The local from Marathon arrives in La Linda. The consist is a no surprise mix, but today, a surprise is an early spring storm that is building. The crew saw a lot of lightning down in Mexico as they neared La Linda and they are a bit anxious, hoping they can get their switching choresContinue reading “Bad Storm South of La Linda”
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La Linda Awakens, Part 2
The “safety” meeting at Flora’s was fun, although the work train crew was disappointed when the south end crew departed after just a couple of beers. The next morning, the local departed, heading north back to Marathon with one load of perlite, four loads of fluorspar, and two empty boxcars. With the local out ofContinue reading “La Linda Awakens, Part 2”
La Linda Awakens, Part 1
La Linda is normally a pretty quiet place. You hear a few diesel engines and electric motors and a bit of clanging across the river at the mine. When the wind is right, you can also hear the church bells across the river on Saturday evening to announce that la misa is about to begin. Flora’s,Continue reading “La Linda Awakens, Part 1”
West Texas in the early 1980s! (Part 2)
The train has returned to Magdalena and is about to cut off the industrial district cars. Three cars are shoved into the industrial district today, a load of beer in the ATSF car, an empty SP covered hopper for feed loading, and a BN RBL (insulated box car) for the food distributor. First spot isContinue reading “West Texas in the early 1980s! (Part 2)”
West Texas in the early 1980s! (Part 1)
Welcome to a new series on B. Smith’s Limpia Canyon Northern layout. The layout is large with lots of branches and small towns. The best part, it enables us to go time travelling whether it’s the small border village of La Linda in the 1960s, the Southwest Spur in the early 1970s, Milpitas, CA inContinue reading “West Texas in the early 1980s! (Part 1)”
A Green Surprise!
By B. Smith It is Halloween and the daily freight has arrived back in La Linda. I caught up with it pulling a load of wool from the wool house. Lots of changes happening on the La Linda Canyon Northern Railway. Business is good on the LCN while a small recession has made a lotContinue reading “A Green Surprise!”
Caboose Hops & College Football!
The La Linda crew found a very short train waiting for them at Sotol Siding, just an engine and a caboose! This being Saturday, the crew looks forward to an early quit and home in time for some football. Now college football gets complicated for the P&N crews. After a few pleasantries with the northernContinue reading “Caboose Hops & College Football!”
New Power on the LCN (Part 2)
Caught the southbound train a bit north of La Linda. I could only see it from a distance from the dirt road that leads to La Linda. On the head end is a Baldwin AS-616, a used locomotive of C&O heritage. It is part of a three locomotive acquisition the LCN recently made from aContinue reading “New Power on the LCN (Part 2)”
New Power on the LCN
The La Linda Canyon Northern has finally acquired additional locomotives so it can implement a revised operating scheme. There will now be a La Linda-based crew and a Marathon-based crew. Each morning a train will depart from La Linda and another from Marathon. It takes a considerable part of the day to make a oneContinue reading “New Power on the LCN”
A New Kiln for the Angelo Ranch Perlite Company, Conclusion
By B. Smith Agnes finally got the unloading crew off their rear ends. The LPG tank has been unloaded and moved to near the kiln site with the goose neck trailer. The goose-neck trailer has been loaded back on the flat car and awaits the LCN to get it to Marathon. The local arrives withContinue reading “A New Kiln for the Angelo Ranch Perlite Company, Conclusion”
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