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#21

Nice pictures, Jon!

Here’s a short video I made while bucking drifts on Saturday:

http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/y1/r/Qyh5ph9cQ_M.swf?v=3064501781596&ev=0

#22

I agree with Shawn Charlie, Nice video and those Conrail SD-45s SWEET…and very rare.

#23

I’m with Ken,and Dave on this one.
My line is down until warm weather.
Frost heave disabled my line.
So nothing here until spring.

#24

CZ , Mark, nice runs always fun to watch

#25

Nice videos Charlie. Reminds me why I bought my SD-45 in the first place :slight_smile: I need to get the couplers on it changed out so I can pull my battery car and then it will be back in plow service - OR - I could just have it lead an RS-3 unit as it still has Arsito couplers on one end. They are a little mis-matched for speed.

#26
Charlie Z said:
What about if instead of photos of snow, I shared two videos of us plowing out the RR and then running a snowy freight?

Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLu8FrxN1wI
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KpaPk19PHc


Excellent!
:slight_smile:
Kinda wish I would have gotten the Penguin out as the snow was perfect for plowing…

#27

Jon,
With the snow like it was, you could have probably plowed with the SD-45 and RS-3’s without a problem. I used the mallet and RS-3 in 2009 to plow the line. When the RS-3 stopped running, the mallet shoved the plow, dead RS-3 and cleared the 6-8" snow without much effort, or so it seemed.

#28

Thanks Mark. I’ve run the two together before and never noticed a problem, but individually they are quite different, especially the start voltage. Here they are together almost exactly one year ago…

(http://lsc.cvsry.com/Post2/Plow_Extra_1-1-11_18-800.JPG)

#29

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Sorry… best I can do

#30

No snow here…thank goodness! Though some place had two feet of snow…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/thejoat/_forumfiles/snowfeet.jpg)

#31

Yeah and ya’ done wrecked the plow Jon!

#32
David Russell said:
Yeah and ya' done wrecked the plow Jon!
Where the hell are your pictures Rooster?
#33

David Russell said:
Yeah and ya’ done wrecked the plow Jon!

Yup, sure did. That was the second of three plow wrecks in 2011. I do believe the crew may have been drinking…

(http://lsc.cvsry.com/Post2/Plow_Extra_12-31-10_03-800.jpg)

(http://lsc.cvsry.com/Post2/Plow_Extra_1-8-11_16-800.JPG)

#34
Shawn said:
Where the hell are your pictures Rooster?
Here!

Jon…:slight_smile:
I love it!

#35

I put together a better video from Saturday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WEUiChgJAA&feature=g-upl&context=G21dddfbAUAAAAAAAAAA

#36

Mark;

Thanks for the video. WOW! I can’t get over how big Luke is! (Of course, my “baby” turned 35 this past November.) I still remember seeing you at ECLSTS with Luke in one of those cuddle carriers that get worn over the chest.

Loved seeing the Y buck drifts. Way back in 1960, I read a story in the original Railroad Magazine about bucking drifts in the 1890s. The plow crew had two Moguls and a 4-4-0. When the greenhorn from the crew asked why they coupled the 4-4-0 next to the plow, one of the seasoned railroaders replied: “Cause that way the big hogs can pull the little 'gine and the plow back on to the track after they go on the ground!”

If I ever get another layout, I intend to buck drifts with my HLW Big John.

Thanks again,
David Meashey

#37

Golly, I could have sworn their was snow out there yesterday…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/nicholas_savatgy/_forumfiles/SHOCK_Big_Eyes.gif)

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#38

Ain’t nuttin’ but mud 'round here now. No accumulating snow in the long range forecast either. At work we are hoping for a deep freeze so we can get some heavy equipment across a grassy area and it looks like we will be waiting for a while.

Edit to add: Nice video Mark!

#39
Mark Oles said:
I put together a better video from Saturday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WEUiChgJAA&feature=g-upl&context=G21dddfbAUAAAAAAAAAA


…:)…

#40

Dave M,
I started to put together a movie with just the clips from trips to the Strasburg railroad we’ve made since about 2009 and the movie is over 17 minutes so far, and I didn’t get to Spring, Summer or Fall of 2011 yet. As I watch the movie, I can literally watch Luke grow up in 20 minutes.

Dave R: Glad you liked it! An aside: My coworker sent me a link from this website showing me your model of the J tower. He worked with the group that did the restoration of the real one and thought your model looked awesome.