Again, I am playing with more track plans, and here is one with 3 undetermined industries. This plan is only 10×72….
Well, modeling Casa Grande in the 1980’s appears to be a little more difficult then I originally planned. The signature building is (was) an art deco depot built in 1939 (burnt in 2009) and I can not locate a SPINS (Southern Pacific Industry Numbering System) for CG at all. I […]
thinking about scrapping the whole Casa Grande plan…
In the last year, I have picked up a group of 4 Atlas ACF hoppers, a Micro-Trains PS2 3-Bay “High Side” and a BLMA PS2CD 4000. The Atlas hoppers are now on their Train Man line, but the4 that I have are all US built and came with Rapido couplers. […]
a study of three covered hoppers
I have stepped over this many times and never really thought about it. On the Industrial spur near VIP and Main, there is a simple grade crossing. Since the nearest road is a vacant lot, there is no need for even a crossbuck. It looks like it is only there […]
This SHOULD be easy to model…
Last month, on the first, I went down to look at the switching zone south of Main, near VIP. I did something that I never do and walked down the tracks. to my dismay, the SP caboose was no where to be seen. This morning, I went back down there, […]
odd caboose returns….
The wife and I did some long distance railfanning today (she called it hiking). We drove till the pavement ended and started to walk up the access road. The 2 mile hike up the mountain with the “CG” gave us a unique perspective of the Casa Grande Valley. It also […]