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FM C-Liners and "B" unit modelling

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:25 AM
Some things in the busness world never make sense!
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:25 AM
Some of us geezers remember that for a brief time in HO, AHM actually imported a C-liner B unit! And for some reason it had more accurate FM trucks than the A units! Go figure.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:35 AM
Ironicly I just read April, 99 edition of Model Railroader pages 76-79. 'Building a C-liner in HO scale' It was on the CN, and yes in HO.. but there is good how to photos!!

Good Luck!!
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Posted by MikeyChris on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:59 PM
I model the Canadian NAtional in HO scale and they had a couple versions of the B units. You really have to have photos of the unit you want to model because there are some differences between them, even on the same railroad. For example, before the Life-Like Proto 1K C-Liners were available, I kitbashed a B Unit from two AHM/Rivarossi A units. I went to great care to NOT end up with that small triangular window behind the cab side window - only to find out that at least one of the CN B units actually did have that triangular shaped window (and some didn't). Also, some CN C-Liners have four fans on the roof, others only three. Try looking in the Model Railroader Magazine index for listings of photos that appeared in magazines. There have been a couple really good books published on C-Liners as well. I will try to look up the titles and post them here.
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FM C-Liners and "B" unit modelling
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 21, 2003 12:34 PM
I model in N scale, and recently purchased several Atlas/Rivarossi FM C-liners. What did the "B" unit look like? Any photos or diagrams would be greatly appreciated.

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