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Article #95: Santa Fe Railroad Crane Outside

  In this new article we are taking a look at the Santa Fe railroad crane outside. This crane was added to the layout a few years back. This crane has been used in various ways since it has been on the layout. The photo shows a side view of the crane.
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Article #94: Seaboard System Tractor Trailer w/ Truck Cab

  In this new article we get a look at the Seaboard System tractor trailer with a red truck cab sitting in between the second and third tracks of the Grovemont Yard. There are a lot of different tractor trailers that are used on the layout, but the two Seaboard System trailers are some of the more common trailers on the layout. Here is a side view of the trailer.

Article #93: Coca Cola Motor Car Sitting Outside

  In this new article we get a look at the Coca Cola motor car sitting outside. This motor car was added to the layout last year. This motor car has multiple different decals as well as a yellow headlight. Here is a side view of the motor car. Here is a front view of the motor car

Article #92: DVCRR Motor Car in Track 2 of Grovemont Yard

  In this new article we get a look at one of the DVCRR motor cars sitting in Track 2 of the Grovemont Yard. This was the first motor car added to the layout back in 2022. This motor car has a headlight, cow catcher and a horn. Every so often, the motor cars can be seen in the tracks of the yard.

Article #91: Yellow Fairmont ST-2 Motor Car Runs with Desire Streetcar #463

  In this new article we are looking at this yellow Fairmont ST-2 motor car running with Desire Streetcar #463 in the mainline heading towards the yard. This motor car runs on the layout frequently, either inspecting the tracks or on special runs like this. Here is a look at Desire Streetcar #463.

Article #90: Penn Central Bay Window Caboose #4930 sits in Yard

  In this new article we will be looking at Penn Central Bay Window caboose #4930.  In bay window cabooses, crew that were monitoring trains sat in the middle of the caboose in a section of wall that projected from the side of the caboose. This type of caboose resulted in a better view of the side of trains. The photo above shows the caboose sitting in track 1 of the grovemont yard. Here is another view of the caboose.

Artcile #89: 2 Loaded Trailer Train Car Carriers in Yard

  In this new article we will be looking at two trailer train car carriers that were added to the fleet of freight cars not long ago. The first photo above shows one of them with a vehicle on the top of it. This kind of car carrier has two different levels for vehicles. Here is the second car carrier sitting in the grovemont yard where we see some cars on both levels. Here is another photo of the same car carrier where we see a VW car on the top level and a red car in the lower level/