Good idea. I will be sure to use it. Would it be too late in the PC era to incorporate the steel mill?
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Conrail6467 wrote:Nice!! Im going to Charlotte this weekend with my camera.A time machine would be helpful, too!
BR&P wrote:Charlie, I just learned something - that 1926 map shows there was a wye on the north side of the West Yard. I had no clue!Oh wow! I just now was able to take a real good look at the map......I had no clue either! Next time I'm in Charlotte, I'm
Josh, in PC times the power and cabooses for the State Street and CTA were tied down in the North Yard (the one track of it which remained). In the pics CPSmith linked to, the one of the diamond has the power sitting there in the background: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=4333615" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
charlie6017 wrote:Yeah. I dont live too far Away. There shouldnt be any MOW people ot train traffic so I should have no time roaming the property down there. I hope so anyways.BR&P wrote:Charlie, I just learned something - that 1926 map shows there was a wye on the north side of the West Yard. I had no clue!Oh wow! I just now was able to take a real good look at the map......I had no clue either! Next time I'm in Charlotte, I'm
Josh, in PC times the power and cabooses for the State Street and CTA were tied down in the North Yard (the one track of it which remained). In the pics CPSmith linked to, the one of the diamond has the power sitting there in the background: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=4333615" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
going to have to drive up Ruggle's street and look around, try to envision what it used to look like. I agree about wishing
for a time-machine because I bet it was one busy place!
Charlie
Conrail6467 wrote:Thanks Otto. The goal was to start from CP-373 and then model the Hojack east and west. When im older and feel like it, I hopefully will expand to the mainline and eventually from Newark to Batavia.You're 15. Do you have a gigantic basement? Gonna live at home forever? Build what models you like, run the trains you like, and just enjoy the hobby. You can do your research now for that "dream" layout you'll build someday, but you will theoretically graduate high school and move out of your parents house before you can make significant progress towards your goal. We have a 20x20' room at RIT and we can barely fit High Falls to CP 373 on our HO scale layout at RIT.
Otto Vondrak wrote:BR&P had previously said that it was a little ambitious, and you're both right. So in order to keep this realistic, I'm stickin to the Hojack, mostly because the old ROW is in my backyard in Greece. I'm doing it for the history digging and the adventure. My goal is to make it accurate.Conrail6467 wrote:Thanks Otto. The goal was to start from CP-373 and then model the Hojack east and west. When im older and feel like it, I hopefully will expand to the mainline and eventually from Newark to Batavia.You're 15. Do you have a gigantic basement? Gonna live at home forever? Build what models you like, run the trains you like, and just enjoy the hobby. You can do your research now for that "dream" layout you'll build someday, but you will theoretically graduate high school and move out of your parents house before you can make significant progress towards your goal. We have a 20x20' room at RIT and we can barely fit High Falls to CP 373 on our HO scale layout at RIT.
To that end, most of the information you seek is available on Google Earth. Some later Conrail indsutry and siding reference can be found here:
http://rochester-railfan.net/csx.htm#maps" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
-otto-
BR&P wrote:I have not been into modeling since my teens, but can appreciate good layouts regardless. Last month we went to the Ronald McDonald House sale which is held in part of the former Kodak Elmgrove Road facility. You go down a LONG hallway, then into a huge room for the sale. And you can see equally huge rooms used for other purposes. The thought crossed my mind that day that that place could hold one incredible HO layout!Exactly. I'm doing it for fun. I LOVE Charlotte, and the fact it once was a hub fascinates me.