@GTW posted:Agreeing with John23, I don't recall seeing any solid coal trains. There were blocks of coal hoppers coming from Illinois and going to the coaling stations at Battle Creek, Lansing, Durand, Milwaukee Jct. and points in Ontario for company use. However, there were solid gravel trains coming out of Oxford. The 4070 along with sisters 4076 and 4078 were used on those runs fairly frequently.
Of interest, the mikes (3700s and 4000s) were also used on the commuter runs (Detroit-Pontiac). They had the capability of quickly accelerating the 5-7 heavy-weight coaches over the five station stops on a 50-minute schedule.
That's actually interesting, and also shows my lack of knowledge on the line itself.
Did they pull those green and black painted passenger cars the GTW have a good chunk of? I mostly know about the NKP and PRR(?) cars that the CVL/CVSR had when 4070 was still in excursion service. I do know MTH has made quite a few of the green and black ones. I definitely need to find some reference books...
All good answers here in the replies, fellas. I personally don't care too much about customization, since I'd be 3RS'ing the thing with Kadee's and likely weathering.
For me at least, finding ideal rolling stock for 4070 (either for in-service days or excursion days) in O scale hasn't been the easiest thing to accomplish.
