The Flying Crow Layout - Switching International Paper

Switching out the paper mill after the locals have made their dropoffs.

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[tracksidemike]

Fantastic share Robert nice switching operations moving the cars into possession and ready to roll out 👍🚂

[GRE]

awesome video Robert Really enjoyed the Paper mill Switching Ops! Cheers Jesse

[keithpeeples]

You've built a really nice layout. Track work is nice an smooth. I grew up around the KCS in Lake Charles and DeQuincy during the 70s. My grandfather was a KCS machinist at the shops in Shreveport. Great detailing on the switcher. If you're modeling 1976 you can remove the vertical handrail stanchions on the long hood. The SW1500s were delivered in 1966 with only a single horizontal handhold running the length of the long hood. I believe KCS added new handrails with vertical stanchions in 1985. Great work.

[StormySkyRailProductions]

Enjoyed yet another cool video. Have a great rest of your weekend. Steve

[lucgagnon]

For me, my personnal challenge modeling a paper mill is not how to serve it but more how to get closer to the real thing. In size and in accuracy. Mostly all paper mills are a like. But none looks like another one. They look all different but have those in common : wood chip piles, sometimes pulpwood piles, dry and wet chemical storage, digestors, pulp storage tanks, paper machine(s) and shipping storage warehouse. Most are working with steam generated by burning bunker C heavy oil. A paper mill is served by many kinds of cars from pulpwood flat cars, wood chip gondolas, oil and chemical liquid tank cars, dry chemical hoppers AND (of course) boxcars for shipping. Thanks for sharing. At the end, having fun is the main goal.

[dennisarmes]

good mornin', crow !!! great stuff !!! i am retired now (33 years, u.s.d.o.e ind. eng.) and at about the same point of "completeness" on my pike as you.... isn't it pretty ace that we can have a ton of fun with a 1500 and 10 cars ??? am having mcl surgery soon so i will be gathering several small projects for work bench , which, at my age, will hopefully keep me busy for awhile as my pike is upstairs !!! regardless, i will get small things done and hopefully do some switching as you did with a cold beer in hand, right next to my nce power cab !! blessings to you, crow, and keep the videos comnig !! denny

[stevechilders]

Nice Robert. Thoroughly enjoyable but still no cotton field’ lol

[paulflak]

Ever thought about using rare earth magnets 3mm X1mm from amazon. They almost fit between the track ties at grade level so they are hard to see. Better then the hand of god approach to uncoupling or Kadee magnets.

[dennisarmes]

hey crow... did the 1500 really break down ( i.e.decoder problem/etc/etc) or were you just ending the videos that way ?