SSW Shelf Layout - You comments

[SSWUPinSA]

If you want to see more loco's (not as good as the 2 GP40's) I have the rest of them here...

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[jonte]

If you want to see more loco's (not as good as the 2 GP40's) I have the rest of them here...

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SSW - I'm impressed.

Thanks for sharing.

Jonte

[P5se Camelback]

SWEET!

[SSWUPinSA]

[SSWUPinSA]

Hi Guys... One or two tiny changes... I feel it looks less busy and more proto like...as always your comments are appreciated.

[Russ Bellinis]

SCRATCH that!!!!! Bad Idea, throws the whole ISL out... I'll keep that for my "why did I buy that" Layout!

Don't give up on the ADM Grain Elevator, just "bash" it as in kitbash. If I could stop my car on the overpass where the 710 freeway crosses over the 5 freeway, U.P.'s Washington Street yard, and BNSF's Hobart yard, and get out and take pictures 360 degrees from that spot, you would see a dozen or more silos in East L.A. and South Central L.A. An industrial bakery will have silos for flour and tanks for corn syrup sweetener. A brewery will have silos for grain & hops, tanks for corn sweetener, and a separate vertical tank for each "brand" or flavor of beer they make. It is gone now, but there used to be the Great Western Malting Company that had a huge elevator complex in City of Commerce to store malt that I think they supplied to the brewing industry in Los Angeles. The only breweries left in Los Angeles now are Anheiser-Busch and Miller, and I think they bring in their own malt and store them at their respective breweries in silos.

[Paulman]

I've enjoyed watching the progress of your design, especially since I'm looking at having about the same space. It's looking good.

What CAD program are you using?

[shortliner]

I'd run a second, parallel track into the plastics factory on the right - you can then park "off-spot" tankers on there, and send a light engine at the end of switching to re-spot them for unloading, pulling the empties at the same time.

[SSWUPinSA]

hI GUYS,

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Please feel free to comment and all your help is so appreciated...

Thanks

Callum

[Brakie]

I'd run a second, parallel track into the plastics factory on the right - you can then park "off-spot" tankers on there, and send a light engine at the end of switching to re-spot them for unloading, pulling the empties at the same time.

Actually there's plenty of room for off spots at the plastic company or if the overflow is severe then the cars can be held at the nearest off layout outlaying yard since there's no need to wabash cars where the switching moves becomes a puzzle.

The main thing about ISLs is you simply can't wabash the layout with cars.

Recall unloading freight cars can take several hours to a day or two so,coming back later to respot loads for freshly emptied cars won't happen.

Here's a very interesting read about loading/unloading tank cars.

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[steinjr]

The main thing about ISLs is you simply can't wabash the layout with cars.

Hmm - I know what you mean by ISL (even though you are about the only person using that abbreviation), but does "wabash cars" mean?

Does it have something to do with the Wabash railroad, or is a variant of "awash with cars" (i.e. overfilled), or something else?

Stein, curious

[Brakie]

Stein,"Wabash" means to overfill a track with cars or a Wabash RR stunt...This came about years ago when Rabbis use to bless(by washing?) kosher meat and this had to be done daily..So,once bless,the Wabash would shove these reefers onto a interchange track and foul both switches.These then became the problem of the connecting road..This was done so the Wabash didn't have to pay for another blessing.

[steinjr]

Stein,"Wabash" means to overfill a track with cars or a Wabash RR stunt...This came about years ago when Rabbis use to bless(by washing?) kosher meat and this had to be done daily..So,once bless,the Wabash would shove these reefers onto a interchange track and foul both switches.These then became the problem of the connecting road..This was done so the Wabash didn't have to pay for another blessing.

Must be a pretty local term. Like ISL :-)

Btw - meat does not become Kosher by being blessed by a Rabbi (paid or otherwise) in transit. Meat from appropriate animals basically becomes kosher due to the way the animal is slaughtered - a quick cut across the throat with a sharp knife, and then bleeding the animal to remove the blood.

Smile,
Stein

[Brakie]

Stein,"Wabash" means to overfill a track with cars or a Wabash RR stunt...This came about years ago when Rabbis use to bless(by washing?) kosher meat and this had to be done daily..So,once bless,the Wabash would shove these reefers onto a interchange track and foul both switches.These then became the problem of the connecting road..This was done so the Wabash didn't have to pay for another blessing.

Must be a pretty local term. Like ISL :-)

Btw - meat does not become Kosher by being blessed by a Rabbi (paid or otherwise) in transit. Meat from appropriate animals basically becomes kosher due to the way the animal is slaughtered - a quick cut across the throat with a sharp knife, and then bleeding the animal to remove the blood.

Smile,
Stein

I thought everybody knew what Wabash meant.
Here's one difination.

WABASH—To hit cars going into adjacent tracks. (See cornered) Also refers to the officially frowned-upon practice of slowing up for a stop signal at a crossing with another railroad instead of stopping. The engineer would look up and down to make sure everything is safe, then start up again, having saved several minutes by not stopping entirely. Wabash may also mean a heavy fire in the locomotive firebox.
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Kosher foods:

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