IT's TEAM TRACK TUESDAY!!! Share your team track photos here! Team tracks are a vital part of day to day real railroad operations. All sorts of freight cars, MOW cars, passenger train head end cars, are on/off loaded on team tracks. Team tracks are located in the rural areas, small towns, and large cities. By regularly creating team track scenes on our model railroads we can keep our layouts fresh ... with ever changing activity ... just like the real railroads. It can be a fun project to come up with new scenes.
Since I began this thread back in the late summer 2016, I've been creatively challenged to come up with new scenes each week ... and I find BIG FUN in doing this!
Regulars who share their photos and back stories each week in this thread always dazzle us with their creative ideas for use of their team tracks. So give it a shot and show us what's happening on your team track ... even if your railroad is a circle of track with a siding thats enough to qualify as a team track
For example: Perhaps one week we have a flat car load of telephone poles being off loaded and next week a Union Pacific boxcar is being loaded with crates. The following week a Conrail boxcar is being unloaded with sacks of seed. Changes from week to week do not have to be huge.... just a small change of a boxcar's road name works ... just like the real railroads.
This week on the Free State Junction Railway it seems that Patsburg Yard's caboose tracks are full. The yardmaster has ordered that extra cabin cars ( Pennsy parlance for caboose ) be stored and serviced on the Patsburg team track... due to accessibility by road vehicles. A VO1000 switcher crew was dispatched to take 4 Pennsy cabin cars from Patsburg Yard to the Patsburg team track located in north Patsburg. All freight destined for the Patsburg team track has now been redirected to be set out at the Patsburg Union Station team track. A caboose service crew and a crew of car knockers were directed to the Patsburg team track to fully service these cabin cars and to make any necessary repairs. The railroad's new Case tractor was pressed into service pulling two wagons of supplies and kerosene barrels across town to the team track. The exciting thing about team tracks is that you never know what kind of equipment will show up next. Who ever thought that a team track would serve as a makeshift caboose service track ... but hey!... in a pinch the team track is the perfect utility track.
Have a fun and creative week everyone!!
I can't wait to see what goes up on Mr. Haney's property once it is sold. Perhaps Mr. Douglas will buy it and extend his farm? OR build a pen for Arnold Ziffle.
I'm sure whatever new scene you come up with it will be a great compliment to your already great team track scenes!
