To all here: Have a safe&happy SWSAT!
"Pulling the Scrapyard"
A Mill Gon stands loaded and a tank car stands empty. The Scrapyard guy is always looking for a way to make a buck so he got in the heating oil delivery bizz on the cheap. Just a truck and room to spot a tank car. He pumps directly from the car to his truck, using the car as a storage tank and paying daily demurrage:
So here is PER #1545 coupled and aired up, ready to pull the siding:
Seen here is my modified Lionel Portal Gantry Crane with shortened legs.
Rolling through Town on the East End lead:
On the PER its all switching all the time