--- In [email protected], Alex Binkley <alex.binkley@...> wrote:
>
> leaves me wondering what my mid 1990s regional carrier
> is going to with intermodal cars. Autoracks are also out cept I don't have
> any.
There are small scenes that would look totally realistic with intermodal
cars. I recall a small terminal in MRR magazine, might have been in Alabama,
Mississippi, or Georgia... somewhere down south. It even used old locos like
alcos or baldwins.Another scene could be a carfloat layout bringing intermodal
cars to the city for trash disposal trains like they use on the New York and
Atlantic.
The Reno branch of the WP had an autorack ramp , I think they said they used
it to move rental cars around to spots where they were needed. Sparks had a
fairly small intermodal ramp that could be modeled in S pretty well, just leave
out the long mainline trains and concentrate on the local scene. I think there
are ways to build a layout with any kind of S equipment if one takes the time
to look around and see what the railroads did with the various kinds of
equipment.For instance I've seen unit train style rotary dump gondolas lettered
for Herzog and used to haul ties and other rail maintenance loads and 89 foot
flatcars with cranes and other MW equipment on them doing track
repairs....DaveBranum
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