Category: railroad
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Saturday Holliday
Over where the Topeka Subdivision meets the Emporia at the former townsite of Holliday, buisness was fairly active for a Saturday afternoon on the 5th. One observation that I will note is that every train I’ve seen so far has been running “wrong main.” I.e, eastbounds on 1, westbounds on 2 and on the Highline.…
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Railroad exploits
It’s been a while since I went out train watching, so I decided to head out to the BNSF main line south of Baldwin near the town of LeLoup (Ohio Terrace) I arrived at Ohio Terrace around 930. Unfortunately, there was no activity (an eastbound had just passed when I got there) I found out…
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Radio and Model Rails
I’m currently working on updating the History of KLWN and KLZR to reflect recent changes, as well as the addition of KKYD into the mix. As for the new locomotives, I found some track defects, but also the presence of a bad wheelset in one of the engines. Once both problems were addressed, the engines…
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new additions to the model train layout
Sunday, there was a small train show in Kansas City, and I found a good deal on a pair of Athearn C44-9Ws, one in Santa Fe Warbonnet red and silver, the other Norfolk Southern “dark horse” black. For some reason, these six-axle locomotives tend to pop an axle going into a curve. The problem appears…
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Weekend of trains
I seem to be blogging once a week… Saturday (12/18), I went with my brother, grandmother, and my cousin Cyrus to see “The Polar Express.” As my cousin Cieara (Cyrus’s mommy) is in her third trimester on her second pregnancy and can’t really stand sitting for extended period of time, we decided to use this…
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First fall
Last night brought us quite a bit of wet snow…. 5-6 inches. The PA had to have half an hour of work just to get it out from under the snow (enough time, of course, to warm the cockpit.) Anyway, the first snowfall to me means a trip to the railroad tracks. I went out…
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It’s Model Railroad month
Got an email from a model railroad list saying that November is Model Railroad month. For the first time in several years, I actually have a model railroad layout to run 🙂 I currently own a small 4×6 layout consisting of a double-track single loop. I’ve got plenty of locomotives, now concentrating on frieght and…