Something that hardly ever gets discussed is the type of cars that roll through our pikes . So here we go: what types of cars roll through your pike?? Is there industrial reasons, passenger traffic, or just cause they look good ?? Although the SFSW is a long way from being up and running, I have some (very limited ) old rolling stock from years ago. Since the SFSW mainly serves coal extraction industries, coal hoppers are the number one type of car seen. Since there are at least two towns served by the railroad, refers will be important. Other industries will include a chili production plant (again refers and some box cars), a gravel quarry (again hoppers and gons), and possibly some I haven't thought of yet . Although passenger service is waining on the SFSW, the Santa Fe Chief will still scream by (one stop) every now and again. Additionally a local passenger, made up of 1920's era cars will work between the towns, mines and quarry. This will be supplimented by doodlebug service. I expect to see a lot of "foreign" cars, mainly DRGW and Southern, and some UP . These will largely be included in coal drags. Happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
I generally like to buy the rolling stock that appeals to me, and the design the layout and industries around them. As a result of this philosophy, I've acumulated fifteen 50' modern box cars. This may not sound like too many to you guys, but I only have around forty cars total. ------------------ Brian Schmidt railohio@hotmail.com ICQ #21630753 AIM - railohio
Hello There! This is a pretty cool topic! It will be nice to see what everyone is running. Because I model steam era, I've searched over and over for Train-Miniature, and Walthers steam era kits. I've pretty much exhausted them, so now its on to Accurail. The one thing that is frustrating, and Im glad to see the industry changing, is the posting of built dates on the sides of the cars. Blt days are cool, but the REBUILT days just KILL the effective use for us steam guys. Why build a great car blt 9-22, and stick a rbt date of 1-63 on it. That just takes the wind out your sails. Time to get the chalks and paints out! I try to snag any USRA Single Sheath Box, composite gons, 36-40 foot tanks, flats, and KUDOS for Accurail's USRA Double Sheaths! In fact, it appears Accurail is no longer going to produce cars with numbers, but include decal sheets so we can build up good fleets of cars with individual numbers with as little fuss as possible! <marquee>HEY ALL YOU MANUFACTURERS-TAKE NOTICE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND FOLLOW ACCURAILS LEAD! </MARQUEE> I hope many will share their pikes roster on this forum. Its a great one...Thanks! Hey, anyone concentrate on M.O.W. equipment like me? Take Care! Happy New Year! Randy SLSFFRISCOKID
Randy, I feel your pain . When I was running HO, I modeled the year 1890. Talk about hard to find cars (although I am sure there are more in HO than N), that is one of the reasons the new layout will be set in the 1950's...I can run old stuff but don't need to worry so much about rebuilt dates, and there is greater variety in rolling stock !! I hope this topic catches on also!! Since I only have a few cars, maybe I can use this to get an idea of what is out there for when I start buying rolling stock !! happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
Well, for me it's a matter of what the real thing did/does. At the NEB&W, we run consists appropriate to the D&H in the late 40s/early 50s. We have an extensive freight car review on our website (HO scale, thought you might be interested Randy), just scroll down the main page. For my N scale stuff, it's all modern. Coal, stacks, 'racks, and grain with the occasional manifest. ------------------ Corey Lynch Pres - Rensselaer Model RR Society, NEB&W RR http://www.rpi.edu/~lynchc/Railfanning/railfanning.htm - My Site http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/ - NEB&W
On the BNSF-AOW-MBL Railways, we have TONS of FLATS, RACKS and STACKS, grain and plastics hoppers, petro/chem-tanks and a few modern boxcars. It's a VERY modern railway but the AOW shops keep turning out rebuilt 50 and 60 ft. boxcars for local use in, around and between Corpus Christi and San Antonio. They rip off the roofwalks, put on new roller bearing trucks and re-rig the breaks. I almost forgot, Amtrak handles the passenger trains. Thanks to Kato, we'll have some new Genisis power and more Superliner cars sometime this year. ------------------ Brent Tidaback, Member #234 BNSF Railfan-to-the Max and a N-Scaler to boot! Ship it on the Route of The Roadrunners! The Aransas Odessa & Western, a division of the BNSF [This message has been edited by Maxwell Plant (edited 08 January 2001).]
The Augsburg and Concord is set in the mid 80's, and most of the freight traffic is 50' boxcars. I have several 40' cars that don't see much use, because they have the roofwalks still on them (a future project). I also have several covered hoppers, both for plastic pellets and for grain. I need to acquire more of the hoppers, and some refrigerated cars as well. Most of my cars reflect the needs of the industries online. Jeff Augsburg & Concord R.R. (a fictional shortline in Central Illinois) http://acrr.rrdepot.com
Although the setting and name of my Railroad has not been completely determined during the construction phase, We have already started to acquire the needed rolling stock to generate revenues. Now if the blasted construction crews would only stop taking 2 hour lunch breaks, we might be up and running within a couple of months. The Railroad will be an original name, but will be very similar to the industries and traffic in and around Cedar Rapids, IA. Anyways, here is the current roster of rolling stock stuff. <LI> ADM tank cars - There will be an ADM processing center to produce Corn Syrup. <LI> ADM Covered Grain hoppers - Gotta have corn coming in to process. <LI> Coal cars - for the power plant. <LI> Some intermodal traffic - UP will have a line that blows through town. <LI> Box cars - there are a variety of businesses in town that will need rail service. That's about it. There is the an enormous Quaker Oats plant here in Cedar Rapids that makes cereal (CapN Crunch is one of them). I have thought it would be neat to model it, but I haven't decided quite yet. Bry ------------------ Smile! It makes people wonder what you are up to. Bry's Photopoint.com Album [This message has been edited by BryGy (edited 08 January 2001).]
Bry, I say go for the cereal plant!! The more industries, the better!! happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by slynch: 1950 LIRR car types in/out: http://www.nyandw.com/lirrfreight.htm SL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Excellent table!! Where did you find it, or did you build it yourself?? Could use something like that for the ATSF in New Mexico!! Happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
Forgot to mention that I will also be running a series of tank cars to service the oil field/ refinery that will be located near the mines !! Happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
I N scale Appalachian & Atlantic will have bulkhead flatcars centerbeam flatcars modern Boxcars Covered hoppers Coal Hoppers gondolas tankcars and what ever else other than intermodel. The A&A is set in northern WV in the late summer of 2000. ------------------ TrainBoard.com MEMBER#204 THE WEB PAGE IS NOW UPDATED!! Appalachian & Atlantic Model Railroad "QUALITY at WORK with SAFTEY in MIND"
My railroad, IWRS, has a huge fleet of cars. Stacks Centerbeam Lumber Coal Hoppers Grain Cars Tank Cars Gondola Auto Racks Boxcars As our main focus is on the stack business, with Hanjin and Maersk-Sealand as our main customers. The portion of the layout that I am modeling is the port area, downtown and main industrial area. Paper making and lumber are the primary industries, so it would be prudent to have a fleet of lumber cars and boxcars. Also, IWRS serves as a land bridge from the East Coast to the refineries of the West Coast, so the "Tank Train" is a common sight. IWRS operates the Beachcomber Commuter rail system, and am waiting for the Bombardier Cars (so I can actually put commuter service in!!! ) Amtrak Service is provided by P42's and P32's, with Superliner and Horizon cars. The Preston Shops are currently turning out Horizon Cabs and will be making Superliner Coach/Cabs in the near future. [This message has been edited by Interwest (edited 17 January 2001).]
The SAY-RR has 50 MDC covered hoppers to serve the Dundee Cement Plant and also Sargente Sand Co, about a dozen or so Athearn cov hop to handle the needs of the elevators, also 18 old Athearn autoloaders to serve the Kaiser Jeep loading docks. also found are many 40' boxcars to handle general frt and 50'boxes for both misc frt and the auto parts out of the Ford Saline Plant. Open hoppers transport inbound coal loads to online customers and outbound gravel loads from the Chilson gravel quarry. Reefers and tank cars are also run on the rr to sreve the various other industries and customers. The rr is "set" in 1964 and is home to over 425 cars. A card order type of operationis in effect.
On the Chat Pile Line, you'll see the following rolling stock: Covered hoppers (Pullman-Standard and ACF) for grain transport, plastic pellets, fertilizer, animal feed 100-ton hoppers (all Frisco, natch ( ) for the mini-unit coal trains to EDEC Boxcars for finished merchandise, and bringing in certain raw materials Gondolas for scrap metal 70-ton quad hoppers letterd for O&NE (no other paint but that of the previous owner) for chat hauling service Tank cars for Glastran and B.F. Goodrich At least two cabooses (remember, this is the 1970s) One private obs. coach, the Grand Lake Several passenger cars, for tourist trains and the occasional excursion run (also available for lease to NRHS-sanctioned excursions) A couple of shorty flatcars, paired up with some refurbished 40-foot boxcars and hoppers for work train service Several 100-ton covered hoppers for hauling cement No TOFC, stacks, or FREDs here ------------------ Southeast....Southwest.. Ship IT on the Frisco! Bob T. Member # 362 http://hometown.aol.com/slsf1630/myhomepage/profile.html
Cows!! I forgot cows !! Yes the SFSW will be moving lots of cows from New Mexico on their way to the Midwest, and well, on to their destiny at McDonalds !! BTW, do any railroads still move cattle, or is all done by truck these days. I don't remember seeing a single livestock car in say the last 20 years!??! Happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JCater: Cows!! I forgot cows !! Yes the SFSW will be moving lots of cows from New Mexico on their way to the Midwest, and well, on to their destiny at McDonalds !! BTW, do any railroads still move cattle, or is all done by truck these days. I don't remember seeing a single livestock car in say the last 20 years!??! Happy Modeling!! John <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, sad to say all cattle are shipped by truck nowadays However, UP does (or did) ship hogs in special stock cars from Kansas & Nebraska to Farmer John in California. Talk about your pig trains ( - sorry, couldn't resist) ------------------ Southeast....Southwest.. Ship IT on the Frisco! Bob T. Member # 362 http://hometown.aol.com/slsf1630/myhomepage/profile.html