One of my all-time favorite railfan videos is Tolga Erbora’s 2012 piece on East Rail’s night operations. The audio and storytelling are magnificent. Notice the subtle sound of aircraft on approach to MIA. The rain. The EOT shot in the closing clip. Masterful. Watch that first. It occurred to me that I have that exact […]
Looking “the other direction” up the canal on East Rail 2. Omni Logistics is in the background. The team track splits to the right.
With East Rail 2 being the cover story in this month’s RMC I decided to put the layout to work so you could see it in action. Episode 10 of my ops 101 YouTube series focuses on OMNI logistics and what’s involved in working it. I’m still experimenting with the YouTube format but for now […]
A worker at East Rail’s team track takes a break to smell the roses and watch the sunset. The portable unloading platform was kitbashed using a mix of various Tichy Parts.
I learned an interesting factoid this week, Cryo-Trans reefers all carry individual names much as passenger cars of old did. Pretty cool. Here Cryo-Trans “Big Lost River” sits on The Big Hole Lead on the East Rail 2 layout. The combination of an old iPhone6 and Helicon Focus creates a sense of size and mass. […]