Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads
A hobby adventure
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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Several months ago, I started setting up my HO scale Wheeling Freight Terminal layout for an operating session. That’s when I found a problem in the main yard. There wasn’t enough light.
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It’s been awhile since the last layout update. I’ve had several inquiries so I snapped a few new photos for this post.
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