http://blissfieldmrc.org A HO Scale Railroad based on the Clinchfield and C&O. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:04:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en C&O "Sportsman" arriving at Huntington, WV. http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=105 In 1955, there was only one gas station in Elkhorn City, KY.  It was the new Sinclair service station at the edge of town.  Looks like this guy was out for a Sunday drive, and seems a bit confused about finding the gas station closed on Sunday.  No 24 hour ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=57 A team track is one of the easiest "industries" to model and allows you to plausibly spot a variety of cars as it could be the shipping/receiving point for many different types of customers.  Here we see that a reefer has been spotted at Nancy team track dock with what ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=56 At Big Sandy, the C&O mainline runs through a river gorge with steep rock walls.  In this view, we are sitting atop a logging branch high trestle that spans the gorge.  Down below you can see the wye switch were the C&O banches off from the mainline to connect with the ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=55 Nancy is a small town on our C&O mainline that sees a lot of action with the numerous freight trains that roll through.  These crossing flashers seem to be on more than off, although right now it seems that the Volkswagen has reached the crossing at the right time as ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=54 Work on the waybill boxes is progressing.  With the pending completion of our new classification yard, we are in the process of converting our operations to a system based on car cards and waybills.   In order to facilitate this, all locations where cars will be spotted will need waybill boxes ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=50 Blufton is the first station south of Elkhorn City on the Clinchfield. It is a small town with just a passing siding, station, and two spur tracks surving the local industries. The Blufton freight house shown below sometimes sees some action on opeations night. A box car with supplies for the ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=44 Elkhorn City on our layout is the northern terminal of the Clinchfield RR and its interchange with the C&O. Only passengers really have Elkhorn City as a destination, and not many of them. All freight traffice moving northbound is just passing through Elkhorn City as there is really not much ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=42 You can't even hear the junk yard dog barking when two trains are passing Sanford Scrap Metal. Sanford's lot was dirt cheap as it is sandwiched between the two C&O mainlines and an access road to boot. But it don't matter, the old man is half deaf anyway and the ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=38 On the West end of Ashland, KY, sits the small family owned business, the Lucas Fence Company. This business doesn't see a lot of rail activity, just a boxcar of bulk chain link rolls roughly once a month or so. Apparently they just received a delivery that Mr. Lucas has ... http://blissfieldmrc.org/?p=19