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ljudice

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Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« on: April 07, 2008, 08:12:51 AM »
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Model Conrail in 1993 and have a fair number of NS run-through locomotives (plus CSX, etc)

or

Model NS today and have a fair number of CR patch jobs...


Take into account conspicuity striping, availability of particular models or likely future availability. Also rolling stock. 1993 means goodbye Athearn Ethanol tanks, Kato Maxi-IV's, etc...  It means hello more colorful shortline boxcars though.

I am getting second thoughts about going whole hog over NS, given that Atlas will certainly have the whole C40-8* family out there relatively soon, which I've been begging for the past 15 or so years.

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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2008, 08:36:55 AM »
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Model UP in the early 80s - mid 90s, with all the roads they bought in that period you could have as many patch jobs as you liked!  ;D
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2008, 09:14:41 AM »
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Conrail in 1998 has the best of all worlds... Maxi IV, some Ethonol cars, lots of diferent boxcar schemes.
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2008, 09:59:16 AM »
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CR patch jobs? Too soon buddy, too soon...
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2008, 10:47:34 AM »
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From what I recall, most of the paint outs were gone by 87/88, either by way of the paint shop or scrapper.
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2008, 03:49:46 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on April 07, 2008, 09:59:16 AM
CR patch jobs? Too soon buddy, too soon...


NEVER..... >:(

Actually 1993 Conrail would be very do-able. With the SD50/60/60M and the B40-8. now the C40-8 and GP38-2. Might have to think on getting some newer power.
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ljudice

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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2008, 06:42:28 PM »
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Plus the GP15 is coming!

About the only thing missing is the SD50 with the can openers (always wondered why Atlas never did that) and of course the SD40-2's in Conrail equipment.

Also missing are the oddball six axle GE's, but at least there is hope there with the Kato C30-7 frame around.

Looking very interesting...
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2008, 10:42:51 PM »
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Why not model a railroad that had real miles of trackage? Like the REAL Santa Fe? ;D Just jerking yer chains... 8)
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Re: Best Way to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too...
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2008, 10:50:58 PM »
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Quote from: ljudice on April 07, 2008, 06:42:28 PM
Plus the GP15 is coming!

About the only thing missing is the SD50 with the can openers (always wondered why Atlas never did that) and of course the SD40-2's in Conrail equipment.

Also missing are the oddball six axle GE's, but at least there is hope there with the Kato C30-7 frame around.

Looking very interesting...


And the B23-7 in the Q scheme too. Can the C40-8W be far behind?

And I always liked when a CSX bright future scheme would show up on the Portland Coal Train..
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