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IT's TEAM TRACK TUESDAY!!  Let's see what is happening on the team track (s) of your railroad.   Share your team track photos here!    Team tracks are a vital part of real life railroad operations.   Appearing in rural, small town and large cities team tracks provide on and off loading of nearly every kind of freight car, Some head end passenger equipment, and MOW equipment too are off/on loaded on team tracks.  

Photos of well detailed model railroad team tracks, not so detailed toy train team tracks,  and real railroad team tracks are welcome!  The purpose of this thread is to accent our team track operations so we can inspire each other in creating our model railroads.  Changing team track scenes regularly on our railroads is a great way to keep our layouts looking fresh.  After all, real railroad's seem to have different freight cars on their team tracks sometimes daily, every other day or weekly and sometimes there are no freight cars on the team track at all.   So, if you have a intricately detailed layout, or a simple loop of tinplate track with a siding that qualifies as a team track, go ahead and post your team track photos here.  If you miss posting today go ahead and post any day this week.

This week on the Free State Junction Railway team track in lower Patsburg, we have a Richmond Fredricksburg and Potomac ( RF&P ) outside braced wooden boxcar load of lumber being off loaded.  Being that its now spring time, construction of new homes is fully underway and a local building contractor has ordered a bulk lumber load from a company just outside Richmond, VA.   

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TTT, one of the best days of the week!


 

Post holiday activity on the Valley Railway is keeping everyone busy. But, no place is busier, or more interesting, than the Everett Team Track.

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Due to a recent rash of shenanigans being reported along the Valley Railway, General Manager Isaac Reynolds has ordered several LIONEL 6-2719 Watchman Shanties be assembled and placed at various points along the system. The first of these is to be glued at Everett.

An assortment of parts were delivered over the weekend via the ABC in Akron, but due to the holiday, unloading had to wait until today. Reynolds himself has been on site since early morning keeping tabs on the unloading process.

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There was a bit of confusion early on when it was discovered Lionel had failed to included assembly instructions with the shipment. Fortunately, a copy was found and delivered via courier.

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  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-01: Isaac Reynolds is personally keeping tabs on this project.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-02: Unloading the crates of Shanty parts.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-03: MOW crews are ready to begin assembly of the shanty at Everett.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-a: Everett's team track is busy with activity this TTT.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-b: No shortage of man power today.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-c: Everyone is working hard, more or less.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-g: So many parts to keep track of on this project.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-h: Reynolds leaves nothing to chance.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-i: Easy there, hook operator!
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-j: Chief system engineer reviewing the plans.
  • rr-ttt-2017-4-18-k: Saved by the courier.
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Hey Patrick That VW Bus/Van/truck is really cool....

With the Easter Holiday passing, its all quiet on the Team Track, except across the tracks where the new property owners' contractor has erected a construction fence. Looks like some major building is going to take place...

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Apparently they mean business...

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Mark Diff posted:

Hey Patrick That VW Bus/Van/truck is really cool....

With the Easter Holiday passing, its all quiet on the Team Track, except across the tracks where the new property owners' contractor has erected a construction fence. Looks like some major building is going to take place...

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Hey Mark - AWESOME SCENE!!!

 I can't wait to see what is going to be built on the old Haney property!  The suspense is driving me crazy!  Great looking fence btw!!  I love the painted "KEEP OUT" with the paint runs and the guard dog sign is a real nice punctuation to the fence scene!!  Thank for all your creativity and humor!

Hi guys- great posts so far.

Patrick- I could look at photos of your layout all day. The detailing is fantastic.

Thomas- I was going to say the same- the instruction sheet was priceless.

Mark- I get the feeling the new neighbors are not going to be as friendly as old Mr. Haney.

This week on the RSJ&B we are a bit hung over from Easter Weekend. The Easter Bunny hit the Carrot Juice pretty hard after he finished his deliveries and left quite a mess behind.

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The foreman was a bit confused when he and the crew got to work Monday morning. He had to call in MOW to clean up the mess. 

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Meanwhile PRR 8506 could do nothing but wait for the mess to be cleaned up. They train crew was pretty upset because they were going to be late delivering the gondolas to the steel mill. They are supposed to pick up a delivery of I-beams for the pump house for the new water main project.

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The crew in the switch tower could only wait too.

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Hey, it's still Tuesday in my neck of the woods ... but just barely.  I want to dash off this post quickly so that I can go back and enjoy everyone's pictures and stories today!

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The Tomlinson Run Railroad was suffering from low esteem.   Well, it  *is* a carpet layout and you can't get much lower than that ... except, well, maybe the basement.  Anyway, Little Bobby, the engineer's boy, overheard his dad talking about how the TRRR doesn't have a ramp for its team track like all the other fancy railroads.  Well, Little Bobby is a Boy Scout and he got to thinking.  Bobby went around Tomlinson Run asking various store owners and other likely generous patrons for supplies so that he and his buddies could build a ramp for the team track at his dad's RR.  What a great idea!  What a great kid!  (That Bobby'll make an Eagle Scout in no time!)

The turnout from the "Bricks and Mortar" stores that Bobby contacted was amazing.  The trucks from all the local businesses arrived at the team track so early in the morning (like, 11:00 AM), that the RR photographer wasn't up yet.  Here's what she found when she arrived. Yup, bricks from the bricks and mortar stores:

With Bobby and his band hard at work with the donated materials, putting the new unloading platform together was a "snap"!

And what great timing, too!  Chef Chuck Wagon had ordered a shipment of fruits and vegetables for an upcoming business excursion and the REA boxcar was spotted on the team track that very morning:

That's Little Bobby in the right hand corner (below) , savoring the moment, while the workers start to unload the Express car.  Don't tell the boys' teachers, but it looks like some of them were a little geometry challenged when it came to building the ramps.  Or maybe it was a limitation of the free supplies?  But hey, it was built on their own time before school, and they more than made up for the steep ramps with those fancy railings.  Nice job, boys!

Jed directs "traffic" as the men start to unload, and the REA truck moves into position to take the vegetables to Chef:

Chef had the goods delivered via REA because the railroad's refrigerator car is still on order, so once everyone complimented the boys on their great accomplishment, unloading started in a hurry!  "All hands on deck!"

Chef makes a quick appearance to give special instructions to the REA driver. Chef wants to make sure that the vegetables are delivered to Chef's secret location ...

Now that the boxcar has been unloaded and the boxes are on the new team track platform ... Hey!  Where'd everybody go?!  Ah, the canteen truck must have arrived -- even Chef is gone!  Stedfast Jed continues to light the way. Save him a hotdog somebody, please?

Once loaded, the REA truck drives off to Chef's secret location not far from the team track and dining car siding.  Meanwhile, the 80-ton switcher picks up the empty REA car. Jed's knee deep in the shag grass:

At a top secret location, not far from the tracks, Chef sets about preparing the fruits and vegetables.  Some chefs add a touch of MSG to bring out the color of their produce.  Not Chef Wagon!  Our Chef is a gifted experimenter.  When he's not experimenting with molecular cooking, he's fiddling with his new toy -- an industrial-sized irradiator.  Chef has just loaded it up with all the produce from the REA shipment.

Standback!  Cover your eyes! Chef's flipped the switch!

And, viola!  Chef's vegetables no longer look listless and like they've been sitting in an hot unrefrigerated boxcar for hours.  They are literally bursting with color!  And, hopefully, flavor, too!

Chef calls this process "Ted Turnerizing" his produce (all layout work should be so easy, says Tina the RR CEO).  Technically it's super complicated but it's kinda like that scene in the Wizard of Oz that goes from black and white to color. 

Mission accomplished, Chef and his assistant load the irradiated produce back into the truck and deliver it to the dining car where it awaits further transformation under Chef's skillful hands:

Yes, it's been a great day at the team track at the Tomlinson Run Railroad:

Disclaimer:  No dinosaurs were harmed in the filming of this event.  Hey, wait!  Where are the dinosaurs and who took this aerial photograph?  Oh, right ...

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 Such an awesome scene! I sure hope the new neighbors are friendlier than their fence would suggest. 

Construction sites are dangerous places, so I'm sure the owners are thinking Safety First! When the dust settles and they are open for business, I am quite certain they will be happy to do business with you.

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