03-14-2014, 11:09 AM
Here's a view from the north, more interesting, end at Pacific Bl in Vernon.
There are several things to point out here. The gensets are working job Y-LAC0112, the Malabar Switcher. It's worth mentioning that it costs money to run trains, and every train you see has a specific designation and specific purpose. Y-LAC0112 switches this yard, serves the last four industries left on this part of the Harbor Sub, and builds or breaks down the transfer run that comes in from C Yard, a separate job. I see a lot of guys portray their ISL as just a place where a loco moves a few cars around at random. That's not how any of this works!
Another issue is that this end of the yard is simply more interesting. The spur to the right is 2751, if anything, less used than the other in the previous post. I've read on a forum that this received boxcars of rags destined for Pabco Paper, the customer here, up to about 2000. There's a little more reason to have this spur active in the modern era, though another point is that Pabco Paper is an interesting building, to say the least:
So which layout would you rather see, one with a piece of foamcore with a couple doors cut in it, or one where the guy actually spent some time, effort, and creativity making a low relief of this scene? I'm not against ISLs per se, but I do disagree with the idea that limited space is an excuse to be lazy.
There are several things to point out here. The gensets are working job Y-LAC0112, the Malabar Switcher. It's worth mentioning that it costs money to run trains, and every train you see has a specific designation and specific purpose. Y-LAC0112 switches this yard, serves the last four industries left on this part of the Harbor Sub, and builds or breaks down the transfer run that comes in from C Yard, a separate job. I see a lot of guys portray their ISL as just a place where a loco moves a few cars around at random. That's not how any of this works!
Another issue is that this end of the yard is simply more interesting. The spur to the right is 2751, if anything, less used than the other in the previous post. I've read on a forum that this received boxcars of rags destined for Pabco Paper, the customer here, up to about 2000. There's a little more reason to have this spur active in the modern era, though another point is that Pabco Paper is an interesting building, to say the least:
So which layout would you rather see, one with a piece of foamcore with a couple doors cut in it, or one where the guy actually spent some time, effort, and creativity making a low relief of this scene? I'm not against ISLs per se, but I do disagree with the idea that limited space is an excuse to be lazy.