This blog is to document the building of a model railroad, the Paducah and Lake Erie. The free-lance design is set in the current time, and meant to replicate the coal-hauling roads of southwestern Pennsylvania. This version of the P&LE is a bridge line that derives its name from my wife's home town (and well known to Illinois Central buffs) and our former long time residence about 50 miles south of Lake Erie.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New Addition to P&LE

Newest addition to the P&LE is this Trackmobile, compliments of neighbor and good friend Joe Voetter, who worked for the company for over 30 years and, as a sideline, developed this model which is now sold commercially. This little guy will have a number of places to be active, including the LKL Steel Works, the Paducah Engine Facility, or other places where one or two cars need to be moved short distances.
One of the RS3's out of the David James engine shop and Steve Morr paint shop is on the point of a CSX unit coal train. Love those unit trains. More work today with Brian Post on wiring, programming, and general tuning of the railroad.

1 comment:

RGDave said...

Lookin' good Bill! OS events have taught me a LOT about my model railroad, too. We have one coming up here on June 22 - let me know if you're ever out east!