Credit of #Kunming to #Karachi
— Nomy Sahir (@Nomysahir) December 1, 2016
Rail and sea links is in the bucket of Raheel Sharif :) #CPEC pic.twitter.com/kADVGNTOmG
The photo of that paint scheme came from the book The Great Yellow
Fleet by John White. It's on page 83 and it even has a caption that
specifically points out the colors.
That's the only photo I was ever able to find. All the others are in
the green bottom/yellow top like you mentioned, or the older light gray ones.
بوستر أعلاني عن سكك حديد العراق
— Baghdad Dar Al Salam (@baghdad_salam) July 23, 2016
A poster as ad on Iraqi Railway Network #نخلة_من_بلادي #IRAQesque pic.twitter.com/z8wKgddXnf
Sides for Louisville & Nashville 2551-2563 Smoothside Modernized Heavyweight 48-Seat Coaches. We have been commissioned by Michael Welborn to produce HO brass sides and separate door pieces for this distinctive series of modernized heavyweight cars. These sides will represent the cars in their earliest years of service and will feature the original full skirting. Jerry Lachaussee has kindly provided these photos.
Because the prototypes were only 70 feet long at the sills, both the Atlas/Branchline and Walthers HO heavyweight plastic cars must be shortened 5-6 feet to be used for the structure. Models from other manufacturers may also be candidates. See L&N 2551 parts for drawings of the left and right sides as well as door pieces sized for both the Atlas/Branchline and Walthers models. Skirt details are rendered as both partial etchings and openings but this difference cannot be seen in the drawings. The material is 0.010" spring brass and the parts are tabbed together. Extra doors are included. Modelers interested in sides with partial skirting could be accommodated since the center skirting can be removed, either by the modeler or by request by us for modest additional charge.
The design and engineering of these brass parts are well along and we expect to begin the first etching run in August and deliver these sides in September. Michael has generously agreed to make these HO sides available to other modelers and Brass Car Sides is soliciting e-mail reservations at this time. The price for these sides on a special-order basis is $39.75 per set, plus flat-rate shipping of $4.50 for any quantity. These items are covered by our quantity discounts (see catalog listing below.) Reservations for an N-Scale version that would cost about $30 per set are also being accepted. Please contact us if you are interested in either the HO or N-scale versions of these sides.
Bowser’s doing Hi Hood Centuries in C&NW in both paint schemes. I’ve waited a long time for this.
Check out how he enters his layout room....
Mixed feelings on the smoke but it's a beautiful piece.
From Atlas’s announcement (link) below. Not new I’m sure, gotta be the Branchline version, but a very nice model to see. Thanks Atlas!
New Model!
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In 1947, REA ordered 500 of these all new steel express reefers from ACF, in an effort to handle express and parcel traffic. During the same time period, Atlantic Coast Line purchased 50. These cars were added to the front of passenger trains traveling coast-to-coast on all major railroads. These new steel express cars utilized welded construction and a new high speed truck design. They were able to carry both refrigerated loads as well as parcel loads due to their collapsible ice bunkers that were stored away when not in use.
Great post on 3d printing! I’ve got the CAD software downloaded and want to give this a try…
Good post on tinting Passenger Car windows. It’s N scale but the concept’s the same across scales.
Passenger Car Window Tinting | Model:160 N Scale Model Railroading
Old news but still exciting… lets home for some in Chicago Central red; Model Railroad News
More old promotional video... I love these.
This will be a spectacular but awfully expensive model. Were Walther’s only to do it in plastic…..
Over at Coach Yard: Treasure Island Special
The RPO car coming out with the new Walther’s Pere Marquette cars is all wrong. Now, if I can only get the guys over at NKP Car Sides to give us the sides for the correct car shown below from the Pere Marquette Historical Society. Link below.
This looks like a very nice model in a much needed scheme.
2339 EMD E6A, IC #4002, Chocolate & Orange Scheme, Paragon2 Sound/DC/DCC, HO
Your Price: Order from your dealer today!
Item Number: BLI-2339
Product Line: Diesel, HO
Expected Delivery: Feb-13
A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THIS MODEL
EMD built the E-Units between 1937 through 1963. Originally the name E unit referred to the fact that these units boasted of eighteen hundred horsepower. This designation remained throughout the E unit production even though later models incorporated higher horsepower ratings. Due to the technology of the time, E units like many locomotives used multiple units to achieve the required power. EMD offered cabled units called B or booster units. Some railroads ordered AB, ABB or ABA units depending on power needs.E6s were manufactured by EMD in La Grange, Illinois, between the years 1939 and 1941. To achieve 2,000 horsepower, EMD combined two 1,000 horsepower, 12 cylinder, model 567 engines inside of the engine compartment.
2339 EMD E6A, IC #4002, Chocolate & Orange Scheme, Paragon2 Sound/DC/DCC, HO
Nice to see Atlas bringing these Branchline Coaches back. I hope they do the UP Overland scheme.
A pretty impressive sounding book from the Society.
Sleeping Cars of the Santa Fe is the final installment in our Passenger Car Reference Series. A comprehensive overview of Santa Fe sleeping cars from the wood car era through the heavyweights to the end of the lightweight era, this volume covers Wooden Sleeping Cars, Wooden Sleepers Acquired from the Pecos Valley and Northeastern, Wooden Emigrant Sleeping Cars, Wooden All-Section Tourist Sleepers, Wooden Sleeping Car Assignments, Heavyweight Sleeping Cars, Heavyweight Cars Purchased for Work Service Only, Heavyweight Cars purchased for Business or Special Purpose Use, Foreign-Line and Pullman-Owned Heavyweight Sleepers used on AT&SF Scheduled Trains, 1950-1959, Lightweight Sleeping Cars, Lightweight Sleeping Cars Not Built, Lightweight Sleeping Car Assignments, Foreign Road Sleepers on the Santa Fe, Santa Fe Sleepers on Foreign Roads and Dormitory Cars.
11" x 8 1/2" library found with dust jacket, 406 pages, 459 photos (41 in color), 101 drawings, 58 maps and ephemera, Appendix (including Glossary of Santa Fe Lightweight Sleeping Car Names and Reservation Cipher Code), Bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-933587-27-1.
via Trainorders.com
Just got a call from my Horizon rep and found out that the retail prices on products will most likely hold where they are but the discount to dealers will be lowered by 8%. That is a big hit for the hobby stores. First Walthers with their 10% hit to dealers, now Horizon on Athearn products.
Bottom line good news for the model railroader bad news for the local hobby shop.
Athearn Good News / Bad News????
It’s bad news for everyone concerned with the hobby. The prices are killing Model Railroading. What’s bad news for the retailer is bad news for all of us, because it’s the retailers who grow the hobby.
An email from ExactRail. I’m expecting others to follow suit and I’m not happy about what this means for the hobby. The Hobby Shop plays a critical role promoting our hobby. I can’t imagine a business model that works without them.
Important Update
As of May 1, 2012, ExactRail will no longer offer a dealer discount and will discontinue our dealer network. Cost of production has increased considerably for ExactRail over the last two years. We have absorbed most of these increases through our margins, however this is not a supportable model for our business. Our conclusion is that we can keep prices reasonable by serving you directly. We believe we can both benefit from having direct interaction.
The future of ExactRail is bright with many exciting and innovative new products coming soon. Over the past year we have been busier than ever in new product development, the quality and authenticity of our products will exceed anything that ExactRail has released to date. You have a lot to look forward to from ExactRail.
Keep an eye on ExactRail.com and our Facebook page for some exciting upcoming announcements!
Happy Railroading,
The ExactRail Team
Check it out…. saw their ad in Rail Road Model Craftsman
Welcome to French and European Model Trains
The SNCF steam is really impressive.
That’s a lot of Zephyr cars. Nice stuff, great product, but how about a C&NW 400 instead?
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: HO California Zephyrs are coming Summer 2012! Don't miss them, PREORDER today!
Over at Mike’s Train House. I didn’t realize they were doing them. Check Out The Details And See It In Action: The HO GG-1 Electric
Great time for Eastern and New England modelers with Con Cor doing a Reading Crusader, a New Haven Blue Comet, and PPR MU Cars. Now how about some IC electrics for us Chicagoans?
Video below….
This past Monday, November 7, 2011 Rapido made model railroad history by commissioning from Creaform to perform the first-ever 3D scan of a real MLW/ALCO FA locomotive: FPA4 #6765 at Exporail, Canada's national railway museum in Montreal, Quebec. Jason, Dan and I all were in attendance as were about 30 of our customers who came up to join in the day's events.
A friend assures me the 400 can’t be far behind if Walthers is doing these cars. Just announced this Month and due Feb 2012.
