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Post by engineerblake on Jan 26, 2024 22:32:41 GMT -5
I spy some Grand Trunk heritage in the mix! Nice!
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Post by engineerblake on Jan 26, 2024 20:52:17 GMT -5
This question has peaked my interest as I too have wondered what products (ground throws and switch machines) would work best with the Atlas switches.
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Post by engineerblake on Aug 29, 2023 13:34:29 GMT -5
You could make the layout wider and flip the station to the outside of the passenger oval.
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Post by engineerblake on Aug 23, 2023 13:36:58 GMT -5
Just search for the word "Evans" and you'll get two HO, two N, and an O and Z results.
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Post by engineerblake on Aug 23, 2023 8:14:19 GMT -5
My guess is it will be an Evans 53’ Double Plug Door (DPD) box car. If you dig around on the Atlas website, I think they already have link for it.
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Post by engineerblake on Jul 16, 2023 18:54:45 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this, looking forwards to getting many of the full sized CP Rail multimark and the CN sergeant striped units.
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Post by engineerblake on Jun 19, 2023 8:45:09 GMT -5
I think it's too similar, like an inverse of the CN scheme. Move that diagonal black portion forward on the hood to be under both the name and logo and add another yellow stripe afterwards would be better. Think Red/Yellow Stripe/Black Portion/Yellow Stripe/ Red.
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Post by engineerblake on Feb 22, 2023 2:44:47 GMT -5
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Post by engineerblake on Apr 27, 2022 16:14:53 GMT -5
Hopefully they'll get some AZL stock in soon. Cool name for a business though! Some backstory for the name from Wikipedia. "The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canadian manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario. Its works were located on the south side of Ontario Street between William and Gore streets on Kingston's waterfront. The CLC had its beginnings with a number of predecessor businesses. It began business as the Ontario Foundry in 1848, but after commencing construction of locomotives it became known as the Kingston Locomotive Works." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Locomotive_Company
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Post by engineerblake on Apr 1, 2022 8:21:31 GMT -5
That looks so good, it'll look good being floated around on a barge floating on Slocan Lake.
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Post by engineerblake on Feb 20, 2022 8:08:51 GMT -5
I would like to follow your lead and eventually paint up some GP9s in the big multi mark and TH&B schemes.
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Post by engineerblake on Jul 28, 2021 8:46:29 GMT -5
GO Transit has been in operation in the Greater Toronto Area since 1967 taking over commuter operations from CN. GO still has the 50th anniversary page up on their website, as you scroll down timetables will appear. The Transit Toronto website also has timetables from the first year of GO. goingstrong.gotransit.com/en/1960.htmltransittoronto.ca/spare/0061.shtml
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Post by engineerblake on Jun 2, 2021 21:41:57 GMT -5
Hi, thanks for the reply. Since no Canadian road names are listed in the planned first release of these I was just wondering if there ever will be. I think the closest thing to a "Canadian" PA-unit would be the Delaware & Hudson units that they got second-hand from the Santa Fe in 1967. These units would run between New York City and Montreal hauling the Laurentian passenger train up until Amtrak's creation in 1971. After Amtrak took over they used the D&H equipment on the Adirondack until 1977. bridge-line.org/alcopa1pa4
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Post by engineerblake on Jun 2, 2021 14:16:51 GMT -5
Hi, CN and CP both used the four axle versions of the PA and PB units and they passed to VIA Rail later. Are any of these being planned? Although they had similar designs, those railways bought what was called an FA/FB or FPA model. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_FACanadian Pacific rostered both Alco built FA-1s as well as FA-2s and FPAs built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, all numbered in the 4000-number series when they were active. www.cprdieselroster.com/CP%204000%20Page%201.htmCanadian National once rostered the Montreal Locomotive Works FA-1, FA-2 and FB-2 models in the 9400-number series. As well as FPA-2 and FPA-4 models in the 6700-number series. www.cnrha.ca/node/969/locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/MLW_FP-4I hope this clarifies what models each railway had versus what is soon to be offered by AZL.
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Post by engineerblake on May 30, 2021 8:56:26 GMT -5
I for one would love to see the upcoming SD40-2 in CP Rail action red with a full sized Multimark. Both the 5863 and 5911, up until 2017 and 2015 respectively ended up being the last two units to retain their original large Multimark paint scheme. Working through the small Multimark, no-Multimark, Dual-Flags, CP Beaver 1 and plain CP paint scheme eras. I'd be happy with any multi mark, but happiest with the full sized ones. 5863 - www.cprdieselroster.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%205800/CP%205863.htm5911 - www.cprdieselroster.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%205900/CP%205911.htmInformation on the variants on CP Rail's Action Red Paint Scheme Variants - www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/paint.htmCP Rail (1968) "Action Red" variations: A5L Action Red, 5" nose/cab front stripes, large Multimark. This was the first "CP Rail" paint scheme. The last unit delivered in this scheme was SD40-2 #5717 in 1975. A5M Action Red, 5" nose/cab front stripes, small Multimark. This version was applied only to GM hood units. Units so painted had a red area above the height of the Multimark on the rear of the long hood. A5Mc Action Red, 5" nose/cab stripes, Multimark on cab (end cab switchers only). In all likelihood, all switchers with 5" stripes had Multimark on the cab and road numbers on the hood. A8Lf Action Red, 8" nose stripes, large Multimark, white frame stripe. SD40-2 #5700 was the prototype unit (1975) in this scheme followed by SD40-2's #5718-5777. A8L Action Red, 8" nose stripes, large Multimark. 1977-78 deliveries came in this scheme including SD40-2's 5837-64, 5778-99, 5900-14.A8M Action Red, 8" nose stripes, small Multimark. After 1979 and beginning with SD40-2 #5915, the white frame stripe was dropped. A8Mc Action Red, 8" nose stripes, Multimark on cab (endcab switchers only). A8Mh Action Red, 8" nose stripes, Multimark on hood immediately in front of the cab (endcab switchers only). A8NM Action Red, 8" nose stripes, no Multimark. SD40 #5513 was one of the first to appear in this scheme in late 1987. The only new deliveries in this scheme were SD40-2F’s #9000-9024.
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