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IT's TEAM TRACK TUESDAY!!! Share your railroad's team track photos here!  

Team tracks are a vital part of day to day real railroad operations.  Practically every type of freight car can be on/off loaded on a team track.  Some passenger train equipment and MOW equipment can also be on/off loaded on team track too.  

Share your railroad's team track action here.  All are welcome to participate.  All you need is an undesignated siding/spur that serves no one particular industry.  Folks with museum quality layouts to folks with as simple loop of tin plate track with an undesignated siding/spur are welcome!  Photos of real railroad team track operations are welcome too.

This week on the Free State Junction Railway's team track number one in Lower Patsburg, a C&NW flat car has arrived with a load of concrete pipe destined for a local building supply dealer.  Although the building supply dealer has it's own spur, that spur is presently at capacity with several car loads of lumber.  Since this flat has to be returned to C&NW quickly, the FSJR dispatcher directed the car to team track one.  

Big Hooker was already positioned on the team track.  Before being put into service, Big Hooker needed some minor repair work which took mechanics about a half hour.   Once the unloading crew arrived, they quickly sprung into action removing the chains which held the pipe load securely in place during the journey from the manufacturer.  Once the repairs were completed, Big Hooker, swung into action and transferred the pipe load from the flat car to a flatbed trailer. 

Once the tractor trailer drove off with the pipe load in tow, the crew settled down for a relaxing lunch on the deck of the flat car.  

Feel free to post your railroad's team track action here on this thread.  We'd love to see them.

Thanks for stopping by and see ya next week on Team Track Tuesday!!!  Have a wonderfully creative week!!IMG_5949IMG_5950IMG_5942IMG_5956IMG_5960IMG_5974IMG_5959IMG_5964IMG_5969IMG_5980IMG_5979IMG_5977IMG_5982IMG_5988IMG_5989

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Another busy week at the Everett Team Track & Community Park. Earlier today, the railway left an interesting boxcar over on track 2. It was loaded with priceless artwork. The rare pieces are destined for the private collection of Valley Power's CEO, Charlie Jones Jr.. Given Charlie's reputation as a ruthless hot head, the hired hands are doing their best to avoid any damage to the artwork. Everything is being carefully inspected and loaded onto a truck for delivery to Charlie's estate up in Packsaddle Narrows.

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Everett police are on the scene. They aren't taking any chances with all these hobos milling about.

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Unfortunately, accidents happen.

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Inspection of the goddess Flora sculpture garnered quite a crowd.

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I hope everyone has a great week ahead! Happy TTT!

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  • ttt-art-00: A growing hobo problem at the Team Track & Community Park
  • ttt-art-03: Priceless art on it's way to the personal collection of Charlie Jones Jr..
  • ttt-art-02: Keeping the hobos away from the art collection
  • ttt-art-01: Unloading more priceless art work.
  • ttt-art-05: Accidents happen.
  • ttt-art-04: Intrigued by the sculpture of goddess Flora.
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Great  pics this week!

Thomas Posted:

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That reminds me, I have to get my Picaso insured. 

Great Team track Dave C! 

Brian posted...

Well, they'll put just about anything in a Boxcar!

This week I have some other projects I am working on, so here is en encore presentation of a past TTT. While its still snowing in Western PA, The weather man has assured us, Spring will get here.....eventually. So here's to looking forward to spring as a delivery of tractors is being made to the (now former) Haney's tractor and farm supply, in time for spring planting/plowing...

FCBDEA 

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My little guy's contribution to today's TTT

Little abbrail: Meanwhile, over in Plasticville...

The Euclid brothers bought an old 1911 trolley that has been restored. It arrived today. They want to use it to get more people from the big city to their carousel. The brothers will pay the railroad to store the car on the team track until they can build a car house of their own.

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  • ttt-trolley-4: Brothers see their trolley for the first time.
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Hey Guys - Thanks for another great rendition of TTT!!

Mark - those are some fine looking tractors!  Sure beats the one old man Haney used to drive  Great scenes!!

Little ABRAIL - love your street car!  Very creative to park it on the team track

ABRAIL - Love the art work theme!  I hope Charlie is pleased ... of course there is the one painting with someones head popping thru  

Peter - I love those PW barrel cars.  I still have the one from when I was in second grade ... and it works regularly on my railroad!  

Dave C. - Fabulous modeling!! BRAVO!!

Brain -  who would think to ship an airplane in a boxcar?  Obviously someone did!  Great real team track photos!!

Justhavinfun - nice bridge crew!

Thanks to all those who stopped by to take a gander of whats  happening on the TEAM TRACK!!  See ya next week on TTT!!  Have a wonderfully fun and creative week!

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