01-17-2015, 01:52 AM
Mike Kieran Wrote:.... Are you getting the layout boredom blues? ......That is a great expression and so awfully true ....
The conflict is that I like the old brick buildings very much but I love contemporary automobiles, engines and rail cars too. The buildings I like are still existing in some places but they are usually not used by rail served business anymore.
Youtube has a clip of the NYNJ GP38-2 2200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNgGTUbaBfc and a bunch of photos http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPic...?id=191010
Looks like local Brooklyn law enforces daily engine washing. Correct weathering is a layer of gloss
I read somewhere the tracks are not totally isolated. They connect somewhere with the NYC Metro system. That is also the way the GP38-2 come in. It did not come on a barge.
This http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/nynjr.html is a nice source of information about the NYNJ
I guess the engine is still owned by GATX/GMTX and leased to NYNJ. Part of that leasing contract is some custom paint modifications to give the customer (NYNJ) a better feeling.
Reinhard