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ljudice

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Pillsbury Cars
« on: May 17, 2010, 07:36:23 AM »
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I take it those Nscale Collector's MTL Pillsbury covered hoppers are foobies - as the prototypes were PS 4427's - right?

What exactly is the MTL 3 bay covered hopper a model of?? Evans?  Cubic capacity?

Are any of the schemes correct?
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2010, 07:41:57 AM »
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I have a NSC MT Erie hopper that has a completely wrong logo on it...
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 01:20:19 PM »
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The MTL car is an Evans 4780...
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 01:59:03 PM »
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See these type all the time in Havelock, Ontario
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 05:13:35 PM »
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Shameless plug:

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=57679

They are Marine Industry Limited built cars, 4650cuft, which would make them pretty much the biggest class of cylindrical covered hoppers built. I don't think anyone makes these in N scale... the IM cars are 3800cuft (not sure which builder they represent) and the PWRS / NARC cars are the Hawker-Siddley 4550cft cars, IIRC.

*** Pudd, keep an eye out for CP 386142 (early cylindrical 3400cuft) is likely heading back up to Havelock today after repairs at Agincourt. It's in the multimark and somewhat clean.
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ljudice

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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2010, 08:26:30 AM »
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Sanity check - these cars have TLDX reporting marks - that would ONLY be on P.S. cars - right?

So the cars are 100% Foobie.
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2010, 06:38:33 PM »
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No, they're not foobies. I think Pilsbury's PS 4427s were leasers and wore TLDX markings. I don't know about the paint-out SOO cars or the MT model (not sure about car type foobie status or markings on that one). I'll try to find the article on 4427s I have and check the Pilsbury cars, later. A fair amount of private paint scheme 4427s wore TLDX markings.
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2010, 07:13:25 PM »
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TLDX is one of many reporting marks for General Electric Rail Services.  A number of different types of cars fall under these markings though it might be difficult to find a photo of the cars in a specific series.
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2010, 08:06:24 PM »
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TLDX is now a GE mark... but it was used by P-S for their Transport Leasing Division... that's why so many private schemes P-S cars have it as a mark, as the cars were leased to them by P-S.  The Pillsbury cylindricals were PBLX.

GE uses the TLDX mark on new tankcars and it's still on existing former TLDX P-S cars
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ljudice

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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2010, 08:15:19 PM »
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I know there were Pillsbury marked cars - just trying to figure out if there were Pillsbury marked Evans 4780's...
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Re: Pillsbury Cars
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2010, 12:18:14 PM »
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Quote from: ljudice on May 20, 2010, 08:15:19 PM
I know there were Pillsbury marked cars - just trying to figure out if there were Pillsbury marked Evans 4780's...

Don't think so... as for what schemes are actually correct on the MT car... I'd have to have a list with numbers
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