New Years Tour

I was tinkering with the camera yesterday and decided to create a photo tour of the Waterfront in its current condition. This is what on operator would see as a local arrives to service local customers.

RS-3 powered local rolls past the end of 11th street into the yard.

The train approaches the end of the receiving track.

The locomotive stops just clear of the switch. The crew will run the RS-3 out onto the wood deck pier (that I just rebuilt) to clear the switch points, then proceed to the rear of the train to sort the cars into the yard. The switch lead on the pier is long enough for 3 B-B locomotives to clear the switch points.

The brick building in the background is the powerhouse for the future General Foods plant. The green structure with the conveyor is the Metro Concrete mixing building. The structure in the foreground is the remains of a partially demolished concrete coal trestle, now the storage yard of a construction company.

A better view of the end of the yard and float apron. The vacant area behind the GF power house will be occupied by the GF manufacturing building which will be about 3 times the size of the power house.

The grey area between the track and the edge of the module frame is an asphalt parking lot I just painted. I'll add paint stripes, wheel stops and a chain-link fence. It'll look more like a parking lot then.

Here is a view of the arriving train from a higher perspective.