Swore I wouldn't do ANY railroad stuff.
USA, SMART-Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit
Finally, hopefully, maybe...to start moving folks this year in my hood. Lots of NIMBYS have been fighting this for years, the bicycle coalitions have forced extra pathways, people buying property next to the long existing ROW fight over noise (stupid...they knew the "inactive and not abandoned" track was there when they bought).
The railroading I really, really like...Narrow Gauge! Especially the North Pacific Coast Rail Road. In my Back Yard, local excuse for hikes, and geeking out on railroad history, etc.
USA, Baldwin 8-18c (1875) 3' Gauge
A few hundred of these were built and even exported out of the US.
USA, NPC#8 Mason Bogie "Bully Boy" (1877) 3' Gauge
NPC #21 "The Freak"
A trashed and rebuilt Baldwin 8-18c with an oil fired marine boiler. The world's FIRST Cab Forward. A green crew scorched the firebox within a couple years. The Italians try claiming the "first cab forward+, nope...
More on this Railroad later.
CraigH