Microtrains - May: many interesting announcements.

[hnipper]

Try the "Western & Atlantic"....

Love the B&O heavywts and the Civil War era stuff looks fantastic!

I could see using similar ideas in  leading up to the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike in a coupla years!

Henry

[wm3798]

Are you working with Woodland Scenics to develop a series of figures to go with the Civil War stuff?  You know, brakemen with smashed hands, that sort of thing?

Pretty neat concept... looking forward to seeing how you pull it off. 

I always thought it would be fun to model Virginius Island in the Shenandoah just west of Harpers Ferry...  The Winchester Branch of the B&O still traverses it, but back in the day it was a virtual industrial park.

Lee

[C855B]

This was discussed on RW at some point. Trying to dig it up via search. ...

Pretty sure someone claimed that some ran into the 80s, but right now the RW search is giving me some dead links.

...

Found it: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=19724.0  Turned out that you were the one who postulated the '60s-'70s. 

Just from the car design and appliances, these cars were likely built in the '30s. One could safely venture that most were out of service by the '60s, save for a handful kept around for M/W.

[Specter3]

Joe

Having just dove in to early steam(why take the easy transition era route?) I would love some of the 36 ft reefers undecorated to foob up some Hew Haven rolling stock.

And let me throw in the Memphis and Charleston for the coming war between the states era rolling stock. It was one of the large predecessors to the Southern Railway. I would love some of that for a diorama of Tuscumbia, Al.

Oh, and some 40 ft single door boxcars without roofwalks in Southern livery while Im askin....

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2074701

Thanks

Ryan

[Mark5]

Found it: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=19724.0  Turned out that you were the one who postulated the '60s-'70s. 

Just from the car design and appliances, these cars were likely built in the '30s. One could safely venture that most were out of service by the '60s, save for a handful kept around for M/W.

Found the correct one 

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=14437.15

ACFX 84 , nee SHPX 84, was still in service from Sylvachem Corp. in Port St. Joe, FL, in the 1980's. It was shipped to their distributor in Newark, NJ, loaded with Tall Oil Fatty Acid, Tall Oil Blend, and Distilled Tall Oil. The RF&P wrecked it at Acca Yard in Richmond and ACF Industries was unable to replace it. It would have cost more than the residual value owed by RF&P to repair it. CSXT merged the RF&P into it in '87 or '88, so it was prior to that year.

[Chris333]

So I just put my wishes into my signature and they come true?  Cool 

Stay cool Stay in school (Eat your greens)  

[Brakie]

Joe,

When you develop the link and pin coupler you might consider a conversion kit for that 4-4-0 from Atlas.

Well,If you use a operating crew have them to hold up their hands and count the missing fingers by doing so,you will have experience operators.

[Bob Bufkin]

I couldn't work with link and pin  couplers.  I have a couple very important fingers which I use to sometimes express myself to others.

[Puddington]

Working on some new roofs, at some point you should be able to swap out the offending unit.

Joe, you're the best pal !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[H Lee]

..........you will be able to replace the draft gear box it is built into and replace it with a body mount MTL coupler...which one...still working on that..........
Cheers

Joe
MTL

Hopefully the Z scale coupler!!!!

[Philip H]

The PFE's will probably have to come to my collection - not that I can ever run them on my layout.

And that big dock will be VERY useful down the road.

[nkalanaga]

I got the impression that  the link and pin won't be an operating coupler, but rather a dummy for the collectors and photographers.   That may be wrong, and I'll be very impressed if they actually include a working one, but I suspect they won't. 

I'll second the Z coupler for these.  It works well with N MT couplers, looks a lot better on small cars, and would be "prototypical".  The D&RGW used standard gauge couplers on their narrow gauge, although they kept using the smaller early 1900s sizes, and these cars aren't too different from early narrow gauge in size.  The Nn3 couplers would look good, and the cars themselves could be regauged by swapping trucks.

[up1950s]

And (a surprise) the special-order meat reefers are on the 36-foot body instead of the originally-planned 40-foot body.

That more or less kills me adding them to my refer collection , unless there are some with proper placed reporting marks to reflect the 50's decade .

[bbussey]

That more or less kills me adding them to my refer collection , unless there are some with proper placed reporting marks to reflect the 50's decade .

Except that there wouldn't be billboard advertisement reefers in the 1950s, as they were long banned by then.

I'm hoping they include some of the post-billboard meat reefer schemes in the series so those of us who model post 1940 can acquire some.

[CBQ Fan]

Except that there wouldn't be billboard advertisement reefers in the 1950s, as they were long banned by then.

I'm hoping they include some of the post-billboard meat reefer schemes in the series so those of us who model post 1940 can acquire some.

Bryan,

Are you aware of any in depth sources on the banning of these billboard reefers?  I am familiar with the basics but would be interested in more detailed info.  This is a little before my modeling period but for some reason interests me.