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towl1996

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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #45 on: May 07, 2015, 04:46:24 PM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on May 07, 2015, 02:53:28 PM


That looks right up Microtrains alley. Ride height, cartoonish looking man on paint scheme and a proto photo to shut the Railwire  :ashat: up. I could see this as a runner pack.  ;)
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #46 on: May 07, 2015, 05:21:19 PM »
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Quote from: bbussey on May 07, 2015, 03:42:22 PM
You can use any of the old-time 36' reefer models as a core, etch new brass sides, and output decals on an Alps printer.

Yeah, well...  Easy for you to say!   :D

Actually, a Shapeways shell for an MDC/Athearn frame probably would be the way to go.  Since this is a wood sided car with lots of scribing, I would think the rastering would be less of an issue.

Would still need decals made, though, but I actually do have side-on artwork.  The Ute Indian with the Pikes Peak Route shield is full-color and the railroad name and car number are black with red drop-shadow.

....and the patent Railwire ThreaddriftTM is in full effect!   :D
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #47 on: May 07, 2015, 06:51:10 PM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on May 07, 2015, 02:53:28 PM


Is that an air conditioner on the roof?
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #48 on: May 07, 2015, 06:55:32 PM »
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Quote from: dougnelson on May 07, 2015, 06:51:10 PM
Is that an air conditioner on the roof?

It's where the ice was loaded.

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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #49 on: May 07, 2015, 08:23:38 PM »
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Quote from: dougnelson on May 07, 2015, 06:51:10 PM
Is that an air conditioner on the roof?

Looks like a structure behind the car to me.
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #50 on: May 07, 2015, 08:27:06 PM »
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Quote from: eric220 on May 07, 2015, 08:23:38 PM
Looks like a structure behind the car to me.

No, it's the loading hatch for the center ice bunker.



The AT&SF owned the Midland when these were purchased.
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #51 on: May 07, 2015, 09:58:25 PM »
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2 prototypes, enough for BLI to do a run of 4 packs.  :trollface:
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #52 on: May 08, 2015, 11:15:14 AM »
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Quote from: Dave Vollmer on May 07, 2015, 08:27:06 PM
No, it's the loading hatch for the center ice bunker.

The AT&SF owned the Midland when these were purchased.

Well alrighty then. Center cupola reefers it is!
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #53 on: May 08, 2015, 11:50:41 AM »
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I attended a lecture on the Midland at a local train show by a Midland historian (McFerland) and he discussed these Hanrahan cars a bit.

Seems they were a miserable failure on the plains and in the desert.  The Colorado high country is really the only place they did work so that's why they remained in service on the Midland quite a bit longer than they did elsewhere on the AT&SF system.  It seems obvious to me that having one center ice bunker is a whole lot less thermally efficient than having two end ice bunkers, but in the 1890s, they tried every idea no matter how stupid.

Oh, and yeah... I want RTR P70s for the Pennsy... :D
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Re: Hope for a P70?
« Reply #54 on: May 08, 2015, 04:19:51 PM »
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I imagine that the B&M guys are also envious of you NH guys.

Why???  FL9?  No, B&M never had them and never wanted them.  OB coach?  Same prototype for both NH and B&M.
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