tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42498371024419624652024-02-18T19:24:50.455-08:00Lehigh & Hudson RiverAn operations oriented N scale model railroad representing the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway circa 1966-1968Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-16644278983269771322011-06-03T16:49:00.000-07:002011-06-03T16:49:48.083-07:00Test Operations Begin!Last Saturday, 6 months & 2 days since construction began, Marcus, Mike, Steven and I ran an informal operations test session. We started about 10 & with a break for lunch I think we ran until about 3. Things went very well, with only a few minor issues identified. Mike & Steven ran road freights & locals, Marcus ran a couple of road freights & worked Maybrook, and I worked Warwick. I should have taken better (any) notes, but I think we ran 2 L&NE road freights, 3 L&HR road freights, 1 PRR road freight, 1 RDG unit coal train & 3 L&HR locals, plus 2 or 3 NH trains & 1 Erie in and out of Maybrook. I handled dispatching verbally & very informally. I put in place a last minute, like Saturday morning, waybill on car system, which left a lot to be desired & won't be repeated. But, it served its purpose & provided some entertainment. I'm sure I've not heard the last of it! Anyway, I can't thank Marcus, Mike & Steven enough for their participation--it was most excellent to see the RR really start to come to life in the way I envisioned it. <br />
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I asked for problem areas to be indentified with post it notes & the RR had a liberal coating of purple notes by the end of the test session. But, the problems were all minor & all have been corrected. I also wired the frogs on the NH Cedar Hill staging yard ladder, which seems to have helped with stuttering across the turnouts. We had no isses with the the Phillipsburg/Allentown staging yard ladder, but I used all new turnouts there. I used Peconic relay turnouts at Cedar Hill & I think I should have used new. But, if wiring the frogs works, the used turnouts will probably stay in place. Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-8459926208952311722011-05-22T14:34:00.000-07:002011-05-22T14:34:13.268-07:00Mainline Golden Spike!It seems that it's getting longer & longer between my posts; I didn't realize that the last update was April 9. Well, be that as it may, the big news for today is that the mainline is complete & operational from east staging (New Haven Cedar Hill Yard) to west staging (Phillipsburg/Allentown). I've made some other progress, too, including installing the New Haven line from Maybrook to Campbell Hall, which serves as E/L staging, and I've gotten started laying track on the long delayed Ogdensburg branch. I've also installed slide switches on all mainline and yard turnouts & have installed linkages on all but 4 or 5 of them. I think now that the mainline is essentially complete I can actually start running some significant test trains, which should reveal where fine tuning is needed--at least I hope that only fine tuning will be needed! <br />
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For what it's worth, this coming Thursday is 6 months since construction began. It seems longer ago than that, but it's not.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-11240782273388726462011-04-09T18:49:00.000-07:002011-05-22T16:32:41.868-07:00Mainline nears completion!I don't feel as if I've made a whole lot of progress this week, but looking back I guess I have. All mainline track is laid except for the last piece of flex to connect with west end Phillipsburg/Allentown staging. All tortoises are installed, all feeders have been placed & those midway thru Andover Jct have been connected. The west yard lead at Warwick has been installed, all slide switches in Maybrook have linkages, except 2, frogs at the west end of Maybrook have been wired. I hope to get the rest of the feeders connected tomorrow & hope to put the mainline in service to the end of track at the entrance to west end staging. West end staging will be deferred for a week or so until I get some surplus twin coil switch machines, since I've given up on Atlas under the table machines. I'll keep using the ones I've already installed, but won't be installing any more.<br />
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The time is getting closer & closer for near full scale test sessions! As of today I'm 2 weeks shy of 5 months since construction started. I don't think I'll be able to initiate near full scale test sessions by the 6 month anniversary, but I think I won't miss it by much.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-59392413323871117472011-04-02T18:49:00.000-07:002011-04-02T18:49:45.741-07:00Progress ContinuesWell, it's been more than 2 weeks since the last update & the L&HR has continued to progress. Since then I took a week off from work & basically worked full time on the RR. Between that & evenings & last weekend & with the help of Steven Johnson & Marcus Neubacher, I've wrapped all the feeders from the feeder frenzy of a couple of weeks ago & all track is in service to the west end of Sparta Jct. Tortoises have been installed through the west end of Sparta Jct & have been tested and are in service through the east end of Sparta Jct. Track has been laid to the east end of Andover Jct & track and roadbed have been acquired to complete the mainline into west end staging (Phillipsburg/Allentown). All bus wire has been pulled through west end staging. additional loconet cable & 6 throttle jacks have been installed, thanx to the generosity of CRI&P management. slide switches & linkages have been installed in Maybrook and along the mainline. I think my focus at this point will be to complete the mainline & west end staging. Once that's complete I can begin some operations testing.<br />
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Beyond the construction progress, the big news is that test trains have run successfully from Maybrook to Sparta Jct & return. Last Saturday I ran the first west bound revenue freight from Maybrook to Sparta Jct, & after delivery of the loconet cable & 6 throttle jacks, Steven Johnson ran the first east bound revenue freight from Sparta Jct to Maybrook. Last Sunday Marcus came to help with slide switch installation. Before starting on that project, he ran a "stress test" westbound freight. 2 C420s departed Maybrook with 24 cars, stopping at Warwick to set off 5 underweight cars & pick up 11 fully weighted cars, making a 30 car train, all fully weighted, plus caboose. I'm pleased to report that 2 C420s made it all the way from Warwick to Franklin (almost a continuous grade at about 1% to DeKays & about 1.75% from DeKays to Hamburg before easing off to Franklin), although it was a very close call in some locations, particularly when the train was stretched thru turnback curves between DeKays & Hamburg. Nevertheless, expert train handling by Marcus got the job done; very impressive! In any event, since I'm planning 25 car max trains, I now feel confident that 2 C420s can handle that train length. Since the other L&HR road power will be Atlas Classic RS3s, & a pair of Atlas CNJ SD35s, both of which I know to be good pullers, I'm confident that all L&HR trains can operate over the road with 2 units. Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-39703073762346957952011-03-17T18:51:00.000-07:002011-03-17T18:51:18.948-07:00More track in serviceI wrapped more feeders to the bus wires today & am happy to report that all track to Warwick is now in service! Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-12532046039635808572011-03-16T14:14:00.000-07:002011-03-16T14:14:53.645-07:00Maybrook NewsThere's big news on the L&HR today. Following the feeder frenzy on Saturday, I spent some time yesterday and today wrapping the Maybrook feeders around the Maybrook bus wires. With anticipation and not a little anxiety, I then hooked the bus to the booster & fired up my Digitrax system. It worked! Maybrook is wired & operational on all tracks including yard leads and caboose tracks! I haven't powered turnout frogs or installed slide switches, so there are some dead frogs & flopping turnout points, but that was expected & should be corrected with the installation of slide switches. The only problem I ran into was the frog on one turnout in the east yard ladder shorting when set for the straight route. I think I can fix it pretty easily & if not I'll just replace it. NBD (no big deal) either way. <br />
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Well, I'm pretty excited to see Maybrook coming to life & am anxious to wrap the rest of the feeders & test more track!Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-5621931174205407362011-03-12T14:21:00.000-08:002011-03-12T14:21:01.092-08:00Wiring Madness!Astounding progress was made today on the L&HR due to the outstanding effort of good friends Mike, Marcus & Steven! I can't thank you guys enough for all your hard work today. Basically, all feeders from NH staging to midway thru Sparta Jct, which is where I've gotten with tracklaying, have been soldered to the rails. And, bus wire has been pulled past Warwick, plus wire for staging switch machines. And, Marcus has got my block detection scheme figured out. I can't thank Mike, Marcus & Steven enough for all their efforts. In fact, Mike & Steven were soldering at such a pace that their irons were casualties! Thanks again guys!Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-53002803504421437802011-03-06T16:11:00.000-08:002011-03-06T16:11:45.346-08:00It's Alive!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> Today at 6 pm, 102 days after construction began, the L&HR came alive for the first time! L&HR C420s 29 & 26 on train MA1 departed Maybrook A&D Track 1 with 25 cars of mixed freight bound for the CNJ at Allentown. I took some even crappier than usual pix which I'm embarrassed to post--my excuse is that in the excitement I neglected to note that I apparently had the camera auto focus off.<br />
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It's hard to believe that only 102 days ago I had a bare room(s) with only a couple of pieces of salvaged benchwork lying on the floor. As it stands today, all the benchwork is done, almost all of the subroadbed & roadbed is in, and the track is in to Franklin. I'd like to continue laying mainline track to Andover, but on the other hand now that I've actually run a train, I think maybe it's time to do some wiring & do some real running!<br />
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Here's the least crappy of the pix:<br />
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Train MA1 on Maybrook A&D1 waiting for clearance to Allentown. C420 #29 in the lead.<br />
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Back end of MA1 on Maybrook A&D1. Maybrook stretches off into the distance. This is a 25 car train plus two locos & caboose. I think this track might hold 50 cars.<br />
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MA1 underway from Maybrook, entering the NH mainline heading west for L&H Jct.<br />
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MA1 approaching L&H Jct<br />
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MA1 on home rails!<br />
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MA1 clear L&H Jct!Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-83215533605013454822011-02-23T11:27:00.000-08:002011-02-23T11:27:30.698-08:00A Milestone!It's been a while since I posted an update, but I figured I should post one today since today marks a milestone on the L&HR. All track is in at Maybrook, except for the yard leads and the engine terminal. I think there's a half a case of track in this yard! <br />
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Here's a couple of pix:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nwJCknJXXGQ/TWVdH35SiYI/AAAAAAAAAEo/10fzRI2PfTE/s1600/S4010255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nwJCknJXXGQ/TWVdH35SiYI/AAAAAAAAAEo/10fzRI2PfTE/s320/S4010255.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">East yard throat. Westbound A&D and class tracks to the right, eastbound to the right. The middle track with the curve in it is the mainline. New Haven staging is visible to the left.</div>Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-58863565663786772832011-02-07T16:56:00.000-08:002011-02-07T16:56:26.531-08:00Construction continuesSeveral people have mentioned that working even an hour each evening results in a lot of progress & I certainly agree. During the past week following that plan, I installed the roadbed through to west of DeKays and the mainline & siding track up to the west end of Warwick. Sunday I laid track west of Warwick. Marcus came down to help out & he installed roadbed most of the way to Franklin. He also helped install salvaged Atlas code 55 switch machines in the New Haven staging yard. This project was a big PITA and definitely a two person job. Thanx Marcus, I couldn't have gotten them installed without your help! I remembered that installing them on the Peconic, my former RR, was a PITA, but I had forgotten how much of one. So, the NH staging yard is nearing completion, too. I also decided to lay out the east Maybrook yard throat & the Warwick yard throats & made an unpleasant discovery that I don't have enough salvaged turnouts to complete those yards. I'm 10 #5L short, mostly because the throwbars on the remaining salvaged turnouts are cut off on the wrong side--they were right on the Peconic but not on the L&HR. Bummer. I put in another hour or so tonight & got track laid through the east DeKays turnout. I think I need to follow up all this track work with some wiring & start running a train or two!<br />
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Here's some pix of the most recent progress: <br />
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Thanks also to Jeff & Marcus for helping out a couple Sundays ago!<br />
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Here are some pix of the progress to date:<br />
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Heading west from Maybrook. L&HR to the right, NH to the left.<br />
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West end of Greycourt.<br />
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Heading west between Greycourt and Warwick. Industrial spur, probably limestone loading, to right.<br />
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Further west from Greycourt to Warwick. State School spur to left.<br />
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</div>Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-37410094426413471162010-12-24T17:04:00.000-08:002010-12-24T17:04:55.393-08:00Construction UpdateProgress has been slow for the past few weeks, for several reasons, including Christmas stuff, laziness, visitors, laziness, CR&E session (an excellent time, thanx Marcus!) & laziness. But, today I was able to achieve a milestone: installation of the first subroadbed. I decided to start at the west end of Maybrook & work west. I didn't get too far, but it's a start. I got the west yard lead in, the NH west to the L&HR junction & a foot or so past the junction both for the NH to Campbell Hall (which will be EL staging) and the L&HR mainline. I decided to put the junction a few feet out from Maybrook since accommodating the curve around the corner allowing clearance for the attic smurf door to open seemed to dictate putting the junction switch on the diagonal transition from one wall to the other. I decided to have the L&HR ascend on a 1% grade beginning just past the junction & the NH to descend on a 1% grade beginning just past the junction. <br />
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Here's some pix of today's progress:<br />
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here are some pix of this weekend's progress:<br />
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I think next on the agenda will be some backdrops, which will also serve to close in the Dispatcher's office, and then start thinking about subroadbed.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-70937492880242772112010-12-08T08:39:00.000-08:002010-12-08T08:39:46.469-08:00The L&NE: A Case of Modeler's LicenseAlthough in the real world the L&NE shut down in 1961, I've decided to take some modeler's license since I've always liked the L&NE. As mentioned in previous posts, on my N scale L&HR the 1950s proposed merger of the L&NE and the L&HR actually occurred, and the L&NE did not shut down. Instead, following the merger it retained its corporate identity, but abandoned its route across northwestern NJ to Maybrook in favor of the L&HR route. In my world, the L&NE reaches the L&HR by staying on home rails to Martins Creek PA, crossing the Delaware River there to intersect the PRR BelDel, running south on the BelDel to G Tower north of Phillipsburg, and then on to L&HR rails for the trip to Maybrook. <br />
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As a historical footnote, if the 1950s merger had actually occurred, the L&NE would have absorbed the L&HR, rather than the other way around as it is in my world. Apparently, at the time the L&HR was not doing as well financially as the L&NE & the L&NE was perceived as the stronger railroad, at least by the interests pushing for the merger. However, apparently L&HR management realized that their reduced financial position was only temporary & chose not to give up their independence. It looks like they made the right choice since the L&NE shut down in 1961 & the L&HR was financially sound until the PC bankruptcy, and even after that it survived long enough to be incorporated into ConRail.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-85263796949740534642010-12-07T12:14:00.000-08:002010-12-07T12:18:04.850-08:00Construction pix<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Maybrook looking west. NH staging will be to the left along the wall, Maybrook to the right along the aisle with about a 6 inch high view block seperating staging from Maybrook.<br />
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Heading west out of Maybrook. Mainline between Sparta Jct and Andover above.<br />
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West out of Maybrook. Sparta Jct on the upper level to the left.<br />
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Greycourt NY on the lower level to the right. The upper level shows the turnback between Franklin and Sparta Jct.<br />
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lower level looking west toward Warwick. Upper level Franklin in the distance.<br />
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East end of Warwick. upper level not built yet in this area. Franklin visible on upper level at left of pic.<br />
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West end of Warwick.<br />
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West of Warwick. East end of DeKays siding will begin at right of pic.<br />
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West of DeKays. Dispatcher space will be in between the peninsulas. Upper level yet to be built in this area.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-67848725868617543702010-12-07T11:28:00.000-08:002010-12-07T11:28:29.602-08:00L&HR Operations, part two, Through FreightsOn the L&HR mainline, my plan is to have 3 to 4 L&HR freights in each direction, 2 L&NE freights in each direction, 1 PRR freight in each direction, the Reading unit coal train, and 2 to 3 L&HR locals. The EL is a special case since its freights didn't run out of Maybrook on the L&HR mainline. Rather, they ran over the New Haven to Campbell Hall NY, and then onto their own track. I will represent the EL presence in Maybrook with a short stretch of the New Haven line to Campbell Hall that then disappears into staging, with the EL coming in & going out of Maybrook on that line. I think the EL job will be short enough that the east Maybrook job will run it, but we'll see. I think I may also take some modeler's license and have a few New Haven local customers on that line, requiring a short New Haven local freight; maybe 4 to 6 cars. We'll see about that, too. In reality, the New Haven had no local traffic on the short stretch of track from Maybrook to Campbell Hall & hardly ever ran to Campbell Hall, even though that stretch of their track got a lot of use by foreign roads. <br />
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Going back to the L&HR mainline, the L&NE and PRR will be strictly overhead traffic running from west staging to Maybrook & return, although I am contemplating having one of the L&NE freights set off and pick up zinc cars at Franklin. Not switching the mine, just setting off & picking up from a storage track. I've got to contemplate that some more. <br />
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Along the mainline from east to west there will be full length passing sidings at Greycourt NY, Warwick NY, DeKays NJ, Franklin NJ, Sparta Jct NJ and Andover NJ.<br />
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Westbound L&HR freights will depart Maybrook unblocked, as it was in reality after the mid 1950s. At Warwick, they will be classified and blocked. Local delivery cars will be set off at Warwick, as will cars for the zinc mines at Franklin and Ogdensburg, and cars for interchange with the EL at Greycourt NY, the Susquehanna at Sparta Jct NJ and the EL at Andover NJ. Westbound through cars that have accumulated at Warwick from locals, zinc mine locals and road locals will be picked up at Warwick. At least initally all westbound cars will be waybilled for delivery to either the PRR at Phillipsburg or the CNJ at Allentown, and blocked accordingly. Later, if more complexity is desirable, the blocking can get more involved, with cars designated for interchange with the EL at Phillipsburg, as well as the LV at Easton and the RDG via the CNJ at Allentown. <br />
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Eastbound freights departing from Allentown or Phillipsburg enter the railroad from staging just west of Andover NJ. They will be blocked with setoffs for Warwick, to include local delivery cars, zinc mine cars, and cars for interchange at Greycourt, Sparta Jct and Andover, and through cars for Maybrook. At Warwick through freights will pick up cars destined for Maybrook. I'm thinking one of the L&HR through freights will consist of "hot" cars, mostly TOFC.<br />
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Well, these are my thoughts for through freight operations on the L&HR. This is all a work in progress, as we all know all model railroads are, & when operations actually start, everything is subject to change based on actual operational experience.<br />
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I'll write another post later about my plans for local operations on the L&HR in N scale.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-26652833733511850462010-12-07T09:43:00.000-08:002010-12-07T10:46:03.450-08:00L&HR Operations, part one, Overview and Maybrook YardThe Lehigh & Hudson River was primarily a bridge line providing a link to New England via the New Haven's Hudson River bridge at Poughkeepsie, although there was also a fair amount of local traffic serving online limestone facilities, zinc mines at Franklin & Ogdensburg NJ, and some local customers. L&HR track ran from the New Haven's Maybrook yard in the east to G Tower on the PRR BelDel north of Phillipsburg NJ in the west, with trackage rights on the PRR BelDel to Phillipsburg NJ then over the SE&P bridge to Easton PA with trackage rights from Easton to Allentown PA on the CNJ. In a mileage balancing arrangement, CNJ power operated over the L&HR to Maybrook, compensating for L&HR power operating to Allentown. In the mid to late 1960s the PRR also ran a through freight from Wilmington DE over the BelDel to G Tower & then on to Maybrook over the L&HR. The Reading also ran a unit coal train to United Illuminating in Bridgeport CT over the L&HR.<br />
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On my representation of the L&HR the New Haven is represented by staging east of Maybrook, with their Maybrook Yard as the first modeled location. Maybrook will have 12 tracks in total and will be big enough, I think, to require two yard workers: an east yard job to handle New Haven traffic in and out of Maybrook, and a west yard job to handle L&HR and other traffic in and out of Maybrook. Other traffic in and out of Maybrook will include two L&NE through freights in each direction, a PRR through freight in each direction, an Erie through freight in each direction and the unit Reading coal train to and from United Illuminating in Bridgeport CT. <br />
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The west Maybrook job will bring staged New Haven trains into Maybrook and will classify the cars by railroad, i.e. L&HR, L&NE, PRR and Erie. The job will not classify cars beyond sorting by railroad. After the mid 1950s, the New Haven no longer classified L&HR cars, but rather simply delivered them to the L&HR, which then took them on to Warwick, the major online L&HR yard, where the L&HR classified them. I plan to follow this scenario, but I'm getting a little ahead in my overview. In terms of the other railroads, since for my purposes their traffic is strictly overhead, there is no need for classification beyond a sort by railroad. The west Maybrook job will also run New Haven trains classified by the east job into staging.<br />
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The east Maybrook job will classify trains brought to Maybrook by the L&HR, L&NE, PRR and Erie. The Reading unit coal train is a run through, so won't need classification. At least at the start of operations, I plan to keep the classification simple: all cars are interchanged to the New Haven and destined for their Cedar Hill yard in New Haven CT. Eventually, I might have the east job block cars by destination, such as shorts for Danbury CT, then New Haven cars, then Worcester cars, then Providence cars, then Boston cars. We'll see if that element of complexity needs to be introduced. The east job will consolidate arriving cars into 30 car maximum trains for the New Haven to take east. I envision the various New Haven freights to have specified departure times with specified closing times about an hour before scheduled departure. No last minute shuffling of cars onto a train! Once the closing time passes, that freight is closed & no cars will be added. Gotta give time for the car inspectors to work before the scheduled departure time!<br />
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The Maybrook jobs will also be responsible for hostling power & shuffling cabooses. I think they will be pretty busy, but I plan to have enough time between arrivals and departures so that they are not overwhelmed. After all, the goal is to have fun, not work people to death. And, if it turns out that a third person is needed for power hostling and caboose shuffling, I'll add a third person to Maybrook, probably me unless someone else wants the job.<br />
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Well, this is getting to be a long post, so I'll end it. The next post will continue the operations discussion west of Maybrook.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249837102441962465.post-10257833242946918272010-12-06T09:28:00.000-08:002010-12-07T09:04:57.184-08:00Construction Begins!In May of this year my wife and I decided to move from our prior home, where we had lived for 22 years. This meant that my freelanced N scale railroad, the Peconic, which occupied a 10x10 bedroom, would have to be dismantled. After a false start or two, we decided to have a house built in Indian Land SC, about 8 miles or so from our prior home. Although I regretted dismantling the Peconic, the space allocated for a model railroad in the new home was bigger. A lot bigger. Basically, one room 22x14 feet with a wide opening to another room 12x17. That was big enough for me to contemplate my dream of building a representation of the Lehigh & Hudson River, and big enough to ease the pain of dismantling the Peconic. <br />
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After consultation with friends & a fair amount of paper and pencil sketching, I decided that I could, and would, build a double deck representation of the L&HR circa 1966-1968 with the New Haven Maybrook Yard as the eastern modeled end and Andover NJ as the western modeled end, with staging at both ends. Going west from Maybrook I decided that I would include the EL ex Erie interchange at Greycourt NY, the L&HR yard at Warwick NY, the passing siding at DeKays NJ, Franklin NJ, the branch to Ogdensburg NJ, the Susquehanna interchange at Sparta Jct NJ, and the EL ex Lackawanna interchange at Andover NJ.<br />
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I also decided to take some modeler's license, and assumed that the zinc mine in Franklin remained open into the 1960s, as did some of the limestone quarries along the L&HR. I also assumed that the merger with the L&NE, which was proposed in the 1950s, actually occurred, and that the L&NE abandoned their line to Maybrook in favor of the L&HR route.<br />
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On October 30 my wife and I moved to our new home, and on November 25, Thanksgiving morning, I began construction of the Lehigh & Hudson River in N scale. I'm happy to report that as of yesterday, December 5, with the help of good friends Steven "AT" Johnson, Jeff Lindstrom, and Marcus Neubacher, all the lower level benchwork and about two thirds or more of the upper level benchwork has been completed. Also, the transition to the upper level has been brainstormed to the point where I can make it happen without a helix and without having the mainline pass through the same scene twice. <br />
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I'm very excited to see my representation of the L&HR start to come to life, and I'll add some posts later about proposed operations, as well as some pictures of the construction progress to date.Larry Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842140061162914149noreply@blogger.com2