I managed to finish some cars this week, but only showing two of them as the other is my Christmas gift for the club gift exchange. First up is an old Varney (now Life-Like) covered hopper with the basis of the car a 50 ton twin hopper car with a roof applied, this car was made by the Bettendorf Car Company (Same as the truck people) whose plant in Bettendorf, IA made the most cars west of the Mississippi, but went out of business in 1932 in the midst of the depression. The National Plate Glass Co. had a large glass plant in Ottawa, IL and was purchased by GM in the 1910's as one of their glass suppliers for automobiles, they divisted themselves of the plant in 1930 with the sale to Libbery-Owens-Ford and the promise of 7 years of supplying GM as the only supplier of glass. Car was painted with Scalecoat II Black paint and lettered with Champ Decals. Used for hauling silica sand or limestone, major components in the glass making business. Next is a Intermountain 50' PS1 boxcar, I cut down a plug door to 6' width and substituted a 10' YSD from the scrapbox supplies. Applied ladders instead of grabs to match the prototype and they were delivered with no roofwalks. Car was painted with Scalecoat II IC Orange paint and lettered with Dan Kohlbergs IC decals. Car was in general service on the IC. A pair of Athearn FP7's pinch hitting on the Broadway Limited! Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
Going back through some old files I found these photos I took of the modular Sn3 Red Mountain RR layout at the 2011 National Train Show. Have a great weekend everyone.
Going back awhile, here are two I have not posted before. My favorite subject........ Actually the 2nd image reminds me that I need to do an upgrade on the truck loading rack. I need to build a bottom loading facility and do away with the old top loader rack. One more round-to-it. Thanks for looking and always have fun, Carl Oops, can't resist one with lights........
The Milwaukee Road's Port Angeles Local made an unusual deliver of a rare interchange car to a local logging operation.
My interpretation of Richmond Controls world headquarters in Richmond, Texas as it appears on my NTRAK module at the Oklahoma City Train Show this weekend. Hey, Jim gave me a discount on some LEDs I bought from him because of the free advertising.
