01-14-2018, 11:48 AM
Don't worry Larry, at least you still have your youthful looks. 
Amanda, I keep meaning to ask you, what year are you modeling?
If you go to one of my layout threads, you'll notice that I do what I call a carload chart. The reason for this is to narrow down locomotive choices and figure out how long I want for my longer sidings.
I agree with Larry/Brakie, a GP 30 & GP40 would work well. You can use either locomotive individually for whatever local/switcher job, bring them back to the yard, and MU them together for the quarry run. Of course, if you are only running a few cars per week from the quarry, I would just have one of your locals/switchers also handle the quarry.
I also try to run things from the payroll perspective, would a railroad run a train if it didn't cover the crew's salary + benefits.
Amanda, I keep meaning to ask you, what year are you modeling?
If you go to one of my layout threads, you'll notice that I do what I call a carload chart. The reason for this is to narrow down locomotive choices and figure out how long I want for my longer sidings.
I agree with Larry/Brakie, a GP 30 & GP40 would work well. You can use either locomotive individually for whatever local/switcher job, bring them back to the yard, and MU them together for the quarry run. Of course, if you are only running a few cars per week from the quarry, I would just have one of your locals/switchers also handle the quarry.
I also try to run things from the payroll perspective, would a railroad run a train if it didn't cover the crew's salary + benefits.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.