First careful run up Dixon Hill

Discussion in 'General' started by frisco1522, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I've been getting full of spinters for a week or so and have started building west from Newburg. I finished gluing down track for about 40' from the West Switch. I coupled the 4101 to 28 cars, but had to call the Newburg switch engine to get this far. The railroad is in desperate need of heavier power in the form of 4-8-4s, which are on order. End of track is about a foot in front of the 4101. Everything tracks nicely through the curves, which are 43" radius.
    Time to stop now, run bus and feeders to this benchwork.
    Track will return to the wall and pass in back of the existing track, only a few inches higher. Bundy Jct. lies about 12' ahead of the engine. I'm going to violate my license and have a small town with switching just ahead of Bundy. It wil be the first thing visible when entering the basement. I need to get more roadbed.
     

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  2. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Don -

    NEAT!

    Glad to see the Newburg VO-1000 was able to come to the rescue of SLSF 4101 on the hill. Those Baldwin VO's are gutsy!

    Good idea on a small town just before Bundy Junction. Perhaps you should name it Alhambra?

    Ken
     
  3. Rick McClellan

    Rick McClellan 2009 Engineer of the Year

    Be still my heart . . .

    Looks great Don. You just inspired me to get down into the basement and get to work.

    More pictures please.
     
  4. gbmott

    gbmott Member

    Well at least it's blue and white, but really . . . . .

    Gordon
     
  5. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Nice pic, Don...

    Perhaps another thread lurks here, but I'm eyeing MDT Reefer 5939(?). When did they switch from the white to the orange scheme for their cars?

    I figured on getting a few at some point but want to make sure I have the right scheme. Maybe they were still running both schemes during the early 1940s?

    Best Regards,
     
  6. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I'm not sure Chris. The white wooden jobs are a holdover from the '30s andfit into my 1943 scheme. I think the orange came later, maybe into the '50s.
     
  7. FriscoGeorge

    FriscoGeorge Frisco Employee

    I think it should be named "Knotwell" since there exists two smelting shafts right across from the old Alhambra Hotel at milepost 120.8 , and in 1858 there was a real town there called Knotwell. The smelters were used in the 1850's and 1860's to make cannon balls for the two Union forts in Rolla, as were the facilities at Maramec Springs, although they also made other types of iron items as well. As a matter of fact, "Knotwell" was one of the names considered by the Frisco for their new roundhouse at what we know as Newburg today.
    FriscoGeorge
     
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  8. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    FriscoGeorge -

    Good points! Knotwell sounds good to me. Good background, good reasons.

    But ..... it's up to Don to name his town.

    Ken
     
  9. Brad Slone

    Brad Slone Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Chris,

    The last MDT cars to receive white sides with the red & blue stripes where the 6000-7999 series built in 1936 and 1937. These cars where the first to have steel ends yet retaining wood sides. After the war a few steel cars where painted with white sides, but this didn't last very long. The Frisco and MDT worked closely together, so you can run plenty of them.

    Brad
     
  10. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter


    Brad -
    Many thanks for the info. I'll be eager to get home and crack open the 1943 Official Register.

    Regardless of where I model (Northern or River Division) I'd like to eventually have a fleet of 5-10 MDT reefers for perishable shipments.

    Best Regards,
     

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