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The NYC 4650 is accurate for the prototype. They had 4650's and the number is in the series, so we're good on that.After reading a Ron Flanary article in Classic Trains. I might be interested in the L&N COMAT car.
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This collection of locomotives will likely be the last production run of the Micro-Trains SW1500 locomotive.
GN had 4650s, albeit the pre 1971 versions, but not the road numbers that are listed on the flyer. Hopefully that is just a misprint.http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gn/gn171778amh.jpg
Looks like the PRR ACF should be a 4600:http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/acf/cf4600.htmIs the NYC car a 4650 prototype? For some reason it isnt listed here:http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/acf/cf4650.htmMark
Does anyone make an N scale 3 or 4 bay 1960s Center Flow? The early Atlas 4-bay had the horizontal rib, but the ones I've seen lately don't, so even that one seems to have disappeared.
I have most of those. The 3560 is either too new, or not common in the Northwest in the early 70s, so I don't have that one. I doubt that they were commonly used in grain service.The Minitrix car wasn't bad for the time, but would take a lot of work to make it look decent by today's standards. And, like the Bowser/DV cars, which I also have one of, they aren't what I was thinking of for "grain cars". The GN did have a series of the cylindrical CFs, very close to the Bowser/DV models, and they are a viable choice for grain service.The MP car is basically the old Atlas model, and looks like they took over the dies after they wore out. I have one of them as well, because it came in a paint scheme I couldn't find decals for. The Bachmann cars always looked oversized to me, but they weren't bad, and I had several of them. In some ways they were better than the Atlas model, as they had the slope sheet braces, and the floor was separate, rather than the roof coming off. Shortening the Atlas car to a proper 3-bay version took a lot of cutting, because one had to increase the spacing between the remaining hoppers. Shortening the Bachmann car was easy. Cut a piece from the middle of the body, glue the ends back together, then chop up the floor. No need to hide the floor splices, or even cover the holes, as it couldn't be seen anyway. All of my cars needed trough hatches, so hatch spacing didn't matter on the kitbashes.If one was really lazy, MR(?) had an article on making 3-bay cars in HO, from Athearn models, that would also work for Bachmann. Cut the floor apart, throw one middle bay away, glue the other in the center of the car, put the end sections back in. The body was too long, but the kitbash couldn't have been easier.Intermountain ran a magazine ad for early 4650s a few years ago, with a nice prototype picture, so one could see that's what they meant. That's the last I ever heard of the project.
How "wrong" is the 094 00 220 PRR covered hopper. I know that the brake wheel should be high and not low, but apart from that, are there further errors? Javier
Maybe more Q cars went to the eastern states?