“Wordless Wednesday #34” is an interesting shot of the engine service tracks and small yard at Towanda, PA. Engine #116 is simmers at the double-spouted water tank, and a cut of cars with a fascinating variety of pre-war equipment is standing in the yard. In the foreground, a rack of various tools used for cleaning the locomotive fires can be seen. To the right, an S&NY hopper is spotted at the ash pit.
Wordless Wednesday #34
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #5
The subject of last week’s “Wordless Wednesday” is snow flanger #11. I believe this was possibly a home-built piece of equipment, and is listed on the 1926 ORER. The 1905 ORER I have does not break out MoW equipment individually, so I do not know exactly when this interesting car first appeared on the S&NY. I would love to scratchbuild or kitbash a representative model some day…
Talky Tuesday #4
Last week’s “Wordless Wednesday” shows S&NY caboose #16 at Marsh Hill, with the coaling tower in the background, probably during the winter of 1941-1942 several months prior to abandonment.
The S&NY rostered 4 cabooses in October 1940, numbered 14-17. Disposition after the railroad was abandoned is unknown, though the cabooses were reportedly listed for sale for $50 each.
Wordless Wednesday #33
Author’s Collection
Wordless Wednesday #32
Author’s Collection
Talky Tuesday #3
The subject of “Wordless Wednesday #31” is a special passenger movement for an American Legion convention 12 August 1939. 12 coaches, with 650 passengers, probably the longest passenger train ever to run on the S&NY. Train is lead by #115 with #114 trailing. The engines are separated by a spacer boxcar due to weight restrictions on the S&NY bridges. Location is believed to be south of Towanda westbound to Williamsport.
Wordless Wednesday #31
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #2
Going by captions from Edward Kaseman’s book on the S&NY, the photo from “Wordless Wednesday #30” was shot near Cold Spring after a winter storm on 15 February 1942 dumped over a foot of snow on the region. The heavy snow pulled down telephone lines, requiring repairs up and down the line, even though abandonment was only a few months away.
Johnnie McGrath is on the pole, and Bill Heskell and Raymond Howe observe from below, per Kaseman.
Some Scenery for the S&NY Pt. 5
Spent a little time this evening finishing up a fallow pasture in the back corner of the Wheelerville section on the railroad. I deliberately used a mix of smaller SuperTrees along the backdrop to give a little forced perspective effect, and make the scene seem a little deeper than it actually is. The pasture is various colors of Woodland Scenics static grass, mostly burnt grass, harvest gold, and wild honey layered together. The field looked a little too flat once everything was dry, so I lightly brushed over the field with an old toothbrush to give the ground a little more texture and relief. Once all the loose flock was sucked up with a hand-vac, the field looked much better.
The fence posts are wooden toothpicks drybrushed various browns and grays, and the “barbed wire” is .003″ rust-colored EZ-Line:
All-in-all, I’m pretty satisfied with the look. Onward to the next task…
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