Kato HO business car painted up for Katy for a friend. The MKT never had light weight business cars so this is a "What if".
Good morning from mostly sunny and warm Northeast Ohio! First up is an Eastern Car Works ACF 1958 CF Covered Hopper kit, added A-Line Sill Steps and the apppropriate air lines for the brake system, also replaced the plastic cast roofwalk with a Plano Roofwalk. Car was painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray paint and lettered with Mask Island Decals. Could not find a lot of information on these cars, although the Libbey Owens Ford Company received their LOFX reporting marks in 1942 and kept them until the 1970's. I have to assume they were used for hauling silica sand to make glass to their factories in IL and Rossford, OH. Next up is the first batch of NYC PS1 Boxcars made from the IMRC kit, painted with Scalecoat II Mixture of Oxide and Boxcar Red paints and Black for the roof and ends. Lettered with Speedwitch Media Decals, car was used in general service. A couple of shots from the Strongsville Ohio Club Layout of mine and Mike Madura's cars and locomotives. Mikes are the Erie FA's with a coal drag, mine are New Haven U25B and C425 with a mixed freight. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
