Illinois Central Piggy Back

Here's another great find from the sale at Trainmaster Models - a 1940's era piggy back car marked for the Illinois Central Railroad. These cars were the predecessors to the modern goods delivery system - the modular containers that have all but replaced boxcars due to their ability to move seamlessly from ship to rail to truck.

New Log Buggies

This week our pals at Trainmaster Models have been having a spring sale, so I was able to pick up a string of used LGB log buggies for a song. I don't really know if the TFRR ever ran disconnected log cars like these, but there was definitely plenty of logging going on along the line, so these were too cool to pass up. Usually cars like these would run in pairs, but the deal I struck required that I buy all they had - seven of them. Since I ended up with an odd number, eventually I'd like to convert one of them into either a derrick or tool car.

New Neighbors Moving In!

Here's the view from our bathroom window, followed by a clip of the family of Carolina Wrens that are moving in.







SO cute!

The Oak

Railyard Ruckus!