CY&P FP7 311 at Blue Island

CY&P FP7 311 at Blue Island
Yellowstone Road FP7 311 Crossing the Cal-Sag Channel.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Video of scene on first run.

 I took a short video of the northbound train with RS-1 160 leading near the Central District commercial.  160 rounds the curve as traffic waits at the bridge that overpasses the line to West Linncott.

 
 
160 at this time was not sound-equipped.  The music in the background is from a playlist on my I-Pod that I completely forgot was playing as I filmed.  The music is "Do The Bop" by the Juvenairs.  This was the earlier version of the more popular "At The Hop" by Danny and The Juniors. 


First run on the interim layout.

     After the taking down of the old layout and rebuilding the benchwork, enough of the new project was in place to take a train around.

Locomotive 41 is an EMD rebuilt Baldwin S-12m at work making up a train in Riverdale as Alco RS-1 160stands by.  There is little to no scenery in place at this time.

160 is coupled and is pumping up for the northbound run to Chicago as 41 idles.

Caboose 1058 brings up the rear as the train crosses the cal-Sag channel into Blue Island.

Blue Island is just a flat plywood plain with the Freytag Foundry temporarily placed.


160's train is rounding the curve by the produce and merchandise team tracks.

The train is seen here on the "High Line" above the West Linncott industrial district.  The oil tanks have not been set in place yet and noticeably crooked.

160 is about to leave the "High Line" above West Linncott.

Entering the yard in Brighton Park.

160 has cut off and is drifting away.