TEAM TRACK TUESDAY AUGUST 23 EDITION!! What's being off loaded/loaded on your team track??

MOO..........

Mr. Vince Lee has built and operates an HO scale replica of the old Erie Railroad 28th Street Yard which was one of many off-line terminals once located in Manhattan. Although compact in size, the facility played host to a high level of activity as equipment was moved between car floats and various unloading tracks. Lading could be placed into freight houses or, in accordance with the concept of the public delivery track, directly onto road vehicles.

Bob

Wow, three great posts already by Patrick, Steve and Bob...nice stuff, men!!  Here's my contribution...

Team track in W. Mansfield Yard. Was designed to unload automobiles from boxcars. With a war going on and no new cars being produced. It serves as a team track.

Thomas The Tank Engine is moving emptied box cars off of our team track.

I guess my group of 3 modules has a team track.....

Peter

A load of tractors for the farm co-op:

A load of corrugated pipe for the storm drainage runoff project:

And a load of cable reels:

Mark Diff posted:

A load of tractors for the farm co-op:

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A load of corrugated pipe for the storm drainage runoff project:

And a load of cable reels:

 Mark : I like your pipe load. May I ask what it's made from? Bob

cabinet Bob posted:

Mark Diff posted:

A load of tractors for the farm co-op:

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A load of corrugated pipe for the storm drainage runoff project:

And a load of cable reels:

 Mark : I like your pipe load. May I ask what it's made from? Bob

Here is all you need:

The dowel rod is 3/4 inch in diameter with a piece of wire wrapped around it. Cut a piece aluminum foil the length you need wrap around the wire covered dowel burnishing the foil onto the wire "ribs" as you go. Then glue down the edge. A small piece of tape holds the foil in place when you start wrapping the dowel. After the glue dries, gently twist off the pipe from the dowel. I spray painted the pipe aluminum. Yes, I painted the foil an aluminum color. Then weather to suit your tastes. The paint helps the weathering adhere to the foil.

He is a close up of the dowel:

Is anything passenger in nature OK, like a car just off of, or ready to add, to a passenger train?

Hi Dominic - as far as I know team tracks are freight only tracks used for off loading/loading freight cars.  The term team track originates from 19th century railroading meaning that a team of horses, pulling a wagon, could be positioned alongside freight cars for the purpose of unloading or loading.   I would think that perhaps some baggage cars or combines carrying items such as newspapers, catalogues, or express freight may have been unloaded on team tracks when deemed necessary by the railroad ... however this probably would not have been standard practice unless perhaps it was a very small railroad or branch line.  

Actually, I have seen pictures of REA boxes being loaded on non-passenger sidings.  Reasons given were either a December push, or because of the Korean Conflict.  

I would guess a sealed box or baggage car for the USPO would also count in situations like this!

Passenger equiped refers could end up in team tracks for items like milk.

Dominic Mazoch posted:

Actually, I have seen pictures of REA boxes being loaded on non-passenger sidings.  Reasons given were either a December push, or because of the Korean Conflict.  

I would guess a sealed box or baggage car for the USPO would also count in situations like this!

Passenger equiped refers could end up in team tracks for items like milk.

Yes REA box cars, 60 ft refers,  and other passenger head end cars such as express refers, milk refers, all could be off loaded/loaded on team tracks.  As you say too, December push or Korean Conflict where designated tracks for USPS and other passenger trains head cars were all full.   In times of extreme busy-ness I'm sure railroads used their team tracks to accommodate unloading on head end passenger equipment.  

Sorry I should have read your original post more carefully.  I'm trying to juggle too many projects at once on my computer

Now that I"m fully focused on the subject you raise,  the B&O used to spot a heavy weight combine car at the Laurel, Md. B&O station's team track ( this station had two team tracks ) every year during the horse racing season.  I would see this car spotted there year after year when I was kid.  This car was used as an advertising printing shop .  All the racing programs were printed in this car on a daily basis and trucked over to the Laurel Race Course ( home of the DC International ) each day.  Evidentally this same car followed the horse races and was also used at the track in Charlestown West VA.  My guess is that it went off the property from time to time when a B&O track was not near a race course. So here is another prototypical use of a passenger car spotted on a team track with daily loading ( of new paper ) and unloading of printed programs.  

Thanks for bringing up this topic!

Also, a team track in a small town could be at the end of the same track as the one serving the station.

In another time, a CHAPEL CAR could show up, and the minister would do church services!

Dominic Mazoch posted:

In another time, a CHAPEL CAR could show up, and the minister would do church services!

 Amen to that!

Hey Team Track Guys!  Fantastic photos and information!!!  Thanks to everyone for participating and sharing your photos and information!!  

Mark Diff - Thanks for sharing your pipe making technique.  Talk about a nice inexpensive load for gons and flat cars!  Your photos say it all!!

SIRT - I saw your photos this morning while eating breakfast.  Went right to fridge for some moo!   Love the photo of the cows butt!  Do think they backed him out of the car butt first?  Great weathering work as always!!!

CNJ 3676 -  Love the model Erie 28th Street Yard and team track!!  I think B&O also had a small yard in Manhattan, as I'm sure other railroads did too.  Thanks for the info.  

CNJ - 1601 - I love the scene with all the pallets and barrels nicely scattered about!  Great looking Reading boxcar!!

Dave C. - Mansfield Yard looks terrific!!  Nice background story to go along with it.  I really like the loading dock too!!  Nicely done!!

Peter - those boxcars sitting off in the distance on your team track look great!!

Randy - Thomas is welcome to Team Track Tuesday!!

Dominic - great info!!

See you all next Tuesday for another installment of TEAM TRACK TUESDAY!!!  Keep those loads moving in and out of your team tracks!!!  Have a wonderful week everyone!!!

Trumptrain said - Do think they backed him out of the car butt first?

No clue?

I would think buyers want to see what they are paying good money for. The scenes are set up with that in mind. Decorated cars are sold every week.

Pat.....I will dig up some close ups for next week. Great thread!

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

Pat.....I will dig up some close ups for next week. Great thread!

Peter

Awesome!!