Hello again all. I'm thinking of outlaying the cash to make A&R caboose decals for the soon to be out A&R Geep 7 from Atlas.... How many of you would be interested in buying a set if they were $4.75 each? Please respond if you would so I can decide if it's feasable. Thanks Tom
WOW! No one? not a soul would buy decals for an A&R caboose? I wonder if Atlas' GP-7 will be a flop too.
TJS909, Lack of response happens all the time. I've never heard of the A&R, and perhaps many others haven't also.
Here is a webpage for the Aberdeen and Rockfish. It is a bridge line in North Carolina between two major railroads. Now it is NS and CSX, but it used to be the Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line (I think). Additionally, it used to bring the cars out of Ft Bragg, NC, so there was a lot of potential traffic variation. IMHO, it is a real life railroad that is a neat concept to model. It is like the Utah Belt bridging between SP and DRGW, and others like that. I think most people have not heard of it. It is over 100 years old.
There are photos of 3 AR cabooses on www.rrpicturearchives.net http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=11927 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=52273 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=12485 Remember, rrpicturearchives.net is your friend!!!
That's a great site Flash. I've seen the A&R over the years, but never though to look on the web. Thanks
The A&R would be one great short line to model. I last visited it in '64/'65 and took quite a few b&w photos. At the time I visited they had but two engines, a GP-7 and 18, the 18 being the result of A&R trading in their F-3, which was painted in the same scheme as Atlas's soon to be released GP-7. The rail, while light compared to Seaboard's mainline, was very well maintained and trains (all the one's I saw were ~15 to 25 cars) moved at a good rate over the line. At the same time, some of the industrial and shop trackage still had stub-type switches, the only ones I've ever seen "for real." One other thing that does not show on photos of the cabooses shown, was that the two side-door cabooses had roof-top windmill generators. I'd never seen that before or since on any rail road.
