Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads
A hobby adventure
I closed out the year hosting an operating session on the HO scale B&O Wheeling Freight Terminal. Crews worked hard to move the inbound freight to awaiting customers and pull the outbound cars.
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The B&O Wheeling Freight Terminal came alive again with an October operating session. Crew positions were held by three local modelers and me. We all kept busy and I forgot to snap any photos.
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The lead photo captures a pair of steam switchers simmering after another successful Wheeling Freight Terminal operating session! This was the second session here at the Philadelphia home.
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I hosted an operating session recently on the B&O Wheeling Freight Terminal. This was the first session held in my new Philadelphia home and the first session since the spring of 2017 in El Paso, Texas.
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I recently attended an operating session on Jim Leighty’s HO scale Central New York & New England Railroad. I kept busy through much of the session. Jim has several industrial switching areas on the layout that will keep a crew member busy.
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