Playin in the snow
Playin in the snow
I got a few minutes today to go outside and clear the mainline off and run some trains. More to come later with more snow
Ore jennies out on the double track
Passing Red River
Passing through Wolf Creek
Passing over (the future) Wolf Creek
Headed back the other way over Wolf Creek
Ore jennies out on the double track
Passing Red River
Passing through Wolf Creek
Passing over (the future) Wolf Creek
Headed back the other way over Wolf Creek
Re: Playin in the snow
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
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Re: Playin in the snow
Don't need no stinkin snow plow when you have GP38's . What scale is that and more pictures would be appreciated.
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Re: Playin in the snow
I do have a snow plow for when the snow gets deeper. I've used it a few times this winter but today the snow wasn't quite deep enough to need the plow
All right, here are some more photos I took tonight. This is 1:29th mixture of USA Trains and Aristocraft Rolling stock on Aristocraft Stainless Steel track
Headed down the double track
Going the other way by Red River
Caboose crossing over Wolf Creek
Station at Wolf Creek after the train had been through
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Re: Playin in the snow
The Plot thickens!
Up to the frame now
The amount of snow on that roof is scary if it was 1:1
The operator is going to have fun climbing that snow drift
Going through the trough over the Wolf Creek bridge
Plowing toward the Wolf Creek
I'm not looking forward to digging out the hopper when its time to pull the car
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Re: Playin in the snow
Looks nice, it's cool that you ran it in the snow
Re: Playin in the snow
Looks like AARR's Geeps weren't up to the task.
Plow extra called for duty
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Re: Playin in the snow
And a 3rd 38 in that consist
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Re: Playin in the snow
When the snow gets deeper than about a half inch I have to run the plow because it just packs in front of the leader geep and eventually will cause it to derail. If its the first snow, or its all melted off I can get away without running the plow but like the real railroad, once I use the plow I'm committed until the snow melts because I've trenched myself in. The first group of photos, daylight, Where taken after I had plowed, the second group, night, were taken on the same day while it was snowing. So there was only a little bit over the track and not an issue to plow with just an engine. The third group of photos was taken during the next snow storm and I had enough that I had to use the plow because I hadn't run trains over night and we got a good inch and a half or so over the track. I probably could have gotten away with 2 geeps but it I didn't want to have to go get another engine out of the house if 2 wasn't enough.