Strike threatened by train crews on Butte Shortline – un
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Colleagues,Word was received to day that a wildcat strike was threatened on the Butte Shortline unless a proper caboose was obtained for the through freight. Therefore, one they now consider their own was obtained (from the library) and coupled on (i.e. installed). Here are some views of the situation as a heavy freight tackles the 2.2% of the east slope of Butte Hill.Not seen yet, but in the works is a passable rendition of those round sprinkler systems seen in irrigation setups out west. Aerial photos of the area between Whitehall, MT and PipeStone show several of these, and I have worked out a rough one using mixed & various angles of grass & scrubrock textures. I will also fabricate a sprinkler, and if anyone should happen to have a image of one of these things spraying water, I could use it. A trick shown me by R.Picardi will work great here - at each sprinkler, just create a fairly large 2-surface polygon, rectangle will do, and then put the image of the spray on each side, reversed from each other with the surface transparent. Works for bridge underpinning, ought to work for this.J. H. Sullivan
RE: Strike threatened by train crews on Butte Shortline
The Butte Shortline was the local name used for the NP line between Logan and Butte. It was the route of the North Coast Ltd., and the North Coast Hiawatha until the latter was dumped in the late 70s. At the moment, the tracks over Homestake pass are still in place, but not used between a point just west of PipeStone (where there is a quarry that supplies ballast rock) and the yard limits of Butte. Vandals etc. have destroyed most of the signals, signage, etc.The focus of the RMD, 2nd Subdivision, is the Milwaukee Road, but since the NP was intimately positioned near the Milwaukee (more correctly vice-versa) for over 300 miles, it seemed reasonable to include both of the routes in one simulation. The BA&P shared a station with the Milwaukee, and in the early days of Milwaukee Electrification, the Milwaukee used the BA&P tracks for a ways, so it is included, but just beyond Silver Bow Canyon, it strikes out for Anaconda and after about a mile it just disappears. It would not be hard to add another 20 or so tiles and do the BA&P out to Anaconda, but I chose not too. I am including the northerly 3 or 4 miles of the UP (Utah Northern) around Silver Bow.I try to inject humour into my various (maybe nefarious) postings. After 34 years on the railroad, 13.5 of it on the Southern, I am well familiar with wildcat strikes - and I am grateful for them since it allowed me to have a little "throttle time" I otherwise would not have had.J. H. Sullivan
RE: Strike threatened by train crews on Butte Shortline
I belive I know the type of sprinklers you are thinking of. We have them down here in the south and they're called "Zimmatics" if you like, I can get a couple pictures of them for ya.
RE: Strike threatened by train crews on Butte Shortline
That would be nice. I am referring to the kind that pivot about a central point, either in a full circle, or else they can be set to swing around a certain angle. There is a large wheel supporting the pipe at intervals, and sprinkler heads. I would'nt try to animate it, but thought a static one with water appearing to "spray" would look cute.Jerry
