Nice consist, well done with diaphragms and close coupling. One of my mother's lifelong friends worked for SP during WW2 scheduling troop trains. Some actually would run all the way down the embarcadero to Fort Mason and waiting troop ships. Yep I'm that old.
You got the basic consist spot on... Enlisted and Junior NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer aka Sergeants) personnel would travel in the troop cars forward of the kitchen, senior NCO's and Officers would ride in the sleepers. If you want to really get things going, add a few heavyweight paired-window coaches after the kitchen car, then sleepers.
@@OvernightScaleModels If you really want to spice things up, a senior commanders i.e. big wig General Officer and staff would have just a couple of troop sleepers, a real dining car, Pullmans with an Observation or Solarium bring up the rear in the consist. I was blessed as a child growing up in Columbus, GA to belong to the Columbus Society of Model Railroaders in the 70s. One of our members was a retired Central of Georgia employee who shared the story when the 2nd Armored Division under General Patton was moved from Fort Benning, GA for the invasion of North Africa during WWII. There were twenty-one sections of men and equipment with the final train carrying the General himself and his staff along with the Division Superintendent and Vice President of the railroad riding in the observation to Savannah, GA.
Hello Overnight, this video is another great one and it's awesome to see you filming new scenery on a layout. I am also currently in the process of building a troop train of my own with my father and ours will be more munitions based with Army vehicles on flat beds like M4 medium tanks and Jeeps and Deuce-and-a-halfs. You have an amazing collection of Troop cars and Sleek pullmans, thanks for sharing!
Congrats. I see that you very carefully chosen to put together WWII train material. Starting with black face cab forward, Pullman marked cars. However I am curious if SP had ever have Solarium cars in their trains.
Nice consist, well done with diaphragms and close coupling. One of my mother's lifelong friends worked for SP during WW2 scheduling troop trains. Some actually would run all the way down the embarcadero to Fort Mason and waiting troop ships. Yep I'm that old.
You got the basic consist spot on... Enlisted and Junior NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer aka Sergeants) personnel would travel in the troop cars forward of the kitchen, senior NCO's and Officers would ride in the sleepers. If you want to really get things going, add a few heavyweight paired-window coaches after the kitchen car, then sleepers.
That’s a good idea! I definitely need to add more kitchen cars and maybe a lounge
@@OvernightScaleModels If you really want to spice things up, a senior commanders i.e. big wig General Officer and staff would have just a couple of troop sleepers, a real dining car, Pullmans with an Observation or Solarium bring up the rear in the consist. I was blessed as a child growing up in Columbus, GA to belong to the Columbus Society of Model Railroaders in the 70s. One of our members was a retired Central of Georgia employee who shared the story when the 2nd Armored Division under General Patton was moved from Fort Benning, GA for the invasion of North Africa during WWII. There were twenty-one sections of men and equipment with the final train carrying the General himself and his staff along with the Division Superintendent and Vice President of the railroad riding in the observation to Savannah, GA.
Hello Overnight, this video is another great one and it's awesome to see you filming new scenery on a layout. I am also currently in the process of building a troop train of my own with my father and ours will be more munitions based with Army vehicles on flat beds like M4 medium tanks and Jeeps and Deuce-and-a-halfs. You have an amazing collection of Troop cars and Sleek pullmans, thanks for sharing!
I hope you get around to building that troop train. That's a lot of work but in the end it'll be one of the best troop trains out there!
Nice video you put together. Hope there more to come thanks for sharing.
Nice video, the large bridge at 6:10 is it a kit?
Congrats. I see that you very carefully chosen to put together WWII train material. Starting with black face cab forward, Pullman marked cars. However I am curious if SP had ever have Solarium cars in their trains.