This modeled photo was taken on the Placerville Branch at Folsom. The camera is aimed east toward Earl Fruit Company. I had fiddled with photo shop elements to create the clouds above the yard, but living here in California it reminded me more of fire clouds then it did of a stormy day.
That got me thinking about Southern Pacific water cars. I found that SP placed water cars around their system in areas where fire was a threat in the dry California summer.
When I attended the NMRA sponsored Roseville Model Train meet in November, I got a great deal on a handful of tank cars which I want convert to water cars. I was so anxious to try this out, that I took 4 of these newly purchased tank cars, and had them dropped off at the siding in Dugan by an Eastbound local headed up the hill. I put together a multi car car card for shipment. During the session on Friday I'll have the Dugan extra 264 return these cars. It should add a bit of a challenge for the extra out and back that works Dugan and the spurs off the siding. Its typically unimpeded but with the added water cars will be slightly less so.
Its been months since I tried this and it definitely adds some challenges for the extra operator on the Dugan out and back. On my branch line model of the Placerville Branch every new idea that can come together on Ops night is a plus.
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