A pair of Lionel SD-40-2s heads up this 30 car consist of Lionel, MTH and Weaver grain hoppers. The Weaver cars were custom runs for Hobby shops, done in the early 90's.
Coming the other way is a mixed freight of Atlas O, MTH and Weaver cars featuring some CTTA club cars. MTH SD-40-2s in beautiful 2-tone BC Rail green are at the point.
Take a track-side break as this long 30-car freight train rolls by. This huge grain train features covered hoppers from all the major manufacturers. Then, a BC Rail freight comes by the other way.
The Lionel SD-40-2 locomotives on the point feature Legacy Railsounds and diesel smoke in the power unit. At the front of the CN train are 3 large boxcars, 2 Atlas ‘O’ and a Lionel car. The first 13 cars of the grain train are prototypical accurate cylindrical hoppers lettered for the Government of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Canada. They are a mix of Lionel and MTH Premier cars.
After that comes another 13 Weaver Ultraline grain cars made in the mid 1990’s from 4 different sets. The paint schemes on these cars are prototypical, but the railcars they’re applied to are not. These Weaver cars were by custom runs, decorated to be sold by several hobby shop dealers in the US and Canada. These cars were probably the very first to display the colorful Canadian grain and potash schemes.
20 фев 2016
