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Now for some serious trailer fun! After several years, my home road trailer fleet is finally complete. The British Columbia Railway operated a sizeable fleet of trailers for its size, including dry vans, heater vans, reefer vans, and flatdecks. Approximately 13 per cent of the railway's trailer traffic went to Dawson Creek, and with additional traffic to Chetwynd, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, I needed my own sizeable fleet.The campaign included sourcing a custom cast resin and etched metal kit for the distinctive Can-Car trailers, asking Jeff Briggs to produce a kit for the flatdeck trailers, and acquiring custom decals. Chris Dittmar (BCOL 747) painted the van trailers for me, Jeff Briggs painted the flatdecks, and I applied the decals. Jeff Briggs applied the weathering, paying close attention to the reference photographs I supplied. The last and most enjoyable step for me was the creation of a variety of loads for the flatdeck trailers. And now, here they are - all trailers are forty feet in length.Three dry van trailers, no side door:Three dry van trailers with curb side door:Three heater vans with Heat King units, access ladders, and 100 gallon fuel tanks below:Two reefer vans with curb side doors, Carrier reefer units, and 100 gallon fuel tanks below:Four reefer vans with curb side doors, Thermo King reefer units, and 100 gallon fuel tanks below:Five flatdeck trailers empty - two with stakes, one with stakes and plywood sides:Five flatdeck trailers loaded - L to R crushed cars, culvert pipe, stacked lumber, wrapped building materials, covered machinery:This is what they will look like riding on my trailer flatcars:More trailer flatcars are now required!Tim
Are you using the Briggs kit to convert the RS11s?Craig
Yes, I have the low nose conversion kits, replacement filters, pilots, etc. I am waiting for a late model carbody ie. Nos. 614-630. Jeff is just getting up and running again after moving house, so hopefully soon. These are long term projects; I am currently focused on cleaning up lingering projects and advancing the layout.I guess I better go and see if they actually run . . . Tim
Cool truck!This week I finished up these cabeese. These are former Kisatchie Gulf and Northern cars I shortened and added Kato cupolas,Shapeways trucks, and handmade grabs. And of course painted and decaled to match photos.. Dee left a bunch of banana peels in them but they were otherwise in great shape. Prototypehttp://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/67850/B&M%20C-115%20on%20ID-2%20Dover,NH%203'13'71.jpgI also finished up this S2, except for the marker lights, I have not figured out what I'm going to use for those.Prototype:http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/16072/0691.jpghttp://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/79553/MEC%20302%20%20WATERVILLE%20ME%209-80008.jpgThanks for looking and have a great weekend!
Are the kits going to be readily available? I'm sure there's a vast market of people out there seeking RS18s.
In addition to working on the layout today and getting the base coat of paint on the NH heavyweight diners, I experimented with getting the TomyTec GMC Bus to function on a custom roadway.
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