Greetings All,
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. With the holiday over the gang on the N.Y.C.T.L. is back to work and not a moment too soon. Let's take a look at whats happening at Terminal Yard.
Coal is king right now as no fewer than four tracks are filled with cars loaded with the black diamonds. Hudson Coal has really ramped up production to meet the demands of their customers.
The TY Yardmaster could not resist lining up the hoppers for this publicity photo. Pennsylvania, Empire Belt, Kings Port & Western, Atlantic Pacific, Penn Central and New York Central Railroads all showing off their paint jobs and being in revenue service.
The Coal Job is pulling a train of empty hoppers from the depths of Terminal Yard on track 8.
The Coal Job is heading for Hudson Coal to swap out the empties for another train of loaded coal hoppers.
The next train out is this reefer train headed for Empire City's North Side Yard with blocks of cars for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse and the Empire City terminal market. NYMX 1000 is my latest addition, a used Athearn RTR model purchased at my LHS.
Five NYMX (NYC) Mechanical Refrigerators from at least three manufacturers and no two look the same! Pacific Car & Foundry built 100 of these cars for the New York Central in 1956.
Aha! We've found why the 1/87th guys have hung around after their shifts ended. They wanted to see the two newly lettered Long Island Railroad cabooses. 1:1 Engineer Ed provided the decals and the art work. Thanks Double E! The yard switcher is tacking the cabooses to the rear of the reefer train headed for North Side Yard
L.I.R.R. C-91 has come a long way from it's train set roots!
The L.I.R.R. cabooses head towards North Side Yard for later pick up by the L.I.R.R.
With E.E. the man of the hour the guys head over to Dino's Pizza Parlor to enjoy a couple of Frank Nitti pizzas and maybe a Jerry Vale as well.
Double E accepts his accolades and is ready to chow down as 1/87th scale Conductor John assures him the pizza and beer are on the N.Y.C.T.L. today.
For pictures of L.I.R.R. Caboose #12 and C-91 click the link.
Special thanks to 1:1 scale Engineer Ed for making the Long Island and some other decals for me. More on those projects in 2018.
Thanks Ed!
Thanks for reading!!!!
Congrats to the N.Y.C.T.L. and the Patti-O Paint Shop on the new cabooses (or is it cabeeses?) as well as to EE for being the man of the day! The NYMX cars are not seen too often on model railroads, but still a nice car to have.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal! Double E did a fine job on the decals for the Long Island cabeese!
DeleteWhat an awesome display of coal power!!! That photo is one that needs to be enlarged and framed. Having had the pleasure to visit the NYCTL for operating sessions, I have to say that the newly enlarged and greatly enhanced terminal yard is a "layout" unto itself.
ReplyDeleteThe LIRR cabooses look great. I am very happy the decals worked out for you. As enjoyable as running trains is IMO the really big fun is creating things for the layout, and just as much fun is seeing the creative work of fellow modelers. Whenever I see any of your newly painted cars I get the urge to grab a bunch of my cars and make them over into PC or HRC. But sadly I do not have a paint facility or expert staff equal to the NYCTL Patti-o operation.
Thanks for the compliments 1:1 Engineer Ed! After 25 years I finally have some decent coal hoppers to photograph!
DeleteThe N.Y.C.T.L. Patti O Paint Shop is always available for contract work regardless of scale!
Thanks for all you did to get those L.I.R.R. cabooses looking so good!
Hey, that Bachmann caboose actually works pretty well for the Long Island! I looked at the picture at first and thought you'd found an Illinois Central car to paint like the prototype! This also goes to show that vintage items with some creative paint can really add pizazz to a layout. I do have two Funaro kits for LIRR transfer type cars that I got stumped with when the steps were wrongly cast -- one day I'll get back to bashing an Athearn underfrome onto them to make them work.
ReplyDeleteThanks John! I believe the C-91 was a train set A.T.S.F. model that languished in the purgatory box for well over 15 years. It looks good now though!
DeleteReally nice fleet of coal hoppers to service the vast network of customers in need of Black Diamonds. Hats off to E.E. for his fine artwork on the Long Island cabooses. Also compliments to the Patti-O shop crew and their high quality products!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian! Hudson Coal is now the official 1/87th scale coal supplier for Santa's North Pole workshops! EE did a great job on the decals and the results will add to the illusion of the L.I.R.R. interchange.
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