March Micro-Trains release's

[Robbman]

MTL will sometimes use the prototype car description and other times the model.
Jason

Or one of my pet peeves... both.  Just provide the accurate info in the car copy, regardless of the base model used, peeps will buy them anyway.  Saying  "These ACF Centerflows were built at National Steel Cars Hamilton, Ontario plant" is kinda like saying "These Chevrolet Corvettes were built at Toyotas Motomachi pant in Aichi, Japan"

[Upstate Gator]

 There's a consist shot on p.72, John Kelly, Chicago Postwar Passenger and Commuter Trains.

I believe we have another shot in a consist and If I have time will look for it.   I made the point this morning that regardless, going forward on reprints, if we can update the car art so it is more rototypical, we need to do it.  I personally think the spirit of the Reprints is a concept that needs to be re-visited and will work to correct what I can going forward.

Joe

Ben W.

[Frisco Larry]

For the record, the Meat Packers reefer is painted the same way as the Feb. one.

Regarding the load on the BN flat car, I got the BN flat car and after seeing it, have no idea what it is supposed to be.  It would be nice if Joe would answer the question as to what it is.

[Denver Road Doug]

Regarding the load on the BN flat car, I got the BN flat car and after seeing it, have no idea what it is supposed to be.

Brass knuckles, to fool the TSA?   (it's just a toy train...)   

Funny, even UMTRR George was left guessing.

[peteski]

For the record, the Meat Packers reefer is painted the same way as the Feb. one.

Yes and no (it is actually slightly better).  I'll post my revealing microscopic evaluation later (in my thread about the new painting process). 

[Alaska Railroader]

Regarding the load on the BN flat car, I got the BN flat car and after seeing it, have no idea what it is supposed to be.

Their website says its a construction chassis.

[JoeD]

It's a suspension frame for one of those large coal field dump trucks, specifically...what they labeled it, not sure   I always thought a cool series of loads would be all the parts necessary to build a big piece of machinery....hummm...

Joe

For the record, the Meat Packers reefer is painted the same way as the Feb. one.

Regarding the load on the BN flat car, I got the BN flat car and after seeing it, have no idea what it is supposed to be.  It would be nice if Joe would answer the question as to what it is.

[Kisatchie]

I always thought a cool series of loads would be all the parts necessary to build a big piece of machinery....hummm...

Don't ask me what Dee's talking about.


Hmm... I wish someone
would do a Krellman
machine...

[fredmoehrle]

It's a suspension frame for one of those large coal field dump trucks, specifically...what they labeled it, not sure   I always thought a cool series of loads would be all the parts necessary to build a big piece of machinery....hummm...

Joe

Bring it on!
I'm game, just don't tell anyone what it is, see how long it takes us to guess!

[Denver Road Doug]

Bring it on!
I'm game, just don't tell anyone what it is, see how long it takes us to guess!

Something tells me, that's exactly what they ARE doing...

[CoalPorter]

Something tells me, that's exactly what they ARE doing...

Hi, I watching a show on TV about building the large Caterpillar dump trucks used in tar sand mining. They build the frames and engines in
one shop (somewhere in the US) and then haul by truck to Alberta, CANADA. and finish building them at a plant that is built on the
site where they are used. No trains involved I realize that this just CAT and one customer thought.