Around the JSSX

Last week I showed the packages of work figures that I had received.  I've put just a couple of those guys to use so far. 

The train crew is just getting aboard the engine at the start of their work day.  They can head on down to the yard to assemble their short train.

That's about as far as they'll be able to get though, as they'll have to wait for the crew of 813 to get back to the yard from their switching assignment

813 shouldn't take too long though, since they've only got two boxcars to drop off, and then a single covered hopper of plastic pellets to pick up.

One car that the 813 has in tow is this MCSA fifty foot box

Looks like the covered hopper they have to pick up is a SCLAIR carload of plastic pellets that's spotted to be emptied inside the compound of the trans-load.

I've never liked this section of chain link fencing at the trans-load facility since the day I installed it.  It all looks too thick and oversized for HO scale.

And out in the 1:1 world, this grey painted ammonia tank car sits at Sarnia's "C-Yard", just across from the station.  I find this spiral design interesting.  The weld seams have accumulated enough grime to make them stand out against the faded grey paint. The ladder and walkway being offset toward one end also adds a little bit of interest to the car as well.

Far as I know, no model manufacturer has come out with a car of this type.