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Re: Fort Pitt HiRailers

Scale modeling and scenery with 3-rail track.  The track is usually Gargraves, Ross, or Atlas.  "Hi-rail" or "High Rail" refer to the fact that the track is still too tall for the scale and has 3 rails instead of 2.

From: Michael Graziano <mgraziano@austin.rr.com>
To: ttat-members@aoot.com
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 10:40:07 AM
Subject: RE: Fort Pitt HiRailers

Can anyone define exactly what “Hi-Rail” means?

 

From: ttat-members-owner@aoot.com [mailto:ttat-members-owner@aoot.com] On Behalf Of Bill Lohman
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:18 AM
To: ttat-members@aoot.com
Subject: Re: Fort Pitt HiRailers

 

Thanks, Ricky and way to go with the yard add-on, Ed.  I like the hi-rail look, too.  Bill

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Edward Weltens <ed.weltens@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Thanks,

I like the hi-rail look and scenery.  I have started building an yard add-on to the transfer table/roundhouse modules and will scenic it consistent with the existing modules.

Ed

 

From: "rbd1949@aol.com" <rbd1949@aol.com>
To: ttat-members@aoot.com
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 2:23:12 PM
Subject: Fort Pitt HiRailers


The Fort Pitt HiRailers were invited to set up our modular layout at the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show at the Convention Center in Pittsburgh . The layout set-up is 18' x 68' and is located in the portion of the hall that is cantilevered over 10th Street just at the edge of the river. Here are some photos from Saturday 2/28. If you live in the area, stop by & say hello.

Our layout & view looking at the NS (former CR, PC, PRR, P.FtW.&C.) Fort Wayne bridge over the Allegheny River . This is NS's mainline to Chicago-View is RR west.


Small Bridge / Big Bridge


Junior Club Member "Skippy" lubes some wheels.


TV200 heads east on track #4, but wait a second. Better get the signal maintainers out there---the WB signal on track #4 is giving a clear indication!


Mike CT demonstrates his turn-table



And if 1:48 scale isn't good enough:

Plug: Come to the NMRA Div. 2 Jamboree on March 21st at Robert Morris-Sewel Center . Mike and I will be giving a clinic on this turntable project construction and detailing.

Saturday was crowded




Junior Club member "Skippy" feels the need to re-define hi-rail and blaspheme prototypical modeling each show by running at least one ridiculous train or engine consist. Yesterday's edition was a 69-car double-stack-coal-mixed freight-roadrailer concoction powered by doubleheading PRR M1/NKP Berk steam locomotives.
Head end:
Same train:


Who could have been at the throttle for this little incident? Let's see, steam engines rear-ending road-railers, which, until about 45 seconds before impact, had been coupled to the train the steam engines were pulling......Hmmm...


Our view as NS 18G (Conway to Oak Island ) heads east across the Allegheny River on its way to Oak Island yard in Newark , NJ . This train had been working across the river at Island Ave. yard, before continuing east. The train is light today at ~4700 tons, so it takes the main-line from here to Johnstown (CONPIT). On days when tonnage is higher, 18G often takes the less-steep Conemaugh line east to avoid the grades (and helpers) on the main line between Pittsburgh and Johnstown .