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Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I asked my wife and she is definitely interested. I wasn't able to figure out how to PM you, but my email is morpar55@hotmail.com. Now I have to start looking for a locomotive....
Good Luck, Morpar
MorparI am in the planning and basement prep stages of building a layout, and I am slowly but surely getting my wife involved. She loves the color purple, and as a result we have a new BLI ACL SW7 waiting for us at home. So now that I have her a purple locomotive I need to try and come up with purple and/or pink freight cars. Obviously I can freelance something, but any suggestions on more prototypical stuff out there?
I might still have most of the cars, though I think the locos are gone now. If you're interested, PM me (if you can. If not, post here).
Mark P.
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Bath & Hammondsport had "wine" colored boxcars.
Wisconsin & Southern did a cancer awareness boxcar in pink.
Models have been produced of both.
I don't have a Charger, and my Challenger is yellow! I almost went with Plum Crazy, but it wasn't available on a Shaker when I ordered the car.
Detroit Toledo & Ironton had some hi-cube boxcars in a shade of purple.
https://www.ebay.com/p/18039221280?iid=133991412429
A couple of manufacturers have made express reefer cars in a sort of wine-red/purple lettered for Chateau Martin wines:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224225377873?hash=item3434dfbe51:g:WxAAAOSwSNhfmal1
ACL had some express reefers in the passenger paint scheme:
https://highcountryhobbies.com/atlas-ho-20001974-atlantic-coast-line-acf-rea-express-reefer-3049/
JaBearNo, you not imagining it, Kevin.
Thank Bear!
That was bothering me. I knew I had seen the car in purple somewhere.
That is the one I am remembering.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I have a purplr covered hopper. It is for a private company hauling plastic pelets. Could always make a fleet of private owners cars.
Shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
MorparIt may not be prototypical, but it seems close enough for her!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
It may not be prototypical, but it seems close enough for her! And I recall there was a Paint Shop article WAY back on how to model these CofG cars too, so decals may still be available. Will have to do a little more looking around.
SeeYou190My quick search did not find them... am I imagining this? -Kevin
SeeYou190My quick search did not find them... am I imagining this?
My understanding was that they were a black car with aluminum oval:
CofG_LION by Edmund, on Flickr
And they were easy prey for LIONS.
Regards, Ed
I thought CENTRAL OF GEORGIA had some purple freight cars with silver ovals.
My quick search did not find them... am I imagining this?
Even a lowly scrap gon can be pretty in pink:
EAMX 5020 by Troy Snead, on Flickr
More pink:
Bubblegum? by ColoradoRailfan, on Flickr
Maybe Powder-puff Blue?
Freshly Repainted RI 630265 by Ken Carlson, on Flickr
These hoppers started out in pink but faded pretty quickly to an off-white:
Klemme Coop Grain by Jason Reese, on Flickr
Albion, NY by Paige Miller, on Flickr
Good Luck, Ed
If you Google image purple freight cars and/or purple shipping containers I bet some ideas will come forth.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I am in the planning and basement prep stages of building a layout, and I am slowly but surely getting my wife involved. She loves the color purple, and as a result we have a new BLI ACL SW7 waiting for us at home. So now that I have her a purple locomotive I need to try and come up with purple and/or pink freight cars. Obviously I can freelance something, but any suggestions on more prototypical stuff out there?