Motive Power Updates

 As time has gone on, the motive power on the Richmond Terminal has become closer to the prototype's mix versus the initial "whatever we found" paradigm.

Part of this is having RF&P decorated units available from the various manufacturers, another part of this is being able to actually source them.

Recently, Rapido launched a GP40 in the late 80's, early 90's scheme, and Walthers put out a GP35 in thir Proto line. The GP35 has the slightly older paint scheme, but that's acceptable for now.

Here's a shot of a new GP35 being put through a break in cycle before being assigned to a consist and speed matched.

Spot the Issue OR Why couple at a scale 4 MPH or less?

 As part of the briefing, I remind the crew to couple up to cars carefully and maintain control of your train.

HO scale cars are a bit more fragile than the real thing; after all, these are plastic cars, not metal.

No word on how the crew accomplished this:

On the RIP track in Acca

From the June 2026 op session, for those curious.

August Op Session Guest Photos

The August 2026 Operating Session is in the books. I did take a few pictures, but as I am being on a bunch of other tasks, I am going to feature some photos from one of the operators, a famous auteur - Wayland .

The initial, pre session briefing:

A member of the crack team of operational specialists refers to this paperwork:

A very neat approach:

Whoops!

The debrief:

A bunch more photos can be found on the gallery.