Steve---I found one of my older photos taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum that you might enjoy
James St. is a great spot to railfan in Leetown as the street runs parallel to the main yard and locomotive service facilities offering lots of photo opportunities
Here's the 3513, just out of the shops after some light repairs:
Wayne
Hello---S-1-G Mike #3513 has just returned to Leetown from the Gern Plant at Port Maitland.The covered hopper in the background is part of her consist
Hello Everyone --- two different classes of Canadian National Mikes are spotted in the Leetown yard
Hello Everyone---after a brief Christmas holiday,it's back to the grind.Three extras are required to move the backlog of tonnage that has accumulated in the Leetown yard.Luckily the roundhouse has a stable of Mikes on hand and we see a trio of these locomotives heading out to tackle the task at hand.
Hello Everyone---a couple of different classes of Mikes are shown on the outbound lead from the Leetown roundhouse
Hello again---CNR Mike 3254 rolls through Leetown with a solid consist of 40 foot outside braced boxcars on her drawbar
These 40' OSB boxcars make my day!
Matt
Hi Matt---here's one for you---these are Accurail cars---actually these cars are very similiar to the cars that the CNR originally used in woodchip service ( with the roofs removed )
cn nutbar Wrote:Hi Matt---here's one for you---these are Accurail cars---actually these cars are very similiar to the cars that the CNR originally used in woodchip service ( with the roofs removed )
Yes, it would be a nice and quick kitbash. BTW, it's good to see CNR freight car's trucks painted in boxcar red as they should! It would be great if Accurail made a Fowler OSB car, would make life easier to a lot of modellers!
Matt
Can any of you CN types point me to photos of the wood chip versions? I have a thing for wood chip cars -- and Maine Central actually also had the same sort of outside braced box car wood chip conversions.
jwb Wrote:Can any of you CN types point me to photos of the wood chip versions? I have a thing for wood chip cars -- and Maine Central actually also had the same sort of outside braced box car wood chip conversions.
In my challenge thread, I gave indication about a RMC article (1976, May I think). There's a picture of an old Maine Central steel boxcar converted to wood chip service. I'll check it for you when I return home this afternoon.
It is clear CN and CP used 40' 3-Bay steel hoppers (without modifications) and roofless boxcar. CN Nutbar took a picture of a roster of them.
Matt