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SoCalRailFan Forums http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums SoCalRailFan - Exploring Southern California Railroads. SoCalRail Fan is a free informational resource for Southern California Railfan including forums, maps, photos, timetables, news, discussion, Railfan, SoCalRailFan, Trains, Railroads, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, BNSF, Trains, Southern California Trains, Southern California Train Fans, Tehachapi Pass, Cajon Pass, Barstow, photos, news, discussion, UP Subdivisions, BNSF Subdivisions, Fallen Flag Railroads en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:30:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://socalrailfan.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg SoCalRailFan Forums http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums Those who bought my calendars? http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5157&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:32 GMT I just got mine today finally and was wondering if you were happy with them? First thing I thought was "Damn, they're huge" LOL The quality is incredible to me.

Looking at it now I think it was well worth the money for the size, photos and the quality it was. I mean less than $2 a page on heavy paper, you can buy a print for that price. ]]> EngineCo16 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5157 So. Calif. Layout Tour - Feb. 25 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5156&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:18:36 GMT Model Railroads of Southern California’s twenty-ninth layout tour takes place Saturday, February 25. This will be a self-guided tour of five layouts in the High Desert area just north of San Bernardino, CA. All five layouts are appearing for the first time on the group’s tour program. By scale... Model Railroads of Southern California’s twenty-ninth layout tour takes place Saturday, February 25. This will be a self-guided tour of five layouts in the High Desert area just north of San Bernardino, CA.

All five layouts are appearing for the first time on the group’s tour program. By scale there will be four HO scale layouts and one On30 layout.

This is a free event and you may bring relatives and friends.

The details and layout descriptions are below.

Persons taking this tour assume all risks and liability for their personal safety. Although I am the Moderator of this group, I am not responsible for personal loss or injury to those taking this tour.

Be sure to check the Files Section and the Model Railroads of Southern California website the day before the tour to see if any changes to the schedule or layout lineup have occurred.

If you cannot make this tour, more tours are planned including three Orange County tours in April and May, two San Diego County tours this summer and tours in the Central Coast and Ventura-Santa Barbara-Northwest L.A. County this fall.

Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads of Southern California
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_...rn_California/
Hemet, CA

P.S. The Roundhouse Gang will host a swap meet in Highland (San Bernardino area) the morning of the tour so you can visit the swap meet and head north through Cajon Pass for the tour on the same day. E-mail me OFF LIST for swap meet details.

LAYOUT DESCRIPTIONS-

Tom Frank
12:00 to 4:00
On30
10485 Wilmington Lane
Apple Valley

Tom earlier layouts were located in Fontana and one of the HO versions appeared one Layout Tour #2 in 2006. His current On30 Costa and Summit Railroad is a double-deck design and, while not quite as large as the Fontana layouts, still measures 23 feet by 11 feet. It is a freelance concept set somewhere on the Pacific Coast and running up the mountain to the town of Summit.
It is a pure point-to-point operation with small yards and industries at both ends. There is a small logging camp and a small mine along the route with one passing siding about midway. About seventy percent of rough the scenery is complete.
The layout is fully operational using the RailOp software program to generate traffic and keep track of the location of all cars on the layout. The layout is DCC controlled with sound in all locomotives. The roster consists of about 45 freight cars, two passenger cars and six locomotives.
Located in Sun City Apple Valley. Check-in at gate for access. Visitors should park in street as driveway is somewhat steep.
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Doug Hall
10:00 to 3:00
HO
12567 Empire Place
Victorville

Parts of this railroad appeared in the October 1995 RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN as Harvey Robinson's Santa Fe layout. It was sold to Doug and moved in three stages from West Los Angeles to Victorville. The layout was reassembled and 27 feet added. The layout now occupies a 20 ft. x 16 ft. room.
The Desert Breeze Railroad is set in the 1958 and earlier era. The railroad’s route travels through a large town to the yard then past orange groves and small shops to a small town in a mountain pass. From there it travels into the long high desert run ending back in town. There are many details along the route.
Operations include through freights and passenger trains behind sound equipped engines under DC power. Scenery includes real Cajon rocks, gravel and dirt. There are twelve bridges, nine tunnels, five sidings and scratch-built buildings.
Doug models the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and D&RGW plus he has custom rolling stock.
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Scott Palmerton
10:00 to 3:00
HO
7939 7th Avenue
Hesperia
Scott’s main railroad is HO scale. However, Scott also has an overhead G scale railroad in the layout room, a budding N scale railroad under the HO railroad and outdoor railroad with equipment large enough to ride on. The HO railroad occupies a 25 foot by 15 foot room. The double track mainline runs around several sides of the room and has two islands for what Scott terms a “W” design. Up to six trains can be run at once plus a switch job in the yard. The scenery is ninety-five percent complete and represents the high desert.
Scott runs today’s modern equipment and earlier equipment as well. The Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific are all represented as is a narrow gauge line which serves the Calico Mine. The layout uses conventional DC power and block controls. Scott usually operates with his son.
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John Parrish
10:00 to 3:00
HO
19789 Ryan Way
Apple Valley

John’s HO scale Great Southwest and Pacific Railroad covers 94 square feet with an 83 foot mainline. He models the 1950s through early 1970s. Both steam and diesel locomotives are used with for the three principal western railroads: Santa Fe, SP and UP.
Bench work is L-girder construction. The track plan features wide radius curves for long trains and passenger cars. Track is Atlas Code 83. John operates using the Digitrax Zephyr DCC system.
The layout has ten different tunnels that connect five different western scenes: desert, red rock, mountains, ocean, and California's "golden" oak hills. All backdrops are hand painted. Scenery is about forty percent complete and includes a red rock arch, palm trees and orange groves. Scratch-built vegetation includes Joshua and aspen trees, Ponderosa pines and California Black Oaks. There is a scratch-built cemetery with grave markers. The Pacific Coast shoreline features sunbathers and surfers. The Calico ghost town has a six mule team borax wagon and a curved wood trestle over Rock Canyon.
The train room is surrounded by railroad memorabilia, including many western rail posters, photographs (some taken by John), paintings, and timetables. Included is a New York Central "20th Century Limited" dinner menu from 1939, two lanterns (ATSF and New Haven), switch keys from Southern Pacific, an Illinois Central telegraph register of trains with Casey Jones's signature and a prototype (and very heavy) Santa Fe dwarf target light signal from Barstow.
Current operations consist of through freights, passenger trains and just running trains.
Located in gated community. Visitors must first "call" into house (Dial 024) from the entrance gate then wait for John to answer. Please do not follow another car in. Park in street.
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Dwayne Sikes
10:00 to 3:00
HO
11496 Courtside Street
Victorville

Dwayne has not decided on a name for his current railroad. He has built many railroads both in his current Victorville location and previously in Corona. A layout tour at his Rimfire & Western Railroad in Corona in the late 1970s attracted over 300 persons.
The current railroad is in a two-car garage with approximately 150 feet of track and a small yard. The scenery, now in progress, eventually will reflect the Pacific Northwest with mountains and lakes from that area. Operations currently are limited to show running with trains pulled by locomotives with sound and DCC control. Much of the wiring is in place.
This is a layout under construction and would be especially good for those who want to see how to get started building a layout. The benchwork and wiring are easy to observe in most areas. ]]> Model Railroad Round Table thecitrusbelt http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5156 San Diego Stadium Proposal and BNSF http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5155&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:42:00 GMT For those of you who don't live in the SD area or don't pay attention to the happenings in SD. There's been an ongoing debate about a new stadium for the Chargers. A couple of weeks a go the SD Union Tribune threw out a new stadium and convention proposal. Below is an artist rendering of the Union's proposal It's interesting to note that the parking structure/lot for the stadium happens to be right where the BNSF yard is located. (Hence the reason I posted this.) In the article there was no mention about the train yard nor a comment, by BNSF, about the proposal.

http://www.utsandiego.com/photos/2012/jan/20/523389/ ]]> (BNSF) San Diego coach http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5155 What? Noone heard about Amtrak on the ground back east? http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5154&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:54:06 GMT http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/02/01/news/doc4f294c6507f75793127003.txt Pontiac, MI to Chicago, IL - 6 hurt http://www.theoaklandpress.com/artic...5793127003.txt

Pontiac, MI to Chicago, IL - 6 hurt ]]> martyc http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5154 Boron to Barstow local timetable? http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5153&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:35 GMT Is the train that services Borax on any kind of predictable window of when it leaves Barstow to head west and when it makes the return to Barstow? Is the train that services Borax on any kind of predictable window of when it leaves Barstow to head west and when it makes the return to Barstow? ]]> (BNSF) Mojave penman39 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5153 Derail In Long Beach http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5152&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:04:50 GMT ABC just reported a train in the dirt at the end of the Terminal Island Freeway. No injuries. ABC just reported a train in the dirt at the end of the Terminal Island Freeway. No injuries. ]]> randy http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5152 <![CDATA[582 & the Mojave Twins]]> http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5151&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:57:45 GMT A friend gave me a ride in his Jeep so I could get to the north side of the Mohave Twins in Victorville. We started at Hill 582. Gerry is a retired SB Sheriff's Deputy who used to patrol part of the area on the south side of 138. He had never been along the tracks before. Nothing real exceptional, except a couple of junkers from LTEX.

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I wanted to go to the north side of the Twins to shoot it at sunset. The results (on that day) were less than I hoped, but it was a nice trip. We saw ten trains in about two hours.

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For dawn photos of the north side and other photos of the bridges go to http://randydoss.smugmug.com/Railroa...9060&k=qctXpqQ.

Thanks for looking!

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]]> (BNSF) Cajon randy http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5151 Fallout from the Keystone pipeline decision http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5150&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:52:10 GMT Without getting into the politics of the decision regarding the Keystone pipeline, from Canada to Texas, I came across this article regarding the decision's impact on the RR's.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...-pipeline.html ]]> General Railroad Discussion coach http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5150 Surfliner Action Shot http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5149&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:55:54 GMT Hey all thought I would drop by and post an action shot I got on friday at Tustin. Let me know what you think Hey all thought I would drop by and post an action shot I got on friday at Tustin.

Let me know what you think

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]]> Railfan Trip Reports Surfliner8888 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5149 Union Pacific reports record 4th quarter http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5148&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:52:08 GMT Union Pacific announced that they had a record 4th quarter.... Pretty good considering that the economy is not exactly robust. http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/financial/2012/0119_4qearnings.shtml Union Pacific announced that they had a record 4th quarter.... Pretty good considering that the economy is not exactly robust.

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/release...earnings.shtml ]]> General Railroad Discussion coach http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5148 Irvine Park railroad looking for engineers http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5147&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:25:12 GMT I just got this email and thought maybe someone here might be interested. Good evening - My name is Maggie Ford and I am the Director of Marketing for Irvine Park Railroad. Irvine Park Railroad is a 1/3 scale C.P. Huntington train located inside of Irvine Regional Park in the foothills of... I just got this email and thought maybe someone here might be interested.

Good evening -

My name is Maggie Ford and I am the Director of Marketing for Irvine Park Railroad. Irvine Park Railroad is a 1/3 scale C.P. Huntington train located inside of Irvine Regional Park in the foothills of Orange, CA.
We have an employment opportunity that I would like to share with you in the event that you know of a potential candidate or other places to share the opportunity. The details are below.

Thank you for your time...
Maggie Ford

Maggie Ford
Director of Marketing
Irvine Park Railroad

Irvine Park Railroad - Train Engineer
Irvine Park Railroad - located inside of Irvine Regional Park in the foothills of Orange - is hiring a part-time train engineer. The ideal candidate must be outgoing, consciousness, friendly, service-oriented and enjoy working with the public. Candidates must be willing to work on Sunday and upon request during annual events:

· California History Education Program - February and March
· Easter - March 17th through April 7th
· Halloween - September 22nd through October 31st
· Christmas - November 30th through December 23rd (days and evenings)

Candidates may also be asked to drive the hay wagon during annual events.
The candidate hired will be trained and certified by current staff in order to drive the train.
For more information about Irvine Park Railroad, please visit www.IrvineParkRailroad.com.

Applications will be accepted through January 22nd. To apply, please visit Irvine Park Railroad in person: 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA (Chapman Avenue at Jamboree Boulevard). ]]> EngineCo16 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5147 Photo Clinic by the Tracks on Sunday January 29. Come Join Us http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5146&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:43:13 GMT Sunday January 29, I will be doing a photo clinic along the tracks between Oceanside and Del Mar. Starting time will be around 8:00AM and should go until around 2:00PM. I will discuss the many aspects involved in order to get good shots, safety around the tracks, and other related topics. People... Sunday January 29, I will be doing a photo clinic along the tracks between Oceanside and Del Mar. Starting time will be around 8:00AM and should go until around 2:00PM.
I will discuss the many aspects involved in order to get good shots, safety around the tracks, and other related topics. People don't need any fancy camera gear. This is not about who has the most or best gear. This will be about how to get the best shot with what you have.

I expect to have 3 different locations.

Transportation is up to attendees. We will meet at location 1.
We will make lunch arrangements or attendees can bring their own.
Itinerary will be supplied the week of the event. It will be supplied directly to the attendees and not published.

There is no charge for this outing, but I will limit it to 20 attendees maximum.

I will publish this invite on the San Diego NMRA Group, Model Railroads of Southern California, and SoCalRailFan.

There have been some weekend service interruptions due to track and bridge work. There doesn't appear to be any scheduled for that weekend.

I will notify the San Diego Sheriff Coaster Enforcement Division, and the Coaster dispatcher so they can notify the train crews. We will not be trespassing on railroad property, so this is a courtesy notice

To RSVP, give me your name, E Mail address, and cell phone. If you RSVP and find out you can't attend, let me know so someone else can take the spot. RSVP to psteinmetz at yahoo.com

Pete ]]> (BNSF) San Diego psteinmetz http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5146 Some Needles Sub, kinda boring......... http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5145&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:02:36 GMT I had nothing to do today so I decided tohead out to the Needles Sub and maybe even stay and grab some star shots tonight. Well my boredom stayed throughout the day, no night shots or much of anything else exciting. BUT.... You ever have one of those days where you go somewhere scenic and end up... I had nothing to do today so I decided tohead out to the Needles Sub and maybe even stay and grab some star shots tonight. Well my boredom stayed throughout the day, no night shots or much of anything else exciting. BUT....

You ever have one of those days where you go somewhere scenic and end up with nothing but mostly wedgie shots? Well that was my day today and I went from Cajon Pass to Siberia east of Ludlow on the BNSF's Needles Subdivision. It started out somewhat promising even though traffic lacked as I was able to catch this WB in Hesperia hauler a Sounder engine. Between this shot and Hector I only saw one other train. At hector I got a nice shot of a WB, the first wedgie! Next an EB at West Pisgah.

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At West Lavic I caught a WB intermodal followed closely by the EB I caught at Pisgah. As I headed into Ludlow EB trains were stacked up with a work window at Siberia. Finally a EB z-train I saw in San Berdo passed everyone and crested the hill at Ash Hill with 8 engines.

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At Klondike I snapped a few shots of the EB with 8 engines.

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I continued east, all the EB's were stopped as a WB train passed through Siberia. I headed back west to Ludlow and caught the WB. After that headed over to Afton Canyon, and caught, well NOTHING! LOL The first shiot is an HDR shot of a 4-axle EB mini-freight waiting for a green light. I did shoot some track photos in Afton, but they all turned out blurry or just plain bad.

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]]> (BNSF) Needles EngineCo16 http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5145 San Diego Sub from Metrolink to Coaster Dispatching? http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5144&goto=newpost Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:14:23 GMT Hi, I came across this at Train-orders that Coaster may be dispatching their own trains from San Onfre down to San Diego. I am just wondering how this is going to work though, with Amtrak, Metrolink and of course BNSF dispatching. I found this very surprising today that this could happen in the... Hi,

I came across this at Train-orders that Coaster may be dispatching their own trains from San Onfre down to San Diego. I am just wondering how this is going to work though, with Amtrak, Metrolink and of course BNSF dispatching. I found this very surprising today that this could happen in the time-frame of February or March of this year.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussio....php?1,2657427

This is the rather lengthy report from Metrolink about this and the most info appears at the bottom of the document.

http://metrolink.granicus.com/Docume...cb4.pdf&view=1

I have been used to ch 30 for years of listening and I am wondering what channel they will use to dispatch and hear the SDNR detector and BNSF, Amtrak, Metrolink south of Orange County.

If anyone has more info what this means for listening etc. I would like to know. Any info would be appreciated.

Thank You,

Kurt ]]> jkurt http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5144 Going to Chicago Union Station next week. http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5143&goto=newpost Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:20:40 GMT Whats it like there, being Amtrak's hub and all. ]]> Railfanning today, this weekend? tell us where! MICHRAILFAN http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5143