I was looking at Google Maps and I found a simple group of tracks. They appear to be a mix of a pair of popular model railroad switching puzzles. If you look closely, it is the three sidings of an Inglenook and the switchback of a Timesaver. This could be […]
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 […]
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, […]
I went down to the old SP main into Phoenix on Saturday wife and kids in tow. I got to watch Union Pacific 844 pull up for a stop in Coolidge, short of where I was standing. The girls and wife were all bored, so I left before watching her […]