Recent content by James R. Barney

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    Streetcars and Railroads

    What's the water table like in the area of the proposed crossing ? If I remember correctly from my days at Keesler AFB, much of Nawlins would be under water were it not for the levees and pumps. Might make a tunnel as expensive as the big dig in Boston !
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    Nova Scotia

    As usual, the news sources here are doing a lousy job on reporting on the weather in the Maritime Provinces - weather doesn't stop at borders. Having heard isolated reports of deaths, evacuations and electrical power outages, I do sincerely hope that all of our Nova Scotian members and their...
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    "Whirlie/Whirligig" Steam Cranes

    On pages 54-55 of Michael Kreiger's "Where Rails Meet the Sea," there is a photo of "whirly" steam cranes being used, circa 1885, on the Cuyahoga River, to unload coal from a schooner into hopper cars on a track parallel to the ship. They appear to be built primarily of timbers and the side view...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Stu, It's a fine line between efficiency and laziness, and I'm not always sure which side of the line I fall on. Really thought that others might have bought the book with the track plan in it and it would just be a simple job of making some changes - such as doing the narrow gauge portion in...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Shamus, Thanks for the welcome. Certainly don't wish to discourage anyone whom is kind enough to help me find the track plan I'm seeking. But, I don't believe it is in Kalmbach's "101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders," by Lynn Westcott. The "Atlantic Air LIne" on pages 4 and 5 of that...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Stu and others, I hope that my statement that the track plan is based on the WW&F track arrangement at Wiscasset is not being taken too literally by anyone helping me locate the plan. True, the plan includes the narrow gauge wharf trackage and an interchange with the MC. But, looking at the...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Stu, I model in HO and HOn3, which is what my version of the track plan will be, since I can't remember if the narrow gauge portion of the plan I saw was in 2' or 30." (May have to ease a few curves.) If it works out, I'll post a plan. One thing is certain, as soon as we locate the target...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Hi Stu, Many thanks for the search. Unfortunately it doesn't sound as though either of those layouts is the right one. I have a copy of the article on the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes, and from your description, the other plan doesn't cover the Wiscasset waterfront with 2 foot gauge on the...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    WW&F - MC Layout Plan Stu, I don't remember the room size of the plan, but would adapt it to fit a roughly 30' by40' space. The plan was professionaly drawn, not by Bill Schopp, and judging by the apparent density, I believe the original plan was for HO or N. Can't remember if the narrow...
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Jon-Monon, Thank you, sir. Like your graphics. Bob
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    WW&F - MC Based Track Plan

    Circa 1994-5 I saw a plan in a book of plans for a dual gauge waterfront layout. It was an inverted U or W shaped, around the walls, room size point-to-point layout that had both narrow and "standard" gauge trackage patterned after the WW&F - MC configuration at Wiscasset, Maine. It included...
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