SwitchControl

To make it some easier for an operator at Crawford Valley the switches at the entries will get powered, and all that lays in main will have its position shown.

The Curve

The work on the home section "The Curve" are making some advance.

After Sculptamold and Paint. The remnants of an former branchline to the right.

Cutting trough the hill...

Close to the edge but some safety meassures taken

Closing the Gap!

A big day in the small world. The out and back is completed with the last small curve. In a near future will the traffic Galesburg - Crawford Valley - Crawford Junction - Savannah via be reopened.

Tuesday Morning...

... in Crawford Valley, an ordinary day. The line north is closed due to work but the traffic from south are going on. We are waiting for #221, the local from Galesburg.

Early morning.

The agent are busy at Galesburg getting the cars and cards ready. Six loads and two empties for Crawford Valley

The train below the bridge. As usual the local uses track #3.

Caboose placed along the platform to minimize movement

Roadcrossing free.

Stopped.

First move. Pickup and change the LCL-car at the freighthouse

Brown out, red in...

"Clean" track four and five for all outbound cars and empties. Put them on track three.

Split inbound for different side of yard.

Ready

Run around and switch east side, Textile factory, Scrap Yard and Farmers Co-op. Look out when passing the roadcrossing.

Some used items to the scrapyard.

A car with Fertilizer for the farmers.

After switching the teamtrack the train is ready to return to Galesburg. Four empties and seven loaded car.

In Place...

The first train have passed the new section :) and the GP turns around on the turntable.

The MOW-departments ballast hopper on the new track

Who stole the track? Still som work to be done.

Wednesday morning...

after the first morning trains has passed through and switched...

Along the station...

The operators wiev:

- First row, ready cars waiting for pickup.
- Second row, cars newly arrived, waiting for loading and unloading.
- Third row, the weeks waybills day after day, Wednesday moved and Thursday request for Empties sent.

Now we're waiting for the morning local Savannah - Galesburg to arrive...

DreamTrack 2015

The meeting has ended. The modules are back home, i'm tired but satisfied...

First a shot before loading the car.

 

One of my daughters was engineer for one day.

 

Busy in Crawford, the empty coaltrain running through at while the reefer train make a setout.

More MoW...

... painting the track on Crawford Junction, Mainline Tamiya XF63 "German Grey", secondary Polly Scale "Dirt".

On Crawford Valley there are new sand beneath the track and in the sides of the cut

More Photos...

Valley Growers Elevator and a NW2 with a MoW ballast hopper.

Northways along the track.

Freighttrain with two "Q" GP7.

B.Ericson Salvage Yard with gantry crane.

Teamtrack and train.

Southways along the track.

The Elevator...

... are one of the industries in Crawford Valley. Owned by the local farmers Co-Operation.

Here the local switcher move a boxcar during harvest season.

The Supervisor makes a visit.

The passing Freight Train stops by...

... And move again...

A wiew from the Creek...

MoW...

... or Maintenance of Way. My NW 2 and a pair of ballast hopper in action.

"New" industries, a scrap dealer with his gantry crane.

Overwiew...

... of Crawford Valley and the feed mill spur.

A "new" trackplan

After a long break som new ideas have appeared to allow some more operations on the modules. The "Depot module" laying on the workbench but the "Extension" are still just an idea...

CS - Farmers Co Op Storage
E - Elevator
FD - Fuel dealer
FH - Freight house
GS - Grain storage
R - Ramp
TM - Textile Mill
TT - Teamtrack

First look...

... towards the north entry of "Crawford Valley". It´s a recycling of a former N-RE doubletrack junction. There will be the possibility of two incoming tracks and also a short industrial connection (a quarry?) to the right. Tomorrow we will take the dynamite and remove some of the old landcape


The Depot area are also showing progress with roads and the place for the freighthouse