@bnsfozzy If you hunt through the blog, I have several posts showing me re-working the loco. It isn't an MDC boxcab though, its an old Japanese brass import.
Hi, very nice and this Bronx Layout makes the ulitmat Model railway. However I would like to point out (according to the "New York Harbour railways in Colour Books" that shunting off and on is done in a precise way to balance the floats as follows:- UNLOAD Centre Road - Pull all off. Left Road - Pull half off leave all coupled. Right Roar - Pull all off. Left Road - Pull all off. Load is similar:- Centre - Push all on. Right - Push half on. Left - Push all on. Right - Push remaining on. JonD
@DunnyRail: Actually, with the design of NY style carfloats, you cannot access the center track until the left track is clear because the frog for the left and center tracks is on the carfloat, w/ the points on the float bridge. (And yes, I've seen the western type carfloats where there are three individiual tracks on the carfloat.) The correct procedure for NY style carfloats:
1) Pull left track string of cars half way off carfloat half on land & float bridge.
Wonderful and dead-on accurate. You have done an absolutely fantastic job of recreating this great little terminal and its operations. Congratulations!!! You rock, buddy!
Why do you go all around the building when pulling the second set of cars off the float? Couldn't you just go straight onto the seperate curved track and reverse into the siding?
That is a common misconception about rail-marine operations. It was very common to run the locomotives onto the float bridges and the floats. Many of the terminals in New York had no rail connections, the only way to get motive power was to bring it over on the floats.
looking forward to seeing more updates
michaeldelz 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
OK I gotta know. What did you do to that MDC Critter to get it to run so smooth?
bnsfozzy 6 months ago
@bnsfozzy If you hunt through the blog, I have several posts showing me re-working the loco. It isn't an MDC boxcab though, its an old Japanese brass import.
TimWarris 6 months ago
I have videos here on YouTube showing the entire procedure (youtube won't let me post link so here are titles):
NYNJ Rail - carfloat mooring and car unloading @ Bush Terminal, Brooklyn
NYNJ Rail - unloading second carfloat: Pt 1 - Bush Terminal, Brooklyn
NYNJ Rail - unloading second carfloat: Pt 2 - Bush Terminal,
BEDT14 8 months ago
what is the roadbed made out of?
MultiHornguy 9 months ago
What kind of track are you using? and what brand locomotive is that?
MultiHornguy 10 months ago
@MultiHornguy It's called Fast Tracks.
LycoValleyRRFan 9 months ago
DunnyRail 10 months ago
@DunnyRail: Actually, with the design of NY style carfloats, you cannot access the center track until the left track is clear because the frog for the left and center tracks is on the carfloat, w/ the points on the float bridge. (And yes, I've seen the western type carfloats where there are three individiual tracks on the carfloat.) The correct procedure for NY style carfloats:
1) Pull left track string of cars half way off carfloat half on land & float bridge.
BEDT14 8 months ago
2) Uncouple. Locomotive switches over to right track
3) Couple to right track cut of cars.
4) Pull off carfloat switching back to left track.
5) Push right track cut of cars to left track cut of cars, couple.
6) Pull combined right and left cuts of cars clear of the center track turnout points.
7) Throw points for alignment to center track.
8) Push combined right & left cuts onto center track, onto carfloat and couple to center track cut of cars.
off .
BEDT14 8 months ago
9) Pull combined right, left and center cuts of cars off carfloat.
Carfloat is now empty of cars.
To load, reverse order.
BEDT14 8 months ago
Very nice layout got to love how fixable hand layed trackcan be.
LycoValleyRRFan 1 year ago
very nice job, i'd like to see this layout some day
awolfpack343 1 year ago
Wonderful and dead-on accurate. You have done an absolutely fantastic job of recreating this great little terminal and its operations. Congratulations!!! You rock, buddy!
subwayfx 1 year ago
I saw this track plan in MRP. 5 stars my friend!
rsynth75 1 year ago
Why do you go all around the building when pulling the second set of cars off the float? Couldn't you just go straight onto the seperate curved track and reverse into the siding?
talltim10 2 years ago
talltim10: It doesn't look like that tail is long enough to do that straight off the carfloat.
acsoosub 1 year ago
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
railroadvideo 2 years ago
Hi,
That is a common misconception about rail-marine operations. It was very common to run the locomotives onto the float bridges and the floats. Many of the terminals in New York had no rail connections, the only way to get motive power was to bring it over on the floats.
TimWarris 2 years ago
Hmmm, I thought locomotives were not allowed on the barge or float bridge (is that the correct term?)?
Sound of the locomotive is very nice.
NaomiClareNL 2 years ago