Coxy's N Scale and Railroad Blog - Commentshttp://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/Railfanning and modelling western US railroads in N Scale. Exploring hand laying N Scale track. Small N scale layouts for people with limited time and space. Having fun with N Scale!Steve Cox 2007en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Steve Cox comments on Santa Cruz Local with ex-D&RGW powerSteve CoxWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:08:13 +0000http://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/2008/8/19/santa-cruz-local-with-ex-drgw-power.html#comments111688:1008258:comment/1800510Hi Marc,

It would be interesting if the train does somehow originates in SSF. I'd be curious to know the actual routing of cars if that is the case.

- Steve

]]>Marc Ramsey comments on Santa Cruz Local with ex-D&RGW powerMarc RamseyWed, 20 Aug 2008 07:44:10 +0000http://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/2008/8/19/santa-cruz-local-with-ex-drgw-power.html#comments111688:1008258:comment/1799553I get on the train in SF, and indeed the ex SP/Cotton Belt units can be found anywhere from SF down to Redwood City, I assume they are the ones the Trains article discusses (plus, I doubt they need 5 units for the local). The three ex D&RGW units, however, I never see in the morning, which implies they spend the day south of where I get off in Palo Alto. Since they looked very much like the units in the video (at least the graffiti looked similar), the mix of cars is similar to what is seen in the SSF yard, and Watsonville is only about 40 miles down the line, they might simply keep going.

In any case,today I intended to check the numbers, only to discover the usual SP units and four almost shiny UP painted GP-40s where the D&RGW units are usually parked...

]]>Steve Cox comments on Santa Cruz Local with ex-D&RGW powerSteve CoxTue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:00 +0000http://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/2008/8/19/santa-cruz-local-with-ex-drgw-power.html#comments111688:1008258:comment/1797152The units at South San Francisco are the power for the local that runs up to the city. There was a good article on it in Trains a few months back.

It's nice to see a few remaining SP and D&RGW units still working off their final miles. Same for the older BNSF units too.

]]>Marc Ramsey comments on Santa Cruz Local with ex-D&RGW powerMarc RamseyTue, 19 Aug 2008 06:57:48 +0000http://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/2008/8/19/santa-cruz-local-with-ex-drgw-power.html#comments111688:1008258:comment/1796309I commute via AC Transit and Caltrain to Stanford three days a week. Caltrain runs through a small yard in So San Francisco adjacent to 101. Mornings, there is a pair of beat up old SP GP-38s moving cuts of cars to/from local industries. Evenings they're parked on a siding, along with three old D&RGW units. Perhaps this "local" travels a bit farther?

]]>PhilNSF comments on UP Manifest at nightPhilNSFThu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:42 +0000http://coxy.squarespace.com/coxys-n-scale-and-railroad-bl/2008/7/22/up-manifest-at-night.html#comments111688:1008258:comment/1651206"I wish I knew how to fully recreate the impact of a big passing freight train at speed using miniature trains."

It's really a piece of cake. All you have to do is use the 1:160 setting on your molecular sizing machine, step into the chamber, press the button and you're there! Of course you'll hear plastic instead of metal rolling by, but it might be "close enough". Let us know how it works out.

And, please, don't forget to come back. We need you.

Phil

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