This is a school project that utilized my HO Scale Train Layout to reenact a chapter from the story NO PROMISES IN THE WIND. Set in The Great Depression, NO PROMISES IN THE WIND involves two brothers who hitch a ride on a freight train, seeking employment. The Great Depression unemployment rate was astounding; millions of Americans to utilize their "hobo skills" to travel coast to coast for work. In one scene, taking place in a railroad yard, the two brothers hop onto a freight train while another train approaches on an adjacent train. Their friend, following close behind, stops in the middle the track to toss his banjo to one of the brothers, Josh. Unfortunately, this moment of hesitation is all that was needed for him to be struck by the oncoming freight train! Thus the quote, "catch my banjo, Josh!"
The consist was as follows:
- ATSF high-nose GP30 (Atlas)
-Southern Railway 40' Gondola (Model Power)
-Southern Pacific 40' Gondola (Model Power)
-PRR 40' Gondola (Walthers)
-D&RGW 40' Gondola (Walthers)
-N&W 53' Mill Gondola (Roundhouse)
-IT 53' Mill Gondola (Roundhouse)
-Gulf Oil 40' Flat Car w/tanks (Model Power)
-Frisco Offset 34' Hopper (Athearn Blue Box)
- Lehigh Valley 34' Hopper (Athearn Blue Box)
-Trailer Train 60' Bulkhead Flat Car w/Building Products Load (Roundhouse)/(Jaeger)
-CRIP 40' Flat Car w/Lumber Loads (Athearn Blue Box/Jaeger)
-D&RGW 40' Flat Car (Atlas?)
-ATSF 50' Flat Car w/pipe
-ATSF Caboose (Tyco)
This layout has been dismantled, but the equipment, sans caboose, remains.
.png)
No comments:
Post a Comment