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Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry

Railfan.net Web Forums    Model Railroading    Live Steam and Ride on Scales (Moderators: moose_the_caboose, Brian Tusin)    Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  Reply     EMail Topic   Print    Author  Topic: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry  (Read 3494 times) tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   3-Leaf_blower_at_Old_George_04-28-15.jpg - 180079 Bytes « Reply #140 on: Apr 29th, 2015, 9:51am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify An overall shot at Old George.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   4-tamping_at_Clear_Lake_04-29-15.jpg - 166544 Bytes « Reply #141 on: Apr 30th, 2015, 8:19am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify The next day we repaired the damage to the track from the trees hitting it. Here is Jack tamping ballast Yesterday.  As the picture shows, the trees are cut up.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   7-Jack_Tamping_at_Clear_Lake_04-29-15.jpg - 162352 Bytes « Reply #142 on: Apr 30th, 2015, 8:23am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify The train!  We loaded two flat cars with wood and took them to the woodshed.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   1-Loads_of_wood_going_west_07-01-15.jpg - 171044 Bytes « Reply #143 on: Jul 2nd, 2015, 8:56am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify 2 loads of wood were moved out of Clear Lake after some branches were trimmed back that fell.  Here we stopped west of Jacks Pit to trim another tree.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   1-5.jpg - 156219 Bytes « Reply #144 on: Apr 16th, 2017, 8:27pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Bus 3 made a trip up the hill.  Here is a stop at Sumac.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   2-4.jpg - 137962 Bytes « Reply #145 on: Apr 16th, 2017, 8:30pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Turned on the TT at EOT High Point.  I went up here to grease the TT as it was in need of a little   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   3-6.jpg - 162442 Bytes « Reply #146 on: Apr 16th, 2017, 8:36pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Down at Clear Lake to clean the ditch.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   4-5.jpg - 169974 Bytes « Reply #147 on: Apr 16th, 2017, 8:37pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify another look   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   2-CBE_Branch_07-10-17.jpg - 110847 Bytes « Reply #148 on: Jul 16th, 2017, 3:02pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify I was out riding Bus 3 cleaning sticks off the ROW after a big storm and up short of High Point I saw this big tree down on the CBE branch at the top of the big climb.  Lucky for us, it bridged the track and there should be nothing to fix when it is gone.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   3-CBE_Branch_07-10-17.jpg - 162486 Bytes « Reply #149 on: Jul 16th, 2017, 3:03pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify another view   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! Henry Historian Posts: 6116 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #150 on: Jul 16th, 2017, 8:27pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify That was lucky! Logged moose_the_caboose Moderator Historian Posts: 1480 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #151 on: Jul 20th, 2017, 5:47pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify I'll say y'all were lucky!  Great to see my favorite vehicle out on the rails again!!   moose Logged tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   1-Spur_Track_at_Clear_Lake_08-04-17.jpg - 166291 Bytes « Reply #152 on: Aug 6th, 2017, 7:32pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Clear Lake had a tree down on the spur track and it missed hitting it from the arch in the tree. We lucked out again!     Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   2-Spur_Track_at_Clear_Lake_08-04-17.jpg - 153847 Bytes « Reply #153 on: Aug 6th, 2017, 7:33pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Another View.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! Henry Historian Posts: 6116 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #154 on: Aug 6th, 2017, 11:59pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Amazing! May it be a harbinger of future luck! Logged George_Harris Historian Posts: 3820 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #155 on: Aug 7th, 2017, 9:09am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify on Aug 6th, 2017, 7:32pm, tomc wrote:       (Click here for original message) Clear Lake had a tree down on the spur track and it missed hitting it from the arch in the tree. We lucked out again!     Tom C. Amazing.  Looks like it could have been shaped and put there by design.  Is this high enough to go under?  Looks to be maybe for equipment, but too low for riders on top?  Would be an interesting feature if it could be left. Logged BobbyT Historian   Posts: 605 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #156 on: Aug 7th, 2017, 4:57pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify WOW! That sure was lucky. But looking at the bright side, look at all those future wood loads. Logged tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #157 on: Aug 7th, 2017, 7:43pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify on Aug 7th, 2017, 9:09am, George_Harris wrote:       (Click here for original message) Amazing.  Looks like it could have been shaped and put there by design.  Is this high enough to go under?  Looks to be maybe for equipment, but too low for riders on top?  Would be an interesting feature if it could be left.   Hi George, well the flat cars could go under it, but we use the spur to load wood so we will cut it up and haul it to the woodshed.  Sometime the coach may go up here and it wouldn't clear.   Tom C. Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   « Reply #158 on: Aug 7th, 2017, 7:46pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify on Aug 7th, 2017, 4:57pm, BobbyT wrote:       (Click here for original message) WOW! That sure was lucky. But looking at the bright side, look at all those future wood loads.   Hi Bobby,   Probably a week's worth of wood when split.  We are busy clearing down trees!  More pics to come.  I hope I won't bore everyone.   Tom C. Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! tomc Historian     Posts: 775 Re: Trains out and about on the SR&CL Ry   1-CBE_branch_08-07-17.jpg - 161549 Bytes « Reply #159 on: Aug 7th, 2017, 7:54pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Today we were out cleaning off branches from the big tree on the CBE branch.  We got the wood chipper on the tractor and made some big piles of MULCH!  Here is a pic of what we did, compare to the previous post of it.  As a side note, it is hard to get a pic that really shows the work involved.  The white spots are two of the piles, the third is to close to the bank to get into the shot.   Tom C. Click Image to Resize Logged Later; tom_srclry_com Lost somewhere in Michigan! 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