CNJ #1000 Boxcab

Nothing is more strongly associated with the CNJ Bronx Terminal than its first Diesel-Electric (or Oil-Electric) boxcab CNJ #1000. This small 60 ton switcher locomotive built in 1925 by a consortium of ALCo, General Electric and Ingersoll Rand also known as AGEIR boxcab was the first commercially available diesel-electric locomotive in North America. It was acquired by

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A N Scale Car Float

How many times have I browsed with envy through a catalog of HO locomotives, rolling stocks, structures and accessories just to realize they have everything and we N-scalers have almost nothing. Walthers has a nice though massive car float that looks like one of CNJ’s prototypes. Nevertheless, there is no N scale equivalent of that HO car

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Adding Benchwork

Having completed two sections of track work, it is time to build the foundation for the tracks now. The first question I have to answer is, how to fit in the irregular quadrilateral into a somehow rectangular shape. In other words, how much of the surroundings of the CNJ Bronx Terminal I would want to add on

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Getting Started

Eager to get things done, I started the detail design and construction of some of the track work. I figured out that the Northwest section of the freight yard would be the easiest to start with. It had a few simple straight and curved turnouts but it also had the first challenge, a triple diamond where

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Layout Planning

To get a comprehensive layout plan I compiled and mapped all details I had on the CNJ Bronx Terminal track system, the primary structures including the freight house and the Third Avenue Bridge, their integration into the Harlem River waterway and the street system of the South Bronx. The image below shows the result. Things

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