The Danville County Railroad Train Layout

  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.

  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.

  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/

  In this new article we see Rock Island C430 #4301 running light through the bridge outside on a sunny afternoon. This locomotive is in the red and yellow paint scheme of the Rock Island. This locomotive has ran on the layout regularly in the past, and it will run regularly in the near future. Here is a side view of the locomotive.

  In this new article we get a look at this Orange & Black Fairmont ST-2 type motor car sitting outside. This motor car was added to the layout back in March of this year and runs regularly. In the photo above the motor car is sitting outside on a sunny afternoon awaiting a move up the mainline. This is one of 3 ST-2's on the roster of motor cars.

  In this new article, we get a look at the Desire Streetcar #463 running outside pushing a red caboose through the bridge on a sunny afternoon. This streetcar runs regularly on the layout, usually it is paired up with another streetcar or a cable car.

  In this new article on the blog, we see some HO Scale models outside. Here we see a yellow Fairmont MT-14 motor car with some Christmas lights on the top with a railroad cart and behind it is Southern Railway wooden caboose X2715. This motor car, along with many others run on the layout regularly. The same can be said for this caboose, this caboose operates frequently as well. Here is a different view of the motor car and caboose.