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 […]

Sometimes, we just need to step back and look at ...

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So I got a pair of Intermountain SD40-T2’s, one was missing a bell and a plow. Intermountain supplied me with a new plow as well as an entire parts sprue…so I have TWO roof bells! My 6300 will be getting more details. Also, on early U25B’s…does anyone have a good […]

Looking for roof detail pictures of GP35R’s and a U25B

well, after quite a few months, the old domain is dead…if you are a subscriber, please update the URL to http://Sopacincg.com

it’s dead Jim…