The New Track Plan

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O&A R.R.  Alexandria to Manassas Junction

      as I mentioned before (or maybe I didn't) I was rethinking the track plan. Well, here it is ten by two feet of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad March to July 1862. The very basic operation and run of the railroad is USMRR trains depart Alexandria (right) and head to what might become Union Mills to the supply depot at Manassas Junction then turn around and head back to Alexandria with the empties. The middle section as I said might become Union Mills or any of the other stations in between Alexandria and Manassas Junction. The brown box in Alexandria is the railroad's headquarters and offices which I will scratch build. Just wanted to give you all a look at one of my ever changing track plans which has the potential to become my main layout. Until next time happy modeling! 



(Oh yeah I said this was two by ten feet when in my original plan I had four by ten feet. The other side is going to be something modern era maybe the Louisville and Indiana Railroad Company hmmmmm.........)

The Track Mobile

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      In this post I will be reviewing a Track Mobile I bought at the National Train Show in Indianapolis, Indiana last week and giving my opinion on the show in general.

The Track Mobile

I'll start with the Track Mobile. I purchased it from Broadway Limited Imports for 60 dollars (the dcc equipped version) I was impressed with the detail and weight of it but was slightly disappointed when I discovered that it only had one operating coupler, nevertheless it was a nice scale knuckle coupler. Its operation is good but sometimes will need a little prodding to get it started and once it has started it can manage 2 modern freight cars but when the front end of the first car its pulling is placed on top of the dummy coupler apparatus on the front of the Track Mobile it can pull 5 freight cars and a bay window caboose. Over.all I am happy with BLI's Track Mobile.



The show was a very memorable experience for me and was a lot of fun to attend. Some other i items I purchased at the show were a Woodland Scenics Scenery Kit, Workshop Tips and Projects for Model Railroaders by Cody Grivno (I also got it signed by him), and I signed up to be a NMRA member. I have begun to rethink my civil war layout and its track plan so there will be a separate post on that coming up as well as a series on how to build an inexpensive diorama. Well that's all for now and until next time happy modeling!