A Prototype For Everything
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Not sure about the image that Trevor shows - looks like the model superimposed on an old photo. If so shows how good Tim Warris' modeling is.
Fascinating prototype that closed in 1961.
Nigel
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The Crab Apple and Orchard Egyptian Railway in Illinois was steam operated as a common carrier right up until the mid 1980’s. Duluth and North Eastern an operated into the early 1960s with 5 venerable steamers while the Buffalo Creek and Gauley railroad in West Virginia was also operated by steam into the mid 1960’s.
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The Mississipian and Reader Railroads were also steam operated into the 1960’s but Union Steel instead of scrapping some ex Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0’s operated these engines into the 1980’s
London Transport continued to use 0-6-0 tanks (of the Hornby 3F type?) until 1972 or 1973 shunting Underground stock I think through washbays etc.
I am of the belief that an Eastern European city has had a steam operated commuter service as recently as 2010. Also the Harz system in Eastern Germany is operated by. steam locomotives
So a late model car and Steam Engines can be photographed together and there is a prototype for it!
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There are of course many examples of street running of railways in the world but an example of a mainline railway running very close to a road less protective fencing etc exists in Guelph Ontario in Kent St. In fact Kent Street is split by the railway. GO Commuter and VIA Passenger trains also use this line.
You can see this at Railpictures.ca - Stephen C. Host Photo: Caption: Kevin’s recent shot of L566 parked on the Waterloo spur, had consequences for the rest of the Guelph sub as now the Kitchener terminal would be quite short of motive power. To ensure two jobs operated
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The New York and Long Branch, now New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, ends at a loop with a yard in the middle of it. It is a model railroader's dream! The North Jersey Rappenfieldid Transit Company (service ended 1930) was a trolley company. The line parallelled the Erie, climbed a very steep grade, swung to the right to cross the Erie tracks via a through truss bridge then a steep grade down the other side back to grade level. The grade was somewhere around 6% (a guess)
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While North American Modellers in particular like long trains and among them passenger trains, there are a few examples of very short passenger trains. One I noted on a Model Railroader post consisted of an Alco PA, a streamlined baggage car and a stainless steel observation car. You can see several examples on http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/273933.aspx
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Look at how poor this paint and decaling job is! They did not even bother covering up the decal film. Prototype photo by T. McAdams
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A NOTE FROM TREVOR …
This is the last I have of the TAPFE's for now… much to my chagrin, there just have not been much happening or inputs but you are all quite welcome to add to this one. I will add more as I find them… I was able to stretch them out from where I was at a few months ago
I did do a bit more digging and there are a few more Hints and Tips to last for about 2-3 months at this stage, so again your contributions directly to me via PM would be appreciated!
Cheers
Trevor
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Oh well back to the asylum
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In Central News South Wales, from Wollongong 50 miles south of Sydney to Newcastle about 104 rail miles north of Sydney are both double track mainlines. Because of export of coal from the Steelworks in the Wollongong area and the need for specific coals in the refining process, as well as coal mines at intermediate points supplying different market areas, both mainlines could see loaded coal trains running in both directions.
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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A ONE MAN RAILROAD - ACTUALLY OPERATED BY ONE MAN
In Illinois. There was a small ex interurban railway section remaining in operation of the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Interurban , that delivered coal from the mainline to a State Hospital using street trackage written up in Model Railroader in 1967 as a railroad you can model. The Hospital converted to gas and the railway shut in 1973.
The Fuel Facility? Apparently the driver/engineer/conductor/ track man (all rolled into one) pulled up at a service station and used the pump! So for all you lone wolf modellers out there (including me) there is a prototype of sorts for you!
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A below mainline staging/storage yard? In New South Wales, a spur from the Hornsby line down to a car yard by the harbour side well below the line of sight of the line it ran off from, not unlike some efforts I have seen on model railway layouts.
I also noted in Montreal when I was there that the Metro Trains at the then end of the line at Bonaventure disappeared into a dead end tunnel ( and servicing depot?… my memory is not that good from 1976) effectively a staging track. Although I have not seen such an end of line in Paris, I would imagine a similar arrangement on their Metro system.
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There have been many instances of Railcars being hauled by locomotives
From Byron Thomas Saint John NB Canada
This shot that I took in the very early 1970’s showing a CN RDC behind 2, CN RS 18’s on the East end of the station that they used for their runs east to Moncton. The RDC might have broken down and some CN power was used to get it back east or needed the power in Moncton for some time sensitive freight.
It did not happen often but one would see some “ strange consistsâ€. This was one!
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The Budd Cars of the old Commonwealth Railways were getting a bit unreliable in the early 1970’s and many were hauled by locomotives on local runs from Port Pirie to Port Augusta in South Australia. The cars were eventually refurbished in the mid 1980’s and achieved another 5 years of life or so
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The South Australian Railways Bluebird Railcars were initially fitted with French COTAL gearboxes but they were apparently very prone to failure. There is a picture of a 4 car Bluebird being hauled out of Tailem Bend by a 600 class Pacific towards Adelaide after such a failure
During Holiday times, rollingstock resources could be stretched. The Angaston/Truro lines of the SAR were normally serviced by Model 75 Brill Railcars and Trailers but a shortage of power cars I believe in 1961 was overcome by a 620 class 4-6-2 hauling 4 Brill trailers.
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Back in the 1990's the Victorian Railway trading as Vline, ran a training program for drivers and firemen so that steam locos would have qualified crew. R class 4-6-4's would head up Geelong passenger trains during school holiday periods and K class 2-8-0's were rostered for local freights as well as some passenger services including a couple of commuter runs, hauling recently built or repainted rollingstock.
Fast forward to 2020 and here is a link to the Union Pacific Challenger pulling a number of double stack containers
https://youtu.be/XhgHrDbN4EU
No doubt UP's Big Boy and 844 have also done similar stints along with Norfolk Southerns locos.
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