GEC's Layout Progress

[Green_Elite_Cab]

My girlfriend picked me up a few models for my birthday, A BLMA F89J Trailertrain flat car, and a Walthers Great Northern 60 Seat ACF.

The flat car is very fancy, and its helping my Trailvan train grow! The Trailvan trains were major express TOFC runs. The Amtrak timetable permits them to run at almost 70 MPH, much faster than the 50 MPH that freight is usually restricted to on the Northeast Corridor. Right now, I only have 4 of the Atlas flush-deck TTX flatcars, so this car not only adds to that train but also to the variety of flat cars.

Maybe not the best pic to show it off, but these cars have a LOT of detail, and they're heavy while still rolling well.



The 60 Seat ACF car is an exact match for the kind used on the Jersey builder train! In fact, I have a photo of this class of car sandwiched between two ex ATSF Budd cars on A Jersey builder traveling past Waverly Yard, Newark NJ.



Note the haphazard placement of the NJ DOT logo!