HO-VeloMore open top hoppers please, regards, Peter
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STRATTON AND GILLETTE open top hopper cars loaded with coal.
Show me another car without a top. Gondola, flat, hopper, whatever.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Show me another car without a top. Gondola, flat, hopper, whatever.
A couple of open-top cars are being unloaded with the big electro-magnet:
IMG_7309 by Edmund, on Flickr
More open-top cars, please.
BAR rebuilt a number of old 40' boxcars for wood chip service. Eastern Maine Model RR Club kitbashed and painted a bunch of Athearn boxcars to match the prototype as a fund raising project.
Show me more open tops
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
G PaineBAR rebuilt a number of old 40' boxcars for wood chip service.
George: Those are great open-top cars. I don't remember seeing a model of a freight car like those.
G PaineShow me more open tops
It looks like this large gondola from MACKOWIAK STEEL is toting quite a heavy load.
Show me a freight car with a slogan on it.
SeeYou190... Show me a freight car with a slogan on it.
I had a lot of boxcars and reefers wearing this herald and slogan, but thought it to be too modern-looking when I back-dated my layout to a late '30s-era...
Wayne
I know that slogan-bearing freight cars are very popular, so please show us some more of them.
doctorwayneI know that slogan-bearing freight cars are very popular, so please show us some more of them.
From the heady days of the interurban lines:
IMG_5463_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_5465 by Edmund, on Flickr
I've read where shippers shy away from having any identifying marks on their cars these days because of the negative effect in the public eye when these cars are shown in the media after being involved in wrecks and environmental disasters.
A sad reality.
Please show more cars with slogans.
gmpullman From the heady days of the interurban lines: IMG_5463_fix by Edmund, on Flickr IMG_5465 by Edmund, on Flickr
Ed, is that the old interurban line that ran from Grand Rapids to Holland Mi (but not Chicago?)? I think I know where the old line used to be, in Wyoming Mi, just west of GR is a diagonal street in an area where all the other streets are horizontal or vertical, and I’ve heard that’s the old inter urban... I just had to comment that I think I may know this obscure little line, though not by name until now!
I don’t have another picture of cars with a slogan, saddly, but perhaps someone else does...
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
SPSOT fanI don’t have another picture of cars with a slogan, saddly, but perhaps someone else does..
I have one Isaac! We will keep rolling along.
gmpullman Please show more cars with slogans.
The NICKLE PLATE was very proud of their "High Speed Service".
This scene is on Mr. Muffin's Train Layout in Atlanta, Indiana.
Show me another slogan, credo, or motto.
Here's one...
More slogan-bearing cars, please.
SeeYou190Those are great open-top cars. I don't remember seeing a model of a freight car like those.
The club did a kitbash based on Athearn BB 40' boxcar. They plugged the doors and extended the top with styrene. Then painted and added custom decals.
SPSOT fanEd, is that the old interurban line that ran from Grand Rapids to Holland Mi (but not Chicago?)?
This site has some maps and photos, Isaac.
http://godwin.bobanna.com/interurban_gr_holland.html
So many interurban lines were abandoned in the early and mid 1920s makes it difficult to trace R-of-W sometimes.
Can you imagine, civic leaders are talking about how wonderful it would be to have a rail line on this route some 100 years later!
https://www.grbj.com/articles/91975-rail-service-could-link-gr-holland
Where was the vision when these lines were abandoned?
Good Luck, Ed
Slogans?
PS1-PS1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I like slogans on cars, carry on with more, please.
Here are a few cars with slogans. The first three are ones which are still in use, as-shown, on my layout...
....while this reefer, with factory paint and lettering...
...was given to a friend and replaced with two of these as undecorated kits...
...and this one, originally an undecorated Accurail kit, with a few added details...
...while this one...
...was re-painted and re-lettered like this...
...as was this one...
...re-done as this...
Some more slogan-bearing cars, please.
doctorwayneSome more slogan-bearing cars, please.
The ATLANTIC CENTRAL has a slogan. I lettered this boxcar one letter at a time. It was supposed to resemble Wayne's "Way Of The Warriors" cars, but I could not make a circular AC logo.
I have changed out the trucks on this model since this picture was taken.
Show me a freight car that does not have roller-bearing trucks.
SeeYou190Show me a freight car that does not have roller-bearing trucks.
Technically, this car doesn't even have trucks:
Carshop-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope the shop forces rotate that tack board 90° too!
Another car with solid "plain" bearings, please.
gmpullmanI hope the shop forces rotate that tack board 90° too!
I think the tack board would still be completely functional in its current orientation.
I am more interested in the collection of gondola ends in the foreground. Are the employees going to take those to the scrapyard after work for their beer money fund?
gmpullmanAnother car with solid "plain" bearings, please.
This unique STRATTON AND GILLETTE 40 foot boxcar has the requested trucks.
More plain bearing trucks please.
SeeYou190I think the tack board would still be completely functional in its current orientation.
Functional, yes. Aesthetically? Maybe not so much. I don't recall ever seeing one with the boards going vertically like that. I believe it is an Intermountain RTR car. Someday, when I'm all caught up with more pressing issues I may get around to correcting it
Carshop-3 by Edmund, on Flickr
SeeYou190I am more interested in the collection of gondola ends in the foreground. Are the employess going to take those to the scrapyard after work for thier beer money fund?
New roof for the foreman's chicken coop?
Carry on with plain bearings, folks.
gmpullman This site has some maps and photos, Isaac. http://godwin.bobanna.com/interurban_gr_holland.html So many interurban lines were abandoned in the early and mid 1920s makes it difficult to trace R-of-W sometimes. Can you imagine, civic leaders are talking about how wonderful it would be to have a rail line on this route some 100 years later! https://www.grbj.com/articles/91975-rail-service-could-link-gr-holland Where was the vision when these lines were abandoned?
Very Interesting! Nice to learn a little bit more about those tracks! I’ll have to look to see if I can find some evidence of tracks in some other places, now I know where the tracks were!
I can understand why people might consider storing commuter service along that line, there is certainly demand, but the question is whether or not people in the area will ride the train or still opt for their cars! I do know I’d certainly make use of the line if the timings where convenient!
Anyway back to our regularly scheduled plain bearings please!
SPSOT fanAnyway back to our regularly scheduled plain bearings please!
Getting back to the scheduled plain bearing request... this boxcar from the PACIFIC GREAT NORTHERN rides on plain bearing freight car trucks.
Show me a scene with a rock or two. Maybe one big rock. Maybe lots of little rocks.
SeeYou190...Show me a scene with a rock or two. Maybe one big rock. Maybe lots of little rocks.
Here are a few rocks...
Show us a scene at a level crossing, please.
doctorwayneShow us a scene at a level crossing, please.
There are no cars waiting, but the crossing is there.
Show me another grade crossing (level crossing).
More Xings please. Regards, Peter
HO-Velo Nice job on the road!
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
HO-VeloMore Xings please. Regards, Peter
In a partially finished scene (no crossbucks yet!)
Chem_lights by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show me a passenger platform or a freight loading dock.
gmpullmanPlease show me a passenger platform or a freight loading dock.
Here is a passenger platform. From to looks of it, the Earth is about to stand still for a day!
This scene is on the Florida First Coast Modelers sectional On30 layout.
Klaatu Barada Nicto!
Show me another platform.
SeeYou190Show me another platform.
A diminutive New York Central "S" Motor does yeoman duty hauling the Century back to Mott Haven coach yard:
IMG_6930_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me another small locomotive or switcher.
More small Locos or switchers. Btw, thanks Henry for the nice comment. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloMore small Locos or switchers.
NKP_switcher2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me something you got for the layout this Christmas.
gmpullmanShow me something you got for the layout this Christmas.
24 hours and there is another thread for Christmas gifts, so... Bump to the top!
Here is a little steam switcher locomotive:
Show me something else that is black.
SeeYou190Show me something else that is black.
Black as coal—
Brakeman2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Another something black, please.
Take your pick.
Please show me your longest thing on rails.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."