Playin in the snow

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Playin in the snow

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I got a few minutes today to go outside and clear the mainline off and run some trains. More to come later with more snow
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Ore jennies out on the double track
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Passing Red River
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Passing through Wolf Creek
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Passing over (the future) Wolf Creek
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Headed back the other way over Wolf Creek

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Do you have a plow should the need arise?

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Don't need no stinkin snow plow when you have GP38's :lol: . What scale is that and more pictures would be appreciated.
DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
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DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
I do have a snow plow for when the snow gets deeper. I've used it a few times this winter but today the snow wasn't quite deep enough to need the plow
AARR wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:51 pm
Don't need no stinkin snow plow when you have GP38's :lol: . What scale is that and more pictures would be appreciated.
DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
All right, here are some more photos I took tonight. This is 1:29th mixture of USA Trains and Aristocraft Rolling stock on Aristocraft Stainless Steel track

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Headed down the double track
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Going the other way by Red River
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Caboose crossing over Wolf Creek
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Station at Wolf Creek after the train had been through

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Omg this is awesome.

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Wow! I love it.
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The Plot thickens!
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Up to the frame now
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The amount of snow on that roof is scary if it was 1:1
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The operator is going to have fun climbing that snow drift
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Going through the trough over the Wolf Creek bridge
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Plowing toward the Wolf Creek
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I'm not looking forward to digging out the hopper when its time to pull the car

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Looks nice, it's cool that you ran it in the snow 🙂

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AARR wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:51 pm
Don't need no stinkin snow plow when you have GP38's :lol: . What scale is that and more pictures would be appreciated.
DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
Looks like AARR's Geeps weren't up to the task.
Plow extra called for duty :P

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And a 3rd 38 in that consist 8)
DaveO wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:50 pm
AARR wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:51 pm
Don't need no stinkin snow plow when you have GP38's :lol: . What scale is that and more pictures would be appreciated.
DaveO wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Do you have a plow should the need arise?
Looks like AARR's Geeps weren't up to the task.
Plow extra called for duty :P
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When the snow gets deeper than about a half inch I have to run the plow because it just packs in front of the leader geep and eventually will cause it to derail. If its the first snow, or its all melted off I can get away without running the plow but like the real railroad, once I use the plow I'm committed until the snow melts because I've trenched myself in. The first group of photos, daylight, Where taken after I had plowed, the second group, night, were taken on the same day while it was snowing. So there was only a little bit over the track and not an issue to plow with just an engine. The third group of photos was taken during the next snow storm and I had enough that I had to use the plow because I hadn't run trains over night and we got a good inch and a half or so over the track. I probably could have gotten away with 2 geeps but it I didn't want to have to go get another engine out of the house if 2 wasn't enough.

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