CPR, which has done a lot of relaying welded rail the past year or two; trains now increasingly have a mix of CPR red and the DM&E light yellow and blue. I finally found a copy of Hirsimaki's Alco Line book a decent price at a nearby train show last month, not realizing that it was still actually in print. The book mentions that the Plainview branch had gotten welded rail with a federal grant in the early 90's, although after the book was published, history caught up, and the branch was torn up to become a rails to trails right of way in the late 90's, leaving only a couple miles as a spur to store extra covered hoppers in the off-season.
I expect you used the Oddballs sets? So far as I have determined, they are the only ones out there. AM is still selling the CD's on special at $30; I'd bought a C&NW a year or so ago along with an order of trucks and odds and ends and just ordered a RI blue with more trucks and oddments--it will match the SHS PS-2 in blue. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:42:06 -0600 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Pacific Rail Shops ACF Covered Hoppers > > Jace, > > I've had a SHS PS-2 lettered for the DM&E for several years. I believe > these were former CN&W, M&StL, and CGW hoppers in a new dress. I > understand the DM&E is now Canadian owned--but which one CN or CP? > > I remember when AM had their CD covered hoppers for about $20. I should > have bought a couple. Want them for repainting into MILW Federal yellow > with the slogan--America's Resourceful Railroad. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > > > > > Despite all my recent posts on AF conversions, I spent a very pleasant > > couple of hours Saturday (and I have pretty much figured out what to do > > and how to do it most efficiently to get it down to two hours or so) > > assembling a new ACF kit. During the current Oddballs Decals sale I > > ordered > > a couple of DM&E lettering sets (the local railroad where I am at > > present) and am looking for some cheap ACF covered hoppers to put them on. > > Trucks not necessary, if anyone has extras they are contemplating > > putting on the market. Particular lettering not important, obviously. > > > > I'd prefer to do that to stripping the extra NMRA Canandaigua Southern > > special-paint schemes I bought from the sale last fall (I only wish I'd > > bought more, but the rest of you benefited from my self-restraint). Or > > perhaps swap the CS cars for other schemes. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
