Akron Canton & Youngstown Railroad Forum

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From Cameron Wolk

AC&Y 505 is the last diesel locomotive of the Akron Canton & Youngstown Railroad. If we could bring back just one memory of it back to life then history may find peace with its faithful observers.

As much as I would love to have the H20-44 available in something other than brass I can't in good conscious support Big Dawg.

Church Coal was on Triplett Blvd between Seiberling St and Kelly Ave. Right at the bottom of the hill next to the old Triplett Auto Wrecking which is LKQ Corp today. My dad used to buy coal from Church. I think it is a garden store today.

Looking back at this old thread I see a whole lot has transpired since the last post in 2013. I ran my first train not long ago.

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Mine is on pre-order!

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Early congratulations. I hope you look forward to retirement as much as I do. I can only image how giddy you must be knowing it is only a few months away.

Tom, I have one of the Wright Track AC&Y cabooses that was recently released. Technically, it was an early Christmas present from my wife so the roster list won't be updated until after Dec 25. My focus is on getting the layout built. It will be years yet before the first piece of rolling stock is b...

Tom, I will be on the lookout for #805. Nice to see a manufacturer release another AC&Y car. I have had no trouble finding the earlier Kadee AC&Y cars NIB on eBay. I have built up quite a collection of them through that channel although they typically command top dollar. http://www.lkorailroad.com/r...

All the sub-roadbed on the upper deck is complete. Beginning the process of filling the voids with 2" foam sheet. Also built my prototype Tortoise control circuit. All the details and a ton of pics at http://www.lkorailroad.com 100_5600.jpg 100_5716.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v5H84xmlpM <i...