Showing posts with label Model Trains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Model Trains. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Railhead: Looking at, and for, railroad maps. Blog Mirror: Welcome to The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Wyoming!

Railhead: Looking at, and for, railroad maps.: A long time ago, I published this item, which I'll post in its entirety down below, regarding a railroad map from 1916.  I could not lon...

I was sent this great model railroad website:

 Welcome to The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Wyoming!

Wow, what a model layout.  It's fantastic.

Included on it, is this map, which we're directly linking in.:



Look at the pile of named spots on the rail line.

Some of these I recognize, some I don't.  The Colorado and Southern rail line from Glendo to Cheyenne is now a Burlington Northern rail line, I'd note.  The line running right up to Yellowstone National Park is a complete surprise.

The line running from Arminto in this depiction does not go into Shoshoni, and avoid the Wind River Canyon.  I was unaware that had been done.

Really interesting.

As are the model lines that this fellow is putting together.

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Kingston's Hanley Spur: Modelling Tannery Effluent

Kingston's Hanley Spur: Modelling Tannery Effluent:   Throughout the 1960's, there were persistent complaints and calls for action to alleviate the smells and effluent emerging from the Da...

Impressive.