A little early here. I guess I am adjusting to Standard Time. We finally go off Daylight Savings time in the USA this weekend. Here is an N scale project that I have been working on for the last week. A "fish belly" baggage & express car made from etched sides.
That baggage car came together nicely. Those brass sides are really a great kitbasher asset. It would be more difficult to construct such a car without them. Here is my car this week. An ACY boxcar. I found an Accurail in H0 scale but I couldn't find this paint scheme in N scale.
My work this last week was pretty lean. All I have to show for it is these three cars. Model Power Granite Rock hopper Life-Like Campbell's Beans hopper Tyco 'Old Dutch Cleanser' reefer
Russell, I am an increasingly big fan of the Santa Fe, so I appreciate your work there. Thanks for posting your image of a fine completion. I show a USRA Yard Switcher on the move through Seneca Yard.
Russell, love this car!...would this car have lasted into the mid-to-late 50's?...seen on a Fast mail express or Grand Canyon? Bruce
October, 1944. Espee's "Gold Coast" has been detoured west over the Yuba River Sub due to a derailment on the Donner Pass line. She's being pulled by AC-8 #4191. The loco is an old Max Gray import from the 1960's that has been extensively re-worked, the train is a mix of Branchline, Walthers and Roundhouse cars. The "Gold Coast" was often referred to as the "Cold Roast" by the military personnel who made up the bulk of its passengers during WWII. Tom
I thought it would be a humorous point to have the 'Old Dutch Cleanser' billboard be one of the dirtiest cars in the fleet. Tyco started offering this car in 1978. I have two more 'Old Dutch Cleanser' cars I'm working on, both covered hoppers. One of Tyco's better offerings, it was offered from 1974 to 1977..
No modeling for me, just a trip to Germany's Black Forest for the weekend. While the wife was at a conference, the boys and I scoped out rail action at Weil Am Rhein, right at the Swiss border:
Sorry I did not respond right away, I was away for a few weeks on vacation. Yes, these cars lasted into the 1960's and many of them longer in MOW service. So, they were right at home in the late 50's on any Santa Fe train that still ran heavyweight head end cars.
