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Op Session #12

Op Session #12 was held on Friday afternoon, 29 July 2016. The session went very well, and the railroad mostly behaved itself after 5 months of inactivity and a major scenery project. Only one or two derailments over the 4 hour session might possibly be due to track or individual pieces rolling stock and these will be investigated prior to the next session. I hope to have more of these weekday sessions in the future in order to accommodate the increasing number of fellows interested in participating in operations on the model S&NY.

 

Fred L. and Michael C. organize Marsh Hill yard prior to getting the eastbound coal extra on the road.

Fred L. and Michael C. organize Marsh Hill yard prior to getting the eastbound coal extra on the road.

 

Dave B. waits for clearance to enter Newberry yard, while Tom S. and Bill S. sort thing out.

Dave B. waits for clearance to enter Newberry yard, while Tom S. and Bill S. sort things out.

 

John W. weighs in on the Newberry yard situation...

John W. weighs in on the Newberry yard situation…

 

The meeting of the minds continues...

The meeting of the minds continues…

 

Bill S. says, "Never fear, all is well..."

Bill S. says, “Never fear, everything is under control…”

 

"Extra 105 West at Wheelerville." A little Photoshop fun.

“Extra 105 West at Wheelerville.” A little Photoshop fun.

 

Wordless Wednesday #82

RRMPA - Bradley-Hahn Collection

RRMPA – Bradley-Hahn Collection

Talky Tuesday #53

“WW #81” from last week is a wide shot of the S&NY facilities at Newberry, I believe looking south, probably near the time of abandonment in 1942. Everything exudes an atmosphere of decrepitude: MoW bunk car #210 is looking the worse for wear, and a Model-T rail car is junked in the foreground. Still, we can get an overall sense of the layout of the place, with the engine house to the left and the car shop to the right.

Wordless Wednesday #81

Bradley-Hahn Collection - RRMPA

Bradley-Hahn Collection – RRMPA

Talky Tuesday #52

Last week’s “WW #80” comes courtesy of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This view shows flat cars nos. 1239 and 1235, probably at Newberry, PA sometime in the mid-late 1920’s.

In 1905, the S&NY rostered 80 36-foot flatcars numbered 401 to 500. I cannot account for the difference, unless some were lost in earlier wrecks. 21 “racked flats” listed as being 33 feet in length and numbered 601-699 are also present on the 1905 ORER. These were presumably used to haul hemlock tan-bark and lumber out of the large tracts of forest surrounding the S&NY.

By 1926, all but 6 were gone, and were renumbered between 705 and 726, with an outlier numbered 838.

Interestingly, by 1938 there were 7 flatcars on the roster, numbered 1230-1239. These measured 38 ft. 10 in. long, and therefore the cars in the photo are not renumbered survivors of the cars on the ORER from 30 years earlier, but must have been acquired in the interim between 1926 and 1938.

Likely these 7 were used as tie cars in MoW service, as evidenced by the old and new railroad ties in the foreground of the photo.