Thank you everyone! You should have seen Cade and Cort this morning when they first woke up. They ran to the TV and brought up Trainboard and their sleepy eyes looked at the totals and were in disbelief! "We won? We won!" as they looked at each other with wide eyes. It was like Christmas morning...thanks everyone for giving them this experience. Looking at all the entries, I think everyone has improved their roster with some very realistic weathered rolling stock. Now it's time to get the boys thinking about the April challenge! It would be a great monthly family tradition.
Thanks everyone for the kind comments. We're working on log loads next. I'll try to send an update when I can. @bremner, sent you a PM.
What did you use to make the chalk marks on your gondola? That must be a really fine marker or paint brush. BTW great looking weathering, especially the dents. Most people dent the tops of the gondolas but I have not seen many if any prototypical gondolas that have dents on the tops of the sides.