IT's TEAM TRACK TUESDAY!!! 1-29-19 EDITION

 Took these last fall 

coach joe posted:

Brian thanks for another episode of TTT.  I'm sure Patrick doesn't mind keeping the thread going.

Coach Joe and Brian - I'm happy to see that this thread lives on!  Thanks for keeping it going Brian and Coach Joe - thanks for always stopping by the team track to take gander.

MA & PA 

This is a neat Picture Brian. Looks like some narrow gauge service too.

A couple of empties loaded for return

Mustang's and Tacobell love it

geysergazer posted:

Ya, Railbox was a way to get around old ICC regulations that said once empty a car had to be returned [empty] to it's ownership railroad. By pooling ownership each car when empty was simply sent on to the nearest customer with a load, a lot more efficient with a lot less empty car-miles.

Lew

Lew,  I'm not sure that was an ICC regulation.  Per diem rules are the incentive to get foreign cars off a railroad.  The local freight agent would accept loaded cars going over or towards the owning railroad.  Assigned boxcars were an exception.  Automobile manufacturers reached an agreement with the railroads that loaded cars could move in any direction.  The pool of cars assigned to an assembly plant was negotiated each year.   John in Lansing, ILL

It's time to open the Team Track this week

C&O 624 spotting some box cars on Track 2

From the TTT archives:  " The last crate has been off loaded " 

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Thanks for posting, Brian, I enjoyed looking at all those icing station photos!

Rusty

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Very nice photos everyone!   For today: Something from the TTT archives. 

Thanks for keeping TTT going guys.  It's hard to believe it's been 4 months since Patrick left his wonderfully weekly post in the care of others enamored by the goings on down at the team track.  Even though it's no longer weekly Tuesdays are always better  when TTT gets an update.

ATTENTION: TRUMPTRAIN...

Regarding the photo of the semi-trailer parked on the tracks...

TRUE STORY...my brother-in-law's son actually did just that on the first day on the job after completing commercial driver's license school...he was fired at once...thankfully there was not an accident...no trucking company would hire him afterwards...wonder why?...

howard...

Not as good as most photos above, but here you go.

I think I posted this in the past, but, when you get old, you also meet new friends every day....

Lionel 9700 bc; PW trucks; my paint/decals/weathering. The car was done a long time ago - before I went mostly 1:48 (and before a lot of 1:48 was around). Photo is recent-ish - custom Dodge Airflow dump truck with scratch styrene dump body is by a friend and styrene master. He still regrets selling it to me.

Happy TTT!

Found this video of the NYNJRR working the team tracks at the 65th St yard.

Happy TTT!!  Glad to see this thread still occasionally appears!  Thanks for keeping it going guys!  Here's some photos from the TTT archives.  

Patrick, I don't believe the plate girder will fit in the back of the pick-up.

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Some more from the archives of the RSJ&B. Gotta take some new shots one day.

Happy Tuesday (only three more days to the weekend!)

Bob

Here is a local team track, I don't think its been used for a while.

From the TTT archives: " Roll out the Barrels!"

From the TTT archives. " Lots of goings on at the team track."

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Spotting full loads- pulling empties

From the TTT archives: " Off loading heavy concrete blocks."

"Big Hooker for Heavy Loads .... may be coming to a team track near you!"

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More heavy lifting

Pictures of the new layout. Just got some more figures to go with the other items I've been rounding up. I did this quick display just to remind myself what I have.

The crew ponders how overgrown the Team Track & Community Park has become in the last year. Hopefully, a redevelopment plan is in the works.

Meanwhile, over in Plasticville...

Circus Surplus & Supply Inc. recently took delivery of a zebra via the town's new and improved Team Track.

From the archives of TTT.  Boiler delivery via 8 axle depressed center flat car. 

After a full week of cleanup and repairs, it seems that life is getting back to normal at the Everett Team Track(s) & Community Park - Picnickers, Panhandling Hobos, Boxcar deliveries and all. 

What's happening on your team track?

Wondering if it'll fit....