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F7 4265 - GP9 1745 - and F7 B 4267 exit the West Portal of Hoosac Tunnel.
I often run some strange lash-ups as the B&M once did back in the 70's when
power was hard to come by.
I often run some strange lash-ups as the B&M once did back in the 70's when
power was hard to come by.
I'm planning on operating much more 38's & 40's and have quite a lot of them all
Atlas. I bought this lead GP40 not long ago in a one of a kind paint.
Atlas. I bought this lead GP40 not long ago in a one of a kind paint.
| I still plan on operating a lot of Guilford equipment by Atlas and Proto but have sold off most of the Guilford Athearn units. |
| I Know a lot of you dis-like Guilford and for 25 years I hated that Railroad also because I was let go in 1983 at East Deerfield when I wouldn't re-locate to a track crew in NH. I finely got over the bad taste in my mouth for Springfield Terminal once they came up with Pan Am. Now that Pan Am has teamed up with Norfolk Southern most of the Big G Locomotives are long gone and only seen on Model Layouts like mine. I'm not into "Pan Am Airplane's or "Norfolk Southern Pony Poop..!" I'll stick with the B&M in different stages including the Guilford era. |
| The river scene is finished but we are going to build another on the other side of the layout once we get around to that location. |
| I got a lot of photos of action at Deerfield on Mon 10-10-11 Labor day weekend and haven't seen this much activity in a long time, could have been from all the washouts heading west and all the repairs that took time from the hurricane. We saw a flurry of moves in both directions both at the yard and at the East portal of Hoosac Tunnel. Nice to see the old maroon colors once again. |
| I'm putting together three 60 car unit coal trains using all Athearn 4 bay open top Hoppers with 120 in blue and also a single 60 car train in the B&M black version. The blue version never existed but the black versions are a pretty close copy of what they did have in service. |
| Iv sold off a great deal of motive power to focus more on the late 1970's and early 80's and have bought and or traded back a lot of units that I had painted and decaled myself years ago. I have quite a lot of B&M power that represents early first generation diesel Locomotives up to the GP38 and GP40 era. I have no more yard so most switchers are being sold on eBay. I have RS2's RS3's FT's and a few other F series units along with several Berkshire steam locomotives. Steam was pretty much gone as I was born in 1950 and can only remember seeing a few at Deerfield at a very young age but oh those nice new FT units looked so different. |
| Marcy is my Maintainer who helps keep the Layout in dust free condition and usually does so most every Sunday. Its not an easy task to well maintain a Model Railroad Layout and even with this one being on the small side it still can demand a lot of time to keep it looking its best. These two girls are always racing here on Sundays to see who gets here first,, Iv never seen two people so anxious to get to work.? Marcy sure Skunked her today. Marcy 1 up Jamie ZIP LOL |
| Jamie is my painter and repair person when it comes to the Layout room or the bench work and she has repaired the walls and painted the entire room with all the walls and ceilings at least twice over the last three years. We're adding a lot more shelving under the layout plus up on the walls and it all will need at least two coats of paint so more paint work for Jamie and more dusting for Marcy.. A Big Thank You Lady's cause without you Id have to do all this and that ain't happening any time soon..!! |
Ed and I have been working on frame work for shelving under the layout to add a lot more storage
space to get items now stored in box's out on the shelves so they can be located and seen much
easier. I have a great deal of Model Railroad related items such as scenic materials, scrap parts,
building parts, paints, and tools that need a place to be stored out of the way but easy to find so this
project has been a must to free up space now being taken up with 30+ storage box's that are always
in our way.
space to get items now stored in box's out on the shelves so they can be located and seen much
easier. I have a great deal of Model Railroad related items such as scenic materials, scrap parts,
building parts, paints, and tools that need a place to be stored out of the way but easy to find so this
project has been a must to free up space now being taken up with 30+ storage box's that are always
in our way.
| This Athearn F-7 serves as an F-2 and is a custom paint and lettered model for a one of a kind herald that the Boston & Maine had and is extremely rare to find being that it was never factory produced in this color scheme. I'm planning on adding more detail with windows, grabs, constant lighting, and weathering. I'm not into todays modern Model Railroading like the big dash 8-40's and I like the older offerings from 30 years ago and up to the smaller SD series. I have a lot of GP-38's and 40's and my main era is the early 1980's through 2008 and I do have some steam I run now and then. |
A Guilford SD26 is in the lead with a GP35, and SD35 with 48 cars as it clears the covered bridge
leaving Greenfield on its way by the Prince Spaghetti Plant in route to North Adams 45 miles to the
North West. Years ago my Model Railroad use to have a good size 5' wide by 32' long version of
the Boston & Maine East Deerfield Yard with 55 switches and 14 lead tracks wide along with the
engine service buildings, roundhouse, and the Farm Bureau Feeds Mill located next to the yard.
I could stage over 20 locomotives and had well over 100+ cars on the sidings.
leaving Greenfield on its way by the Prince Spaghetti Plant in route to North Adams 45 miles to the
North West. Years ago my Model Railroad use to have a good size 5' wide by 32' long version of
the Boston & Maine East Deerfield Yard with 55 switches and 14 lead tracks wide along with the
engine service buildings, roundhouse, and the Farm Bureau Feeds Mill located next to the yard.
I could stage over 20 locomotives and had well over 100+ cars on the sidings.