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Are there any online resources available? Thank you in advance for any insight.Jeff
I guess its time to lobby Athearn http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=ln480201&o=ln
Sirenwerks: The ends are the first thing I checked. Non-terminating ends were rare in 1974, so I ALWAYS check a new model with them. There were a few prototypes around by mid-74, so I can't simply rule out any car with them, but most are either too modern, or incorrect.Trivia: The oddest non-terminating ends I've seen were Dreadnaught ends, looked just like the older ones, but with the vertical side plates. They must have been rare, as I've seen very few, but they were out there.
Yep, that IC car has the ends I was thinking of. I don't remember ever seeing the PS end, but probably wouldn't have notice it anyway. At first glance it looks like their later "simplified" non-terminating end, and I would probably have thought it was one.The door on that IC car looks like a replacement. If it is, was the original the same style?The "Canadian Freightcar Gallery" says it was built in 1969, so I could definitely use one of those. Thank you!
Darn. I don't mind changing doors, if the original is a separate piece, but carving sliding doors off a shell is NOT my idea of "fun".Off topic, but I have one of the Athearn models, factory painted for the MILW "Resourceful Railroad" scheme. The factory left the first "u" out of "Reso rceful". Both sides, naturally.It goes well with my ancient KD/MT 40' PS-1 lettered for the "MAIN CENTRAL".
Off topic, but I have one of the Athearn models, factory painted for the MILW "Resourceful Railroad" scheme. The factory left the first "u" out of "Reso rceful". Both sides, naturally.
I thought the misspelling on one of the MT REA express reefers was some sort of mixup at the MT pad printer, but it turns out there was a mixup at the REA paint shop in the 1950s. The REA car with that road number indeed had the misspelling.