• #14 at Curriers (sort of)

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All about the Arcade & Attica Railroad

Moderator: Benjamin Maggi

  by steamfan6325
 
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Is it just me, or is there something weird about the sky in these pictures? :wink: :wink:
  by Benjamin Maggi
 
Looks good. If you model in HO scale, there is a company that makes kits for the A&A sandhouse. The name escapes me, but if you search old posts from about a year ago you should come across the one talking about it.
  by steamfan6325
 
Technically it's not my layout- it now belongs to the A&A. It resides in a short display case- I'm pretty sure the sandhouse wouldn't fit. Anyway Curriers is represented on 1/2 of the layout and the other 1/2 is woods.
  by steamfan6325
 
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the guy in this photo is my dad
  by conrail71
 
Hey, I was just at the ARA today! The lead truck on the locomotive was derailed.

Mike
  by jgallaway81
 
Oops!
  by conrail71
 
Not a big deal I'm just glad I checked this thread, I know when I was a kid and I saw something like a derailed model train in a museum display I would go nuts trying someone to fix it... (i was pretty annoying back then). (i'm not so bad now... :wink: )

Mike
  by jgallaway81
 
Conrail.. you meant the lead truck on the model didn't you? I thought you meant on the real 18. Ooops, Silly me!
  by conrail71
 
Yup, sorry, the lead truck on the model was derailed, the 1 to 1 scale locomotive was just fine! I posted the trip on my Blog, there's a link down by my signature.

Mike
  by Benjamin Maggi
 
Nice to hear from you again Mike. I am glad that you both made it down to see #18.
  by steamfan6325
 
conrail71 wrote:Hey, I was just at the ARA today! The lead truck on the locomotive was derailed.

Mike
Where exactly did it derail? The gondola was derailing on saturday at the grade crossing on the opposite side of the layout as the station. I thought it was a problem with the gon- maybe the coupler trip pin catching or something, but if #14 is derailing at the same spot maybe it's a track problem.
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This is where the gon was having problems
  by conrail71
 
Hey, Ben! We had a good time, next time we'll have to take the kids!
The locomotive was derailed next to the station at the start of the curve, if I remember correctly.

Mike
  by Alcophile
 
Where was the model railroad on Memorial Day Weekend? I went there then and the layout wasn't there.
  by steamfan6325
 
Alcophile wrote:Where was the model railroad on Memorial Day Weekend? I went there then and the layout wasn't there.
It didn't exist yet at that point in time. I don't remember exactly when it was "installed", but it was sometime in mid-summer.