Monthly Archives: July 2017

Crummy…

Posted on 30/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

…Guard’s van/brake/caboose, call it what you will it’s the epitome of steam era freight railroading. While rummaging through the junk underneath Cumbre I found an HO scale caboose. I have no recollection of where this came from and it still … Continue reading →

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Got to be done!

Posted on 29/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

At first glance it’s a pretty boring picture. No trains in sight, drab colours, nothing really spectacular at all. I am presuming it’s taken from the rear of a train because if you look closely you can see drops of … Continue reading →

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Bread and butter

Posted on 24/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

Like most Andean railways the FCPyF relies heavily on mineral traffic for its revenue. This said, mineral trains are seldom photographed on the line. Perhaps this is because they run mainly at night and also because they lack the interest … Continue reading →

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30 minute challenge

Posted on 22/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

Over on the Narrow Gauge Railway Modellers forum there is a long running thread with this title. Odd half hour jobs that are done while you can’t decide what else you should be doing. I’ve just been pottering around in … Continue reading →

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Autoferro #28

Posted on 22/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

The bus arrived in this morning’s post, not bad considering it’s come from China, and the first thing to be done with it was dismantling. The bus is slightly too short for the chassis I had in mind but an … Continue reading →

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Joined up thinking

Posted on 16/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

Bloody hell, management speak creeping into Sierra Oculta. I’ll have to have words with the culprit. Anyways, in a rare show of logic the FCPyF’s middle management have been making themselves useful (for a change) by renumbering the railcar fleet … Continue reading →

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All change at Puerto del Sastra*

Posted on 15/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

Puerto was originally part of the upper shelf section before last year’s re-build of the FCPyF. The branch terminus had an exit-to-staging via a rather unconvincing bridge across the station platforms and this was the main reason for it’s demise … Continue reading →

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Vacancies

Posted on 13/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

I reckon I’m going to have to open a tearoom at one of the FCPyF’s stations. I keep getting job applications from women claiming to have visited the website but my railway does not employ women as train drivers, conductors, … Continue reading →

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Shrinking violets

Posted on 11/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

There are several locos on the FCPyF which are seldom photographed, either because their duties keep them away from the public’s gaze or because they’re just not photogenic! Plymouth diesel #6 is a prime instance of this. Function over form, … Continue reading →

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Autoferro

Posted on 10/07/2017 by Bob Hughes

It’s about time the FCPyF had some modern rolling stock. Nothing says “South American Railroad” to me more than the autoferro. Rail-buses are common the world over, even in the UK we have the infamous “Pacers” built from Leyland National … Continue reading →

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