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February ‘06
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Track Cleaner for the model
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April ‘06
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Selected Layout pictures
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The North River
railway of Bob Van Cleef represents a typical turn-of-the century
railroad in the mid-west with no single company represented. This layout features hand-laid rail,
advanced electronic control and while the table is only 35 years old,
some of the equipment goes back to 1945. Equipment includes a blend of kit,
scratch and freelance construction.
You can find more pictures at http://www.northriverrailway.com
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Look carefully. There was a box car back in the 1860s
that doubled as an oil tank car.
That belly is a steel compartment to carry oil in a time when
oil was commonly shipped in barrels.
Actually, this is a track cleaning car based on the Centerline
track cleaning car. The rollers
are concealed behind the oil tank between trucks. Yes, there was such a car.
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A
class “C” shay heads over a trestle for a login run to Timberly
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A
bit of heavy switching at ‘A’ track.
Note the booster truck on tender
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Outside
stall roundhouse at Bobston
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No,
this is NOT what you think it is.
It is a portable conductor’s comfort station, but don’t ask what
the difference is
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Here
is a different kind of train for those out there who are into dungeons
and dragons gaming. This is a
Warhammer War Wagon Train
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