the service you provide that does!
We would love to see the track diagram!
To all that asked here is a diagram that can be filled in from the videos where we measured it out. Brian
please do the diagram in ho scale, (1:83) I have an around the wall (3 walls) layout that I havnt figured out what I want the line to serve. this looks exactly what I want!
cant wait to see what 2021 will look like in her fresh coat of paint, and a couple of cool front GE U30c pilots on the front and back of her.
she would look like a 500 ton with a pair of those!.
When will this diagram be available?
Today…..better late than even later! Brian
please do the diagram in ho scale, (1:83) I have an around the wall (3 walls) layout that I havnt figured out what I want the line to serve. this looks exactly what I want!
cant wait to see what 2021 will look like in her fresh coat of paint, and a couple of cool front GE U30c pilots on the front and back of her.
she would look like a 500 ton with a pair of those!.
I would live to see a track diagram
soon.
This is great! looking forward to future progress!
If this is correct, you can get a decent sense for the rail layout from Google Maps. https://www.google.com/maps/place/East+Terminal+Railway/@39.9910606,-82.8237683,16.18z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x883865d4200c4807:0xcacd83d870a05054!2sEast+Terminal+Railway!8m2!3d39.9910897!4d-82.8207952!3m4!1s0x883865d4200c4807:0xcacd83d870a05054!8m2!3d39.9910897!4d-82.8207952
There’s a place down by E. 5th about a mile I’d guess where there’s a storefront called “Skate Naked” what kind of town are you in ?? LOL.
Seriously thou. Are you going to be able to get those companies to ship their bulk
products through rail? I could see the bakery buying carloads of flour but that “R.E. Michels place?
Amcor Rigid Plastics? Are they on board?
There’s a place down by E. 5th about a mile I’d guess where there’s a storefront called “Skate Naked” what kind of town are you in ?? LOL.
Seriously thou. Are you going to be able to get those companies to ship their bulk
products through rail? I could see the bakery buying carloads of flour but that “R.E. Michels place? What would they ship through you?
Amcor Rigid Plastics? Are they on board? Can you expand your track to other companies or would that be cost prohibitive?
I’m a bit concerned that you have spent all this money and don’t have enough customers. Or customers with sufficient volume.
If you go to that location on Google Maps now and look at the aerial view, you will see the 2021 on the tracks where it had been parked after unloading and the grapple truck parked beside the road.
I am a new subscriber, have not seen all of your videos yet. Feb of last year, you were identifying your rail. Hope I am not a pest in this comment. The Sydney is for sydney steel formerly of sydney nova scotia. The marks VT stands for vacuum treatment of the steel to eliminate hydrogen inclusion which could lead to rail failure. To the best of my knowledge, they originated this process. The MBTA in massachusetts has over 40 miles of 115 re sydney vt rail installed in the 70’s with good results. My career started in sept of 1973, working for contractors installing some of that rail. I fell into a job of track foreman at the transportaion test center in pueblo, colorado. Then switched jobs to be a conductor on test trains. Our road forman was breaking me in on 1942 alco 6 axle locomotives built for the army before I left for a new job at the transportation authority in boston. After 32 years there, I worked for 2 short lines as conductor/engineer, car inspector, and track advisor. You are living my dream of owning it all and doing it all! At one time, I had a 15 ton plymouth and a 15 ton davenport. The paper work, red tape killed that hope. Wish you well !
Peter Thank you for the additional info on the rail! We need people like you on our ETR team! I truly respect all the experience you have ( and wish I had ). Please check in and add wisdom regularly. Brian
Hi Peter,
I think you may find it interesting that two of the Alco’s that you mentioned are still earning their keep at the Southern California Railway Museum formerly Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. The former DOT #12 is now OERM 1956. THE former DOT #15 is now OERM 1975. They had the red DOT paint job until the early 2000’s. The 1956 gets used almost every weekend. The 1975 has been revived from the dead more than once. It runs, but we don’t use it often. Once in a great while they are ran in MU with each other.
Jeff
You have no run a round trackage, unless you leave the 2021 up at the plastic plant your on the wrong side of the interchange. What is your plan for spotting and pulling cars?
GREAT work so far – looks like it will be poster material eventually!
What a fantastic thing to be doing, your own train set to play with. My poss two ideas for you. 1. would it be an option to create a passing loop from the J lead to the pylon just before Canada 3. 2. Build a push bike on to a frame stradling both tracks with a counter balance, safe cheap very environmentally friendly. Bless you all, keep up the great work. Chris (United Kingdom)
Just looked at this on Google Earth. It was great to see the tracks and all the buildings. Big Props to you Brian. Been following on YouTube since the beginning.