Forget the hyper-active railfoamer, he's probably had to change his underwear several times.
Skip directly to 0:39 to 1:04 for GT, BCR and IC images so far...
Rusty
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Forget the hyper-active railfoamer, he's probably had to change his underwear several times.
Skip directly to 0:39 to 1:04 for GT, BCR and IC images so far...
Rusty
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I agree. That video was about 2 minutes and 10 seconds too long. But interesting news, thanks for sharing.
A less "foamy" look:
Apparently, CN has plans to do 18 units.
Rusty
Kinda admire the guy's enthusiasm although I suspect he might be on the spectrum. Interesting news. I guess if they need to be painted anyway, why not?
My young friend Tom Elesh, Jr. sent me the picture of the whole proposed roster that our foamer posted at the short video! That was the first I heard of this. I think it is great CN is jumping into the Heritage Unit game. I'm partial to the third from the top on the left hand column, since the B&LE runs just over the hill from my house. We still see engines with B&LE colors here, but sometimes other CN roads show up.
i don't know but that BC unit better be made in o gauge as a lionel tier 4 and a duluth unit oh my gosh major foam imagine a duluth tier 4
A reminder of how much more interesting things used to be before all the consolidation created a "mass extinction" of rail lines.
@breezinup posted:A reminder of how much more interesting things used to be before all the consolidation created a "mass extinction" of rail lines.
Absolutely true!!!! On a trip to Pittsburgh, I would see B&O, B&LE, PRR, P&LE. and I probably missed something.
Oddly enough; after seeing a photo of the GT heritage unit on TO the other day; I was watching the Waupaca, WI railcam a bit later and an honest to god GT unit, still in original paint, went by as the trailing unit in a two unit consist pulling a westbound manifest.
I am happy to see JJ pulling the trigger on a CN heritage fleet though!
Curt
@juniata guy posted:Oddly enough; after seeing a photo of the GT heritage unit on TO the other day; I was watching the Waupaca, WI railcam a bit later and an honest to god GT unit, still in original paint, went by as the trailing unit in a two unit consist pulling a westbound manifest.
I am happy to see JJ pulling the trigger on a CN heritage fleet though!
Curt
I think there's still a number of IC "Death Star" units running around also... Shoulda done Orange & White with the split rail. (Opinion)
Rusty
That's pretty cool. Saw the preview photo of the BNSF heritage units and it was a let-down.
@Rusty Traque posted:I think there's still a number of IC "Death Star" units running around also... Shoulda done Orange & White with the split rail. (Opinion)
Rusty
How about an IC in PANAMA LTD cors.
@Dominic Mazoch posted:How about an IC in PANAMA LTD cors.
Iowa Pacific may own the rights. They have had locomotives and passenger cars painted in IC Chocolate and Orange for years.
I know they own the rights for green diamond logo.
Rusty
While this is something I certainly look forward to seeing, it also serves as a sad reminder of how much MTH will be missed in this hobby. One less manufacturer (especially one that was prone to offering lesser known road names or special editions) means less likelihood that we’ll see all, or any, of these being produced in O Gauge. But keeping my fingers crossed.
@Rusty Traque posted:Iowa Pacific may own the rights. They have had locomotives and passenger cars painted in IC Chocolate and Orange for years.
I know they own the rights for green diamond logo.
Rusty
Well, IP is bankrupt and/or out of business. So who does own the diamond?
No Northern Alberta Railway?
An interesting development.
A Lionel ES44AC with Letgacy, Bluetooth, kinematic couplers, in IC Death Star paint scheme? Shut up and take my money!
@Dominic Mazoch posted:Well, IP is bankrupt and/or out of business. So who does own the diamond?
Just because they're bankrupt, doesn't mean the holding company has to surrender or sell the rights. At least not yet. As there has been no interest in IP's assets so far, who knows what will happen to the trademarks.
As we've seen with other railroad artifacts, the owner could hold on until the last possible moment.
Rusty
The Death Star unit should be named for Hunter Harrison!
Rusty, maybe they are saving the orange/white scheme for a ICG unit? A GM&O heritage unit might be interesting. A Alton unit?
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