Origins

The tower crossing operator was never lonely. There was always plenty of trains passing by his station.

The GN steamer going across the diamond. I experimented with barcoding during the early 2000’s. That silver “dot” in the middle of the crossing is a barcode reader that would identify the train’s location on a computer. I also used this as a “milepost.” As the trains passed over it repeatedly making laps, a counter kept track of how many times and it would tell where the train was in the real world. Each lap constituted a mile for simplicity.

Hauling grain has always been a staple of the model railroads I build.

Byjeffbergner

By jeffbergner

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