10-27-2009, 08:54 PM
That stretch of track used to be patrolled by this guy:
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Odd the best picture I could find quickly was a model. Anyhow, its a shame that its not in the museum down there. If you saw the trolley that runs on River St, you may have noticed it had green, red, and blue LED boards on the sides. That's where it got the light pattern and colors from. The switcher was also uniquely equipped with loudspeakers that played Dixieland music as a safety appliance.
Someone down there told me the city is negotiating with Amtrak to get service moved from the current station to the big Central of Georgia one downtown (currently serves as the museum). It would make it a lot easier for people to take the train into town, if you could walk from the station to the hotels.
Savannah is a dangerous place to go when planning a layout. A River Street-like area is a tempting but space devouring idea. The City Edge layout in this year's Great Model Railroads is a pretty good inspiration for a Savannah-like layout with a high line and street running, but instead of going through a nasty part of town, a tourist area. Now I wish I hadn't just thought of that too.
Odd the best picture I could find quickly was a model. Anyhow, its a shame that its not in the museum down there. If you saw the trolley that runs on River St, you may have noticed it had green, red, and blue LED boards on the sides. That's where it got the light pattern and colors from. The switcher was also uniquely equipped with loudspeakers that played Dixieland music as a safety appliance.
Someone down there told me the city is negotiating with Amtrak to get service moved from the current station to the big Central of Georgia one downtown (currently serves as the museum). It would make it a lot easier for people to take the train into town, if you could walk from the station to the hotels.
Savannah is a dangerous place to go when planning a layout. A River Street-like area is a tempting but space devouring idea. The City Edge layout in this year's Great Model Railroads is a pretty good inspiration for a Savannah-like layout with a high line and street running, but instead of going through a nasty part of town, a tourist area. Now I wish I hadn't just thought of that too.