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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #105 on: July 10, 2014, 02:23:31 PM »
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Quote from: sundowner on July 10, 2014, 02:17:59 PM
Its a tribute Lionel Alien transport box car.

Finally, a car I'd buy.

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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #106 on: July 10, 2014, 03:16:21 PM »
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I wonder how much popcorn Craig consumes whilst going through these teaser treads?
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #107 on: July 10, 2014, 06:04:40 PM »
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Well, I think this "guess" thing is sheer genius. (We never expect less from Craig!) Not only does he build anticipation about new and different products, he gets to gather invaluable marketing information about what we will actually buy... and without getting tripped-up in the "squeaky wheel"/"me too" that comes with a generic "what do you guys want to see next?" query.

All those marketing classes are paying off, I suppose.
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #108 on: July 10, 2014, 08:58:18 PM »
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Thanks Doug and Ike, I am glad you found the info useful.  I should note that the MP and CNW cars are slightly taller than the D&RGW cars, but the Trainworx model is similar enough to those prototypes that I don't mind using the same model to represent all three cars.

When Lou suggested it might be the UP version of the Bethlehem quad hopper, I got really hopeful.  I had asked Craig for this car about four years ago when I first saw the Tangent HO models at the Union Pacific Historical Society's convention in Boise.

While the odds are the new model will be something totally different, I will be in the same predicament as Mike if it is the UP quad, as I will need at least 100 of them.

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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #109 on: July 10, 2014, 10:08:04 PM »
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It's a Thrommer.
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #110 on: July 11, 2014, 12:16:54 PM »
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Yes but loooooong out of production, as noted.  And never fully taken advantage of in terms of paint schemes when available.  Doubly so considering it has been so long since produced and the prototype continues to go on, getting patched out and freshly painted in new schemes..  PIC, Tangent is releasing them (in HO) in a (contemporary) NS scheme.

We could use a modern Bulkhead Flat too and I still wonder if that's what is coming.

But if we're gonna get an updated 4740 in some schems that have not been done in a LONG time. Well then I'm all for it.

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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #111 on: July 11, 2014, 12:36:55 PM »
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Watch it be a flat car with a K4 on it.
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #112 on: July 11, 2014, 01:20:50 PM »
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Quote from: chicken45 on July 11, 2014, 12:36:55 PM
Watch it be a flat car with a K4 on it.

Only if it is a static model!  :D
All of us non-SPFs would just get a tub of popcorn and watch the fireworks.

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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #113 on: July 11, 2014, 01:45:34 PM »
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But if we're gonna get an updated 4740 in some schems that have not been done in a LONG time. Well then I'm all for it.
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Nope, it's going to be the original design...  :trollface:
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #114 on: July 11, 2014, 11:07:44 PM »
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #115 on: July 12, 2014, 06:01:59 PM »
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Are you sure it's not a "Bopper"?
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #116 on: July 12, 2014, 06:16:11 PM »
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Why the expense of the slope on that Big Bopper ?
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #117 on: July 13, 2014, 03:27:16 PM »
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It was an experimental car the BN had built: half covered hopper - half boxcar. They were trying to make a more versatile car fleet. Only three were made and I believe they are all at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth, MN.
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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #118 on: July 13, 2014, 03:42:22 PM »
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Quote from: jpwisc on July 13, 2014, 03:27:16 PM
It was an experimental car the BN had built: half covered hopper - half boxcar. They were trying to make a more versatile car fleet. Only three were made and I believe they are all at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth, MN.


Hmm... I'm designing a
car that's gonna be
half flat car and half
tank car...

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Re: New BLMA Guesser Photo
« Reply #119 on: July 13, 2014, 07:07:06 PM »
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Obviously, it is a billboard car.  Duh!! :D
(And don't you think they should get the sides on straight?  I mean, really?  :D)
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