Sugar Beets?

[doctorwayne]

Thanks for all the info guys. My "short" gon fleet is building nicely. I just acquired a Proto1000 40' drop bottom gon lettered for CNR with a build date of 1919.

Is that a factory-lettered car from LifeLike Canada, Andrew? Early CNR stuff isn't easy to find, at least as correctly-decorated versions. Accurail offers the 55ton USRA-style hopper in CNR lettering on the correct black paint, and we have the Dominion-Fowler boxcars from Proto. Westerfield makes a nice kit for CN's 48' gondola, which of course the modeller can paint in the proper colour for his/her operating era. I picked-up one of them for a few bucks at the LHS - the kit was complete except for instructions, but was an easy build. After I painted it in the pre-'40s black, I realised I had shamed myself into repainting the rest of my CNR open-car fleet, too. I've still got two Intermountain drop-bottom gons to redo (again, unbuilt kits off the bargain table at the LHS - $8.00 each, I think). The old Tyco and LifeLike (Proto-No-Thousand can look pretty-decent with a little detail work and their 40' length would be suitable for beet service. I have several in work train service, but will likely redo them as CNR beet cars - perhaps with built-up sides similar to e-paw's good-looking coke cars.




Sylvan offers a nice, although pricey, version of the seven-panel low-roof boxcar, but a decent substitute is the old Train Miniature version - they can be picked-up used for a few bucks at train shows and hobby shops.


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Wayne