Route66 Sorry about that, it was on my end, I typed in the wrong addy for both sites, I went back in and fixed both links, both should now work, thanx EMD Trainman
EMD Trainmans Ebay G scale Auction Hi, I will be selling off a few items in the next few days. I already have a USA Trains SD-70MAC on auction now at Ebay. I will be down sizing my railroad a bit more. I have 4 seperate tracks and the space I need just isn't working for me and want to go back to just 3 main line tracks again. The 4th track was just basiclly a trolley track. I will be selling off Aristocraft track as a huge lot, mainly curves and a couple of switches since I will be using the straights for a new 2nd train shelf handling system I want to build, I ran out of room on the 1st one I built. I will also be selling a Bachman trolley and a Bridgewerks UR-15 transformer. You can search me a s a seller on ebay under the handle dakman98rt. The direct link to ebay is >>> www.ebay.com You must register to purchase items there, but registration is free. I have attached a few pictures of my first train shelf handling system which can only handle half of my collection.
EMD Trainmans Most wanted USA Train List Hi, I'm putting out a all points bulletin for those hard to find USA Trains MOW Rio Grande items I need to complete my collection. Here is a complete list of what I need with the USA part numbers. R1822 Work Flat with load car in Rio Grande R1882 Wheel Car in Rio Grande >> now retired R1812 Rail and Tie in Rio Grande R1892 Truck car in Rio Grande >> now retired I will accept good used models as long as they have not been weathered, heavily modified and have their original boxes, any info leading to me finding these items will be helpful, thanx. Note: I attached a USA train catalog page picture from 1998 for reference
I got around to reading your reviews. Don't get on this board much. The USA engines are real power hogs! I have five GP's, and I put a amp meter on one and it drew 2 amps on a light engine. I can couple two together and get about one hour on a battery. The LGB F units I have I run a A-B-A and get two hours run time on the same battery.
Trains, Hi, yes you are right, the USA locmotives do not make a good battery DCC operation due to they do draw alot of amps. USA fixed this problem on the SD-70MAC locomotives as they have better quality windings in the motors so amperage draw on those is lower even though the SD-70MAC has 4 motors compared to 2 motors on the USA GP locomotives. USA locomotives are better suited with a powerful track transformer power, especially running in a double or triple header operation. I myself own 2 USA GP-9 locomotives and 2 GP-30 locomotives and can run them together on a Bridgewerks transformer with no problem, but could never do that on battery DCC. I also run a USA F3 ABBA locomotives together and thats about all my Bridgewerks can handle even though it has 15 amps and 24 volts suppling the track. For those wanting to run USA multiple locomotives I highly recommend the Bridgewerks Magnum DL-1000 15 amp 24volt transformer or the Bridgewerks Magnum 25 TDR which is a 25 amp 24 volt trasnformer Both transformers are fully radio controlled units. Thanx for your comments and taking the time to write me. P.S. you can check the specs and other Bridgewerks transformers at >>>>>>>>> www.bridgewerks.com They have the best transformer warranty on the market.
My USA trains rare find Route 66 has inspired me to write about my rare USA trains find. Sometimes they are put into a corner and forgotten about, but then it's found and put out with the rest of the current production trains, even though it's new, it still is old and out of production. I'm talking about finding that rare uncataloged USA trains piece that was never used and now suddenly you see it. I watch estate sales and such because you have to wonder what happens to these trains when a collector dies, Are they sold? Are they passed down? Are they just thrown away? Sometimes when a collector dies, the living family members just don't know anything about the train collection on hand. One day I saw a very rare USA trains car that has been out of production for years. As a matter of fact it was made before USA trains even came to be, it was originally made by Charles RO who eventually became USA trains. This was one of the first productions Charles RO pre-USA trains era cars. I found a Charlse RO brand new never opened Flat car with a log load. Charlse RO himself sent out employees into the woods to cut real wood from trees to make this particular car. This was from a estate sale ad the person selling it had info from a hobby shop on what these trains were, most of them was LGB except this one. The asking price was $100, I didn't argue and paid it. There was only one other one I ever saw and it went on ebay for $200 and have not seen another since. I posted a picture for all to enjoy. I believe in runnng things and not just putting it on a shelf, so it does get run occasionally and carefully.
USA GP30 #3014 & #3017 history I own 2 USA GP-30 locomotives, #3014 and #3017. USA trains now uses research to find real road numbers so now you can take you G scale adventure even further and find out the history on your locomotives. I will start off with my USA GP-30 locomotive #3014. Rio Grande bought the GP-30 #3014 new from EMD in 1963. Locomotive #3014 was in a terrible wreck in Crater, Colorado in 1968 and was rebuilt by EMD and when it was repainted, it recieved the big Rio Grande lgo on it. Rio Grande sold #3014 to Cimarron Valley Railroad where is still runs the rails today under a new coat of blue paint, but the original #3014 was still kept. Rio Grande GP-30 #3017 was also bought new in 1963 by Rio Grande, but wasn't so lucky. It was sold for scrap in 1996 Picture #1 is my Rio Grande GP-30 #3014 and #3017 lashed together at a siding Picture #2 is a closer view of my GP-30 #3017 Picture #3 is a closer picture of my GP-30 #3014 Picture #4 deleted Picture #5 deleted
Crunching multiple numbers with USA trains Hi, Everyone has their own idea of what a railroad should be and how it should operate. I look at many railroad sets and operations at the train shows. Some just run a mixed freight with mixed locomotives pulling it, or some just run a passenger service. It' amazes me how different each layout and set up can be, although alot of them simliar, none really the same. I myself run "dedicated type trains", that means my trains are not mixed freight and only have certain types freight fro each train I run. For example, My new Heritage series SD-70MAC which is also hooked up to another USA trains Rio Grande SD-70MAC running as a double header pulls a string of 55ft center flow hopper cars and 55ft modern tank cars, thats it. Sometimes dedicated trains get even more extreme, only pulling just tank cars or just center flow hopper cars. Thanx to USA using making trains with mulitple road numbers, a person like me who runs dedicated trains can run a string of the same road name rail cars. In the early 2000, USA trains started producing mutiple road numbers on trains, starting withe the locomotives of course. then they moved on to freight cars starting with the single dome tank car (Not to be confused with the 55ft tank car) and the 70 ton coal hopper. At this time they were making up to 6 different road numbers on some of the more popular items such as the 70 ton hopper car. I bought all 6 road numbers at the time. Today I'm glad that I did, USA has cut back some time ago down to only 4 multiple road numbers for the more popular road names and rail cars. I have 2 Rio Grande 70 ton hopper cars in road numbers that USA no longer makes, making them very rare. Now they have even made multiple road number on the cabooses so you can run 2 trains and actually have 2 different cabooses. On another note: For those also interested in running dedicated trains, here is a list of dedicated trains I run below V. Train #1 USA 55ft centerflow hopper cars (9) & 55ft modern tank cars (9) pulled by 2 USA trains SD-70MACS Train #2 USA 50ft reefer cars (9) & 50ft box cars (6) pulled by 3 USA trains SD40-2 locos Train #3 USA 70 ton hopper cars (12) with coal load pulled by 2 USA trains GP-9 Train #4 USA 40ft box cars (6) & USA single dome tanks (9) pulled by USA trains F3 ABBA lash up (4 locomotives) Trains #5 Dedicated to flat service, this train only pulls flat type cars, this was inspired by me when reading a article in Garden Railways called "Dedicated Flat service" There are 11 flat type cars and will be adding 2 more this year, they are pulled by 2 USA trains GP-30 locos Train #6 Dedicated MOW train, there is only MOW type rail cars on this train, all which are USA, so far I only been able to collect 8, I'm looking for 4 more, but real rare, this is pulled ny a USA trains NW-2 Cow and Calf loco.
How to pick that right tarnsformer for your layout Hi, To avoid costly mistakes like me, I will go over what to look for when shopping for a tarsnformer if you choose track power. First you have to know your locomotives requirements, lets take USA locomotives for example, they love the power and use alot of it. So for example you could get away using just a 10 amp power supply for 1 locomotive. Know the secifications on the transformer you are shopping for, some just rate their transformers in amps, but you have to know volts and amperage go hand in hand so for instance a transfomer may have 10 amps but only 12 volts to back up the amperage. Volts is defined as a potential difference across a conductor when a current of 1 amp disipates into 1 watt of power. Next you have to know what kind of trains you want to pull, how heavy they are and how many you want to pull. The reason I say this part is because for example, you go out and buy a Ford Ranger pickup truck and then later to decide to buy a 28ft travel trailer, there is no way this combination would work, even if you tried, the vehicle wouldn't last long. There is a pulling force needed to run your trains, pretty much like there is torque needed to pull with your pick up truck and NOT horsepower. The pulling force in the G scale train world is measures in ounces. Electric locomotives uses amperage to pull with and each locomotive will max out at a certain amperage and with a load applied, the locomotive will reach it's max amperage fast. Just like you need horsepower to back up the torque in your pickup for pulling, you need volts to back up the amps in your locomotive. The higher the transformer voltage, the less sooner is runs out of max amps allowing you to pull more. You also need to know the specifications of the max voltage your locomotive is safely allowed to run on. To measure the pulling force of any train, use a spring loaded ounce scale. For example, it takes 10 amps for my 3 USA GP40-2 locomotives to pull 17 50ft reefer cars & 50ft box cars which are real heavy to go at a decent rate of speed, if this transformer was anything less than a 24 volt systems it would burn out or I would not to be able to go very fast. USA locomotives are safe to run on up to 24 volts which is considered high voltage in the train world since most people only run up to 12 volts. I myself run Bridgewerks 24 volt transformers which limit me to what accessories such as lights and sounds I can run on my locomotives. My transformers are all 15 amps, Bridgewerks makes a 20 amp transformer now, but it's not 100% radio controlled like mine, it's limited to just stop and go radio controls due to it's high amperage. Shopping for transformers, check out Bridgewerks > www.bridgewerks.com
History on the USA #100 Rio Grande NW-2 Rio Grande only had 1 EMD NW-2 switcher in which they bought new in 1941. The switcher was originally numbered #7000 when put in service but was later renumbered to #100 in September 1941. I'm not sure why Rio Grande only bought 1 EMD NW-2 switcher, I can only guess maybe some they weren't happy with them since they mainly Alco switchers from 1941 to 1964 before going back to EMD and started buying the SW-1200. Rio Grande sold the #100 NW-2 to Great Lakes Steel factory in 1968. Then it was sold again at a unknown time period to the East Camden and Highland Railroad where they invested alot of TLC, repainted it in a orange and white paint scheme, then it was renumbered to #62. It still resides there today as far as I know along with 3 other switcher locomotives.The railroad provides what they call a "Each" storage and switching service. Rio Grande never really owned a NW-2 calf locomotive. I use my USA NW-2 and a calf unit to pull my work train, I use the calf because the NW-2 by itself won't do the job, the train is too heavy for just the 1 locomotive. Picture #3 is my USA NW-2 Rio Grande #100 and the calf unit Picture #1 deleted Picture #2 deleted
I'll set you straight on one little detail. 1:22.5 is the Official G scale ratio. 1:20.3 is not G scale; it is known as F scale! If you saw standard gauge F Scale trains, you'd know it! They're Huge compared to even 1:22.5 and especially 1:32!! They are all No. 1 Guage, but the scale is a much different beast!
USA history SD40-2 Rio Grande 5378,5379 & 5380 The EMD SD40-2 locomotives were Rio Grande's biggest success story, especially after they were retrofited with turbos, thus given them the true model designation of SD40-2T. They were also better known and nick named "tunnel motors". I own 3 USA SD40-2 Rio Grande locomotives and run them as a triple header, #5378, #5379 and #5380. USA was suppose to produce 2 more numbers later on, #5381 and #5382, but that never happened. Lets take a look at the history of the real locomotives in the numbers I have. Rio Grande bought EMD SD40-2 #5378 new in 1977, it was later repainted to Southern Pacific paint scheme after the Southern Pacific merger. In 2002 is was repainted again to Union Pacific colors as Union Pacific bought Rio Grande in 1988. Then it was renumbered to #8577. It was the repainted again to Western Pacific paint scheme in February 2007. By March 2007 is was to worn out for repairs and the engine was removed to become a gen set. Rio Grande SD40-2 #5379 was also bought new in 1977, in 1999 it was repainted to Union Pacific paint scheme and was renumbered to #4063. Then it was renumbered again to #8635 in 2000. In January 2004 it was sold to GECX railroad who kept the #8635. It was resold again in a uknown time period to HLCX Railroad who then renumbered it to #6145, It still resides with that railroad as far as I know. Rio Grande SD40-2 #5380 was bought new in 1977. It was repainted to Southern Pacific paint scheme after the merger, but the original number was kept. In 1999, it was repaint to Union Pacific colors and renumbered ro #4064, then it was runumbered again to #8634 in 2000. It was sold to HLCX railroad and renumbered to #6146 where it still resides today as far as I know. HLCX stands for Helm Leasing Company. GECX stands for GE Transportaion systems. Picture #1 My USA Rio Grande SD40-2 #5378 Picture #2 My USA Rio Grande SD40-2 #5379 Picture #3 My USA Rio Grande SD40-2 #5380 Picture #4 deleted Picture #5 deleted Special Note: Rio Grande bought the EMD SD40-2T locomotives starting from 1974 with #5341 all the way to 1980 ending with #5413, making this model the biggest purchase in Rio Grandes history with a whopping 74 EMD SD40-2T locomotives bought in 6 years.
Benny Thank you vey much for that info, I have to admit I have not seen any F scale trains nor do I know much about them. But if you research Bachmans web site they are advertising 1:20.3 scale ratio cars as large scale narrow gauge, you can see for yourself at www.bachmanntrains.com I just assumed it was G scale.I try to research things before putting them in my blog, but sometimes I do over look things. Thanx for taking the time to read my articles. Is there a site maybe were I could read up on F scale? I really didn't even know F scale existed until about 2 months ago when I seen a ad in Garden railways with a heading "what is F scale". I wonder why Garden Scale Railways never covered F scale in their magazine unless when they talk about the 1:20.3 scale ratio they just leave out the fact that scale is considered to be F scale. I'm just a curious person. I also like bigger trains, I think my next move when I retire, I'll buy the ride on trains, they are neat. I also don't see any F scale trains advertised in that magazine unless they are all custom made and not commercially available since how Garden Railways is suppose to be a "large" scale railroad magazine. My being the curious person I went to Accucrafts offical website to see how they list thier 1:20.3 scale ratio products and was suprised. They do advertise 1:20.3 scale ratio as a "FN" scale and 1:32 as gauge 1 then 1:24 as 1/2 scale. I did not see what they were calling their 1:29 scale ratio that the AMS division is making. I then paid a visit to Custom Model Products who specializes in 1:20.3 scale, they just advertise their 1:20.3 scale as 45 mm narrow gauge and 1:32 scale ratio as their 45 mm standard gauge. I then looked up Rich Yoder Models another brass manufacturer of 1:20.3 models and they also list their models like Bachman does, just as a large scale. So I can see why I never knew about F scale, if manufacturers don't advertise them as a F scale how would anyone know? I looked at a Accucraft advertisement for their 1:20.3 products and that is how they are advertised, by their scale ratio of 1:20.3 and 45mm gauge, not by the scale of "FN" in Garden Railways Magazine until you visit the official site. These are just a couple of 1:20.3 scale ratio manufacturers I did have time to research on. So I did learn more about how common the phrase " Gauge 1" or "45mm" gauge can be, it covers alot of different types and scale ratio models, then even a total different scale altogether.
These designations have taken time to get in place. Its a manner of the train coming before the designation!! Bachmann products are in true sense Fn3' or Fn36," just like HOn3 is to HO. nobody I know of makes standardguage F!! Now I did discover two things today myself. In reading a back issue of Model Railroader, I came across an advertisement for I do believe Marklin advertising the new I scale. What ratio is it? 1:32! Somewhere I even ran across a mention of 1:29 being proprietary to one company. Anyhow, concerning Bachmann; in the early big hualler days, they produced 1:20.3 engines, but the rest of their stuff was smaller in scale, perhaps 1:24 or even smaller. Today Bachmann is producing faithful 1:20.3 models, proper Fn3 models, and they are putting out a lot of nice stuff. If I was running F, I would have no problems running smaller locomotives and such because that is the nature of narroguage - unless they were specific prototypes of things like diesels. Steam locomotives have the advantage that every one of them looks about the same even when they are diferent sizes!! The best way to remember it is that "guage' refers Only to the width of the tracks. This is either in Millimeters for the model width or in feet/inches/meters if it is the full size version. 'Standard guage' is 56.5"; anything below that, in american practice, has an "N" after the scale letter designation and a w for wider then standard guage. Scale refers only to the real proporiton of the model to the real world prototype. The Garden scales are interesting because they essentially kept the guage the same and tried to call the Guage G, when it is No.1 instead. You can have No. 1 guage with HO scale models, it would simply look rather funny - it would be HOw20' or something like that!! There is a lot of material about this stuff on wikipedia around the world under a number of entries. have fun!!
Some Charles RO reefer and box car info Below is a list of Charles RO (Early pre-USA Trains) woodside Reefer cars and woodside box cars complete with a name and part number. It's not a complete list by any means, but it's a start. Reefer Car List _____________________________________________________________________ R1699 Illinois Central R1695 Morrels" Refrigerator Line R1694 Borden's Milk R1693 Armour Pcking Company / Kansas City R1692 Carnation Wheat / Union Refrigerator Transit R1688 Phoenix Cheese / Union Refrigerator Transit R1685 Wilson & Company R1683 Nordic / Safety Refrigerator R1682 REA / Union Pacific R1680 Pcific Co-Op / Northern Refrigerator Car R1679 Santa Fe Route R1678 G.H. Hammond / Dressed Beef / Hogs / Sheep R1677 Cudahy's Ham - Bacon - Lamb / Northern Refrigerator Car R1675 Zimmermans Poultry - Fruit - Beef - Game fish - oysters R1674 Kraft cheese / Northern Refrigerator car R1673 Swift Bacon / Kansas City dressed beef line Outside Braced woodside box cars ________________________________________________________________________ R1436 Virginian R1435 Reading R1434 Western Maryland R1430 The Rock R1429 Colorado & Southern in 4 road numbers R1427 Rio Grande R1428 Rio Grande R1426 Grand Trunk Western R1425 Sandy River #14 R1424 Sandy River #12 R1423 Frisco R1420 Nickel Plate R1419 Dixie Line R1417 Pennsylvania R1416 CB&Q R1415 American Transit R1413 New York Central R1400 Chicago & Northe Western Here is a very short list of RO Trains Piggybacks ________________________________________________________________________ R1799 Quaker Oats R1798 Bakers Chocolate R1797 Santa Fe R1796 Any Boy R1793 Bud of California R1791 Clipper R1790 Dixie Ohio Express R1789 New York Central R1787 Carolina > very rare R1786 Valvoline Oil R1785 Union Ice Company R1780 Copper Jarrett R1778 Illinois Central R1762 White Pass > very rare This completes my list of Charles RO made trains I have so far.
History on USA Rio Grande SD-70 #5508 & Heritage Hi, today we are going to research some history. I own a Heritage Series USA SD-70MAC locomotive in the Heritage series and a SD-70MAC in the regular Rio Grande paint scheme also from USA Trains. Looking at Rio Grandes history first you will know they they never really bought any SD-70MACS because Rio Grande was bought by Union Pacific in 1988 and was in long financial troubles before then, hidering the purchase of much needed locomotives to replace those wore out SD40-2 Locomotives. The newest EMD SD model that Rio Grande owned was the SD-50. So USA Trains made a compromise and used the locomotive numbers from Rio Grande SD-50 roster to put on their SD-70MACS. I own a USA SD-70MAC Rio Grande #5508. In real life Rio Grande #5508 was a EMD SD-50 Bought new in 1984. By August 2001 it was repainted to the Union Pacific colors after the buy out and re-numbered to #9852. In June of 2007 Union Pacific retired the locomotive, unknown if it was sold for scrap or sold to a leasing company such as HLCX My Rio Grande Heritage series #1989 is also a USA SD-70MAC. In real life the Rio Grande Heritage series was actually a SD-70ACe. Union Pacific painted this in what they called a heritage paint shceme and numbered it for the year it was painted and commmorated. Picture #1 Is my USA SD-70MAC with Rio Grande SD-50 number 5508 Picture #2 Is my USA SD-70MAC in the Rio Grande Heritage series Picture #3 Is My USA SD-70MAC and Heritage Series lashed up on a dedicated 55ft hopper and 55ft tank car train all of which are USA trains too. NOTE: The Heritage series has now taken over the most popular train to be requested over my USA F3 ABBA, giving my F3 ABBA much needed rest and time for replacing some over due worn parts. My USA F3 ABBA ran about 8 hours a weekend since 2000 Picture #4 deleted Picture #5 deleted Special Note: All in all USA did a great job on both units even though Rio Grande never had thos type equipment, it's close enough for me.
List of USA trains woodside Reefers Todays economy is in shambles which means manufacturers will be cutting production back harder and harder, especially in the non essentials market such as hobbies. USA trains is no different, here is a list of USA trains woodside reefer cars, some in short supply, some no longer produced and you will see that in the missing numerical stock numbers on this list. Please note, this is not a list of old Charles RO trains. Notice how the stock numbers jump between each other. Starting with stock number R16001 and so far the last stock number is R16337. That means USA has built 340 different paint schemed woodside reefer cars to date, see how many of these stock numbers are missing? Note: the first 2 reefer cars have the old Charles RO numbers, just like the work train series, USA decided to carry these over and keep producing them under the same number. Anything in blue is a hyperlink and you can click on it to view a picture. R1654 Gerber Girl - Pink/White I.S.$67.00R1655 Gerber Boy - Blue/White I.S.67.00CUSTOMIZE GERBER CARS WITH NAME, BIRTH DATE, WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF BABY (Additional Charge)R16068 Lighthouse Soap - Yellow with Blinking Lights in Lighthouse Ltd. Qty. B.O.77.00 R16195 Interstate Engine & Tractor Co. - White/Turquoise Ltd. Qty. B.O.67.00 R16203 Skellig Finest Irish Cheese - Cream/Green B.O.67.00 R16204A Alaska Railroad (9006, 9007) - Orange/Silver I.S.67.00 R16204B Alaska Railroad (9159, 9160) - Tuscan/Silver I.S.67.00 R16204C Alaska Railroad (9284, 9285) - Blue/Silver I.S.67.00 R16204D Alaska Railroad (9563, 9564) - Red/Silver I.S.67.00 R16208 Peerbolte Onion Sets - Reefer Orange/Tuscan B.O.67.00 R16211 Fruit Growers - Orange/Silver B.O.67.00 R16214 B&O - Blue/Silver B.O.67.00 R16215 R16219 REA/New Haven - Green/Black I.S. Furniture & Buggy Dark Green I.S.67.0067.00 R16220 Jelke/Good Luck - Reefer Yellow/Red/Silver I.S.67.00 R16221 Alaska Salmon - Red/Black I.S.67.00 R16224Universal Tractor I.S.67.00 R16225MKT - Maroon/Red B.O.67.00 R16231 Squirt Soda - Cream/Black/Green B.O.67.00 R16233 R16234 R16236 Dairy & Fruit Express - Orange/Black/Silver I.S. RENKEN'S MILK & CREAM I.S. POLAR GINGER ALE GOLD/BLUE I.S 67.00 67.00 67.00 R16240 Kelly Springfield ( Truck Car) - Light Green/Tuscan B.O.67.00 R16241 Quaker Oats Cereal Bars - Red/Blue I.S.67.00 R16243 Waterloo Boy - Green/Silver I.S.67.00 R16244 Maccar Truck Co. - Lt. Gray/Black/SilverI.S.67.00 R16245 Autocar Co. - Cream/Black I.S.67.00 R16249Blitz Weinhard Brewing Co. - White/Red/Gold B.O.67.00 R16254 Seaworld NGRC Convention Car - White/Blue B.O.67.00 R16255 Whitings - Green/Black I.S.67.00 R16256 Southern Star - Yellow/Red I.S.67.00 R16257 R16260 Union Pacific Overland - Yellow/Black I.S.ERIE/RAILBENDR ALE-YLW/SILVER I.S 67.00 67.00 R16261 Del Monte - Green B.O.67.00 R16262 Sezoens - Silver I.S.67.00 R16264 Puntigamer-Marzen Bier - Blue I.S.67.00 R16266 Cerveza-Aguila - Yellow B.O.67.00 R16267 Peroni Birra - - Silver/Red/Gold I.S.67.00 R16268 ACL/REA - - Green/Black I.S.67.00 R16274 Rose Of Maine Apples - White/Green I.S.67.00 R16275 Hatchet Brand Sugar Corn - White/Black I.S.67.00 R16277 OBC Brewing -Gray/Black I.S.67.00 R16278 Rio Grande - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16279 Samuel Adams - White/Brown I.S.67.00 R16280 Straub Beer - White/Red I.S.67.00 R16281 Progresso Soup - Two Tone Blue I.S.67.00 R16282 NYC/REA - Green/Black I.S.67.00 R16283 Northern Pacific - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16285 Salvador´s Margarita - Cream/Green/Gold I.S.67.00 R16286 Mountain Valley Spring Water - Green I.S.67.00 R16287 Quinn´s Irish Style Ale - Yellow/Lt.Green B.O.67.00 R16289North Western - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16291Murphy´s Irish Stout - Yellow/Brown I.S.67.00R16292 Armour Refrigeration Line - Orange/Brown I.S. 67.00 R16293 California Fruit Express - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16294 Western Fruit Exp./GN - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16295 PFE/UP - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16296 Western Pacific - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16297 Steinlager - White/Gold I.S.67.00 R16298 Goodell CA Fruit Line - Yellow/Boxcar Red I.S.67.00 R16299ATSF Despatch - Yellow/Boxcar Red I.S.67.00 R16300 PFE SP/UP - Light Orange/Red Oxide I.S.67.00 R16301 PFE SP - Light Orange/Red Oxide I.S. 67.00 R16302 Northern Refrigerator Car Co. - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16303 D&RGW - Orange/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16304 Evansville Packing Co. - Yellow/BC Red I.S.67.00 R16305 Hofbrau Munchen -White/Blue I.S. 67.00 R16306 Sun Giant - Green/Blue I.S. 67.00 R16307 Swift - Yellow/Brown I.S.67.00 R16308 Screaming Lobster - Blue/White/Silver I.S. 67.00 R16309 Alaska Brewing Amber Beer - Tan/Green I.S.67.00 R16310 Decker Ref. Line - Yellow/Box Car Red I.S.67.00 R16311 Empire Builder Apples - Light Blue I.S.67.00 R16312 Harding Cheese - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16313Wisconsin Cheese - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16314 URT/Soo Line - Orange/Silver I.S.67.00 R16315 Lakeshire Cheese - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16316 URT/Minneapolis St. Louis RR - Orange/Silver I.S.67.00 R16317 N. Dorman & Co. Cheese I.S.67.00 R16318 Clipper Ship Apples - Red/Blue I.S.67.00 R16319 Crest Washington Pears - Blue I.S.67.00 R16320 Blue Bird Pears - Blue I.S. 67.00 R16321 Royal Crest Apples - Red/Silver I.S.67.00 R16322 USA Trains "Add A Little Magic" - Blue I.S.67.00 R16323 Express Salmon - Red/Silver I.S.67.00 R16324 NW Reefer Line/Twin Brand Fruit Co. - Yellow/Silver I.S.67.00 R16325 Goehring Grapes - Cream/Blue I.S.67.00 R16326Santa Maria Vegetables - Two-Tone Orange/Silver I.S.67.00 R16327 Hanover Cranberries - Tan/Silver I.S.67.00 R16328 Jipco Pumpkins - Cream/Blue I.S.67.00 R16329 Alaska Brewing Bitter Ale - Green/Silver I.S.67.00 R16330 Geary's Ale - Black/Red I.S.67.00 R16331 Limoneira Lemons - Red/Blue I.S.67.00 R16332 Tiger Head Ale - Green/Silver I.S.67.00 R16333 BN/Red Rose Tomatoes - White/Blue I.S.70.00 R16334 Wagner's Peas - White/Green I.S.70.00R 16335 Templar Peas - White/Blue I.S.70.00 R16336 Delta Corn - White/Blue I.S.70.00 R16337 Primrose Sugar Corn - Light Blue/Dark Blue I.S.70.00
EMD trainmans most wanted list FOUND!!!!!! HI, I'm excited to say I found 3 out of 4 trains from my EMD trainmans most wanted USA trains list in one of my past posts. I found USA Trains "work train series" part #R1822 Rio Grande work flat car, R1882 Rio Grande wheel car and R1892 Rio Grande truck car. I'm still looking for the Rio Grande USA Rail and tie car. this was an exciting find since how I explained that USA Trains is making the "work train series" in the MOW road name only now and all others have been discontinued. Where did I find these you might ask? From none other than my own source, Charles RO, he still had some of these old discontinued USA Trains laying around. I gave it a shot and looked on his site thinking maybe he still had some of these new just sitting and collecting dust and sure enough. Charles RO is mainly real big into Lionel trains for those O scalers who like to read my threads. You can visit Charles RO here at www.charlesro.com I hear he has a great Lionel O scale set up in the show room Picture #1 shows my find, I can't wait to put them in action
EMD trainman hits 4000 mark Hi, I would like to take the time out to thank everyone who read my threads in this section. I'm glad to see my section has now over 4,000 views, quite honestly I never thought I would get that many. I'm glad to see that trains are still an interesting subject in this world of "HI-TECH" copmuters and games. I will go on to report updates, news and whats new on my Railroad.
