Trains and Such

Some of these photos are gracing the walls of the room that the HO switching layout that I built recently is located in. This switching layout is of a modular design, allowing for more modules to be built and added to it down the road.
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Snow Train to Conrich

Early morning with light snow front and center, I was in the vicinity of the CN Conrich Logistics yard, where I got to watch the action happening in the yard as this remote controlled train was being operated from elsewhere in the yard.

I want to get a photo of the operator with his belt-pack that allows him to control the RCL locomotive. I did get reasonably close to a RCL operator recently, but didn't have a long enough lens to get a decent shot of him with the belt-pack controlling the train.

If you look close at 7530 the 3rd locomotive from the front, you can see the amber strobe located just below the yellow strip indicting this locomotive is the RCL being operated remotely, and in turn controlling the other three.

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