Editors Notebook.........

摘要

Joe Kriess' look back at the railroad that served McClellen Air Force Base reminded me of a 1981 fan trip over the railroad at the Earle Naval Weapons Station in New Jersey. At the time, the railroad was still using its original Baldwin VO 1000's to haul trains of ordinance from the storage magazines in Colts Neck, 15 miles to Leonardo, where Navy ships dock at a three mile long pier to take on ammunition and supplies. A layout based in part on McClellen Air Force Base or the Earle Naval Weapons Station could prove interesting, but Joe's article also got me to thinking what overlooked modeling subjects government facilities, rail equipment and traffic often are.