Rick Coble Photo
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The Old GNRR Passenger Car Office
This passenger car (which is probably still on the line somewhere) was the office for the GNRR for many years until they built the block office. Can anyone tell me what kind of car it is so that I. D. can model it?
Chat with I. D. Jackson
Questions for I. D. - answers with a *
Per telephone call on 1/11/10
Did you actually build a DCC layout? To completion?
* No, just a DC layout. Group is DCC savvy. No on signalling. Ops is not that big of deal.
I can't read your top 10 things you want on the layout
* He'll resend them to me tomorrow
Do you really want CTC for the trains? Railroad And Company
* GNRR no. Maybe in the future for the CSX.
The door to the extra room. Does it swing in or out?
*Swings in to the train room, as does the garage doors.
Review basement dimensions
* He will get answers to my circled items
What is the length of the right hand rooms?
* He will get answers to my circled items
Are there any windows?
* There are no windows in the basement
What is the ceiling height?
* 9' 1 1/2" There is no ceiling. Lights are in. No ceiling. Most is covered by duct work.
The door to the train room, swing right or left?
* swings in to right
The 20' wall in the Extra Room doesn't match the opposite wall.
* Re-measure and get me the new calculations
Additional conversation:
He would use tortoise machines for inaccessible or congested turnouts but wants ground throws for most everything.
He wants to model the GNRR Passenger Car Office but doesn't know what kind of car it is.
Model year is anywhere from 1980 to present
He's flexible with the bench depth and would like for me to design benchwork that is quickly installed to get him up and running as fast as possible.
Per telephone call on 1/11/10
Did you actually build a DCC layout? To completion?
* No, just a DC layout. Group is DCC savvy. No on signalling. Ops is not that big of deal.
I can't read your top 10 things you want on the layout
* He'll resend them to me tomorrow
Do you really want CTC for the trains? Railroad And Company
* GNRR no. Maybe in the future for the CSX.
The door to the extra room. Does it swing in or out?
*Swings in to the train room, as does the garage doors.
Review basement dimensions
* He will get answers to my circled items
What is the length of the right hand rooms?
* He will get answers to my circled items
Are there any windows?
* There are no windows in the basement
What is the ceiling height?
* 9' 1 1/2" There is no ceiling. Lights are in. No ceiling. Most is covered by duct work.
The door to the train room, swing right or left?
* swings in to right
The 20' wall in the Extra Room doesn't match the opposite wall.
* Re-measure and get me the new calculations
Additional conversation:
He would use tortoise machines for inaccessible or congested turnouts but wants ground throws for most everything.
He wants to model the GNRR Passenger Car Office but doesn't know what kind of car it is.
Model year is anywhere from 1980 to present
He's flexible with the bench depth and would like for me to design benchwork that is quickly installed to get him up and running as fast as possible.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Note from I. D.
01-09-10
you don't need to ask me any questions? did get the measurement for the garage side of the basement and the height but forgot, been so long ago. i'll have to do it again. i am currently thinking of 16" shelves for lower and 12" upper. this cuts down on scenery. just enough for structure and track, this will make track for the front or back. it will look like modular, but against wall. can make wider as needed, yard, or big scene. well i am retired and home most the time day or night and answer machine.
questions for you!
thinking- 10-15 years layout can be easy removed.
the 10 page sheets i sent you, my machine said 9 was sent? missing?
close or move door between front and back garage?
distance between modules?
how many peninsulas will work?
probable 2 months til build, still have some sheet rock to install and floor repaired in 10x20 room. will be upgrading my circuit breaker panel also.
1x3 construction, sandply, with (foam-ceiling tile-homosode)? top.
will be putting down 1x1 adhesive tile, ceiling will be open ceiling fiberglass joist. screwed ballast lights to joist.
enough to contemplate
you don't need to ask me any questions? did get the measurement for the garage side of the basement and the height but forgot, been so long ago. i'll have to do it again. i am currently thinking of 16" shelves for lower and 12" upper. this cuts down on scenery. just enough for structure and track, this will make track for the front or back. it will look like modular, but against wall. can make wider as needed, yard, or big scene. well i am retired and home most the time day or night and answer machine.
questions for you!
thinking- 10-15 years layout can be easy removed.
the 10 page sheets i sent you, my machine said 9 was sent? missing?
close or move door between front and back garage?
distance between modules?
how many peninsulas will work?
probable 2 months til build, still have some sheet rock to install and floor repaired in 10x20 room. will be upgrading my circuit breaker panel also.
1x3 construction, sandply, with (foam-ceiling tile-homosode)? top.
will be putting down 1x1 adhesive tile, ceiling will be open ceiling fiberglass joist. screwed ballast lights to joist.
enough to contemplate
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Locomotive Photos: GNRR #77
Switcher #77 is a GNRR acquisition from the Georgia Marble Company. This stalwart NW1 locomotive was used to haul marble (calcium carbonate) up the switch back and to the Tate yard for shipment down south.
She has been left to rot on the siding in Tate. Her bell, horns and builder's plates stripped, doors left open. Rusting.
She has been left to rot on the siding in Tate. Her bell, horns and builder's plates stripped, doors left open. Rusting.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Kaolin Slurry Cars in Canton
We saw these yesterday in Canton. The drain cocks were open on both the top and the bottom. Looked like the were just being stored here. Does anyone know if they are using Kaolin clay on the line anywhere?
Industry Spotlight: Wolf Stone Cutting
This is an industry I've never seen before on the GNRR. Josh and I found it today when we stopped at the new gas station. They have cleared all the land around it and you can see it now.
This is a small marble cutting operation, long since abandoned. It appears that it had a rail siding at one time. The building is open and you can see inside. Once there were stone cutting machines here.
The outer gantry supports are covered with kudzu vines and the crane is missing. There is a very large door to the left which is where the track would have aligned.
Here is the office door and parking area. Jut to the right of this shot is an old pump house that Josh discovered. It still contains all the pumping equipment for water used for cooling the cutting operation, we think.
I have pictures from inside, but they are very dark. No machinery remains.
The back of the building has another smaller door and there are a few piles of rubble laying around.
The windows are dirty and hard to see through, but probably allowed in a lot of light back in their day. Now they are being shot out by someone.
Here is the office in the back. It has a marble foundation. Inside an old desk sits in the middle of the room, destroyed by water damage.
The sign on the building says "Wolf - " and something else we could not make out. The body of the building is corrugated steel.
An interesting find. If anyone knows more about it let us know!
This is a small marble cutting operation, long since abandoned. It appears that it had a rail siding at one time. The building is open and you can see inside. Once there were stone cutting machines here. 
The outer gantry supports are covered with kudzu vines and the crane is missing. There is a very large door to the left which is where the track would have aligned.
Here is the office door and parking area. Jut to the right of this shot is an old pump house that Josh discovered. It still contains all the pumping equipment for water used for cooling the cutting operation, we think.
I have pictures from inside, but they are very dark. No machinery remains.
The back of the building has another smaller door and there are a few piles of rubble laying around.
The windows are dirty and hard to see through, but probably allowed in a lot of light back in their day. Now they are being shot out by someone.
Here is the office in the back. It has a marble foundation. Inside an old desk sits in the middle of the room, destroyed by water damage.
The sign on the building says "Wolf - " and something else we could not make out. The body of the building is corrugated steel.
An interesting find. If anyone knows more about it let us know!Saturday, December 19, 2009
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