Good morning from cloudy, cold and windy Northeast Ohio! Here is what I managed to finish this week. First a Bowser 1958CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II M0FW Gray Paint and lettered with Highball Graphics Decals. The DT&I originally ordered these cars for sand and cement service out of the plants at Bondclay Ohio, they later migrated to the Yuma, MI sand service on the Ann Arbor where they supplied sand to the engine casting plant in Brook Park, OH for Ford. Next, an Intermountain 12 Panel 10' IH 40' Boxcar kit, these were a GN car of which they had several thousand made to replace the wooden cars after World War II. Car was painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and lettered with Microscale Decals. These cars carried many different paint schemes over the years as the GN experimented with them. They were mainly used in general service and in the late summer and fall were in grain service over much of the railroad. Here are a couple of Ann Arbor FA-2's with a sand train running on the Strongsville Club Layout. Have a great weekend! Rick Jesionowski
Rick, Very nice as usual. +As a Mi+chi+gan mo+deler, I do, however, have a question. When the DT&I cars were sent to the Ann Arbor, were they repainted, or did they retain their DT&I livery? Excuse the p+luses. They sho+w up+ sometimes. Haven'+t figured that out yet.
The DT&I considered them one railroad and used locomotives, cars and cabooses interchangeably on both railroads. As the GP35’s were too slippery on the Annie’s grades the DT&I sent the Annie 5 of its dynamic brake equipped GP38’s and some GP9’s and used the GP35’s on the Detroit-Cincinnati hotshots. Also the 100 DT&I Orange 2604 CF covered hoppers were used exclusively on the Yuma sand service. Rick Jesionowski
Thanks. Good information. BTW, I have witnessed PM 1225 climbing Boon hill (just east of Yuma for those not familiar. The shotgun blasts from her stack were glorious.) so can readily imagine the slippery diesel problem.
Away from the layout for awhile so I offer this. This close to N scale model of Tokyo Station was in the dining room at the hotel in the station where we stayed for three nights.
A Reading 2-6-0 Camelback pulls a 17 car mixed train with some tractors and pickles past the Water Tower. Part 1 of 3 Reading*2-6-0 Mother Hubbard*IHC New York Central*30 FT Flat with 2 John Deer Model D Tractors*Roundhouse(Athearn) New Haven*30 FT Flat with 2 John Deer Model D Tractors*Roundhouse (Athearn) New Haven*30 FT Flat Car with 2 John Deere Waterloo Bay Tractors*Roundhouse (Athearn) Baltimore & Ohio*30 FT Flat Car with 2 GP Tractors*Athearn
Part 2 of 3 Colorado & Southern*30 FT Flat with 2 John Deer Model D Tractors* Roundhouse (Athearn) Elgin Joliet & Eastern*30 FT Flat Car with 2 GP Tractors*Athearn New York Ontario & Western*36 FT Wood Boxcar*Roundhouse (Athearn) Heinz*Pickle Tank Car*Athearn blue Box Kit Heinz*Pickle Tank Car*Athearn blue Box Kit (Number changed)
Part 3 of 3 Heinz*Pickle Tank Car Open*Athearn blue Box Kit Heinz*Pickle Tank Car*Athearn blue Box Kit (Number changed) New York Ontario & Western*36 FT Wood Boxcar*Old & Weary Car Shop (Branchline) Kit Reading*4 Window Caboose*Roundhouse (Athearn) Here is the video
