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Post by gexrfan on Apr 27, 2013 5:28:47 GMT -8
 True Line trains has just announced that they will be making a NYC wooden van. Just put up on there website this morning. Should be a ]pretty nice effort. I remember spotting the odd one in St Luc yard in Montreal back in the late 60's
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Post by theengineshed on Apr 27, 2013 7:49:21 GMT -8
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Post by middledivision on Apr 27, 2013 8:17:39 GMT -8
D&H wood caboose would be nice.
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Post by ambluco on Apr 29, 2013 4:57:33 GMT -8
I couldn't find a date when they are due. True Line trains has just announced that they will be making a NYC wooden van. Just put up on there website this morning. Should be a ]pretty nice effort. I remember spotting the odd one in St Luc yard in Montreal back in the late 60's |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2013 5:01:23 GMT -8
I couldn't find a date when they are due. True Line trains has just announced that they will be making a NYC wooden van. Just put up on there website this morning. Should be a ]pretty nice effort. I remember spotting the odd one in St Luc yard in Montreal back in the late 60's Sometime in 2014. |
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Post by trebor on Apr 29, 2013 5:26:00 GMT -8
Same model as TRix?  ? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2013 5:28:51 GMT -8
Same model as TRix? ? Supposedly its all new tooling. |
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Post by Spikre on Apr 30, 2013 14:25:47 GMT -8
 Trix cars had the Underframes Comprimised so that NEM Flanges and Loop Couplers could be used on the Maerklin versions. was intresting that Trix did 3 cabeese before they pulled out. and the body work was rather nice,except for the U.P CA roof,did Trix ever Fix/Correct that roof ? they never did do Scale Underframes. Spikre   
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Post by ambluco on Apr 30, 2013 16:06:38 GMT -8
The Trix caboose was also missing the beveled corners on the body. Trix cars had the Underframes Comprimised so that NEM Flanges and Loop Couplers could be used on the Maerklin versions. was intresting that Trix did 3 cabeese before they pulled out. and the body work was rather nice,except for the U.P CA roof,did Trix ever Fix/Correct that roof ? they never did do Scale Underframes. Spikre |
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Post by grahamline on Apr 30, 2013 16:16:20 GMT -8
Trix did release an updated version of the UP CA with a paneled roof. Models are difficult to find now.
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Post by Spikre on May 6, 2013 14:11:47 GMT -8
Ambluco, which Trix caboose are You refering to ? the PRR and NYC bodies looked rather nice in the boxes. Grahamline, thanks for the U.P. CA caboose update,havnt seen any of those "Fixed" ones yet. Spikre
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Post by ambluco on May 6, 2013 15:03:52 GMT -8
The NYC. The NYC 19000-series (maybe others?) had the corners beveled so it was not a 90 degree angle. The model didn't replicate that. Ambluco, which Trix caboose are You refering to ? the PRR and NYC bodies looked rather nice in the boxes. Grahamline, thanks for the U.P. CA caboose update,havnt seen any of those "Fixed" ones yet. Spikre |
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Post by Spikre on May 7, 2013 14:42:39 GMT -8
Ambluco, thanks for that info. will check the brass LMB NYC cabbie here someday. wonder if they got it wright ?? Spikre |
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Post by leikec on Jul 27, 2014 20:40:16 GMT -8
I'm looking to preorder a couple of these. Any updates on a release date?
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Post by marknycfan on Jul 28, 2014 3:46:54 GMT -8
This is good news, I'll get one for sure
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Post by Brakie on Jul 28, 2014 3:55:10 GMT -8
For what its worth(maybe zip,nothing or even so?) NYC used these on urban locals and transfer runs into the mid 60s in the Columbus(Oh) area..
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Post by John Sheridan on Jul 28, 2014 5:10:44 GMT -8
The NYC. The NYC 19000-series (maybe others?) had the corners beveled so it was not a 90 degree angle. The model didn't replicate that. Ummm, yes it did. The corners are rounded just like the real ones. They were not "beveled" at all according to all the drawings I have seen. The poling pockets are missing in this rendering but this shot was an early pre-production before modifications.  |
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Post by ambluco on Jul 28, 2014 8:28:20 GMT -8
My quote refers to the Trix car which didn't have the rounded corners. That car was reviewed by many and a few articles written on fixing that and some other issues. One writer was Jim Six. And the word beveled was used as some places call it rounded and other called it beveled. Whichever word you choose, the Trix model lacked it. Here is one review. Trix ReviewThe NYC. The NYC 19000-series (maybe others?) had the corners beveled so it was not a 90 degree angle. The model didn't replicate that. Ummm, yes it did. The corners are rounded just like the real ones. They were not "beveled" at all according to all the drawings I have seen. The poling pockets are missing in this rendering but this shot was an early pre-production before modifications. |
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Post by Spikre on Jul 28, 2014 10:17:22 GMT -8
 is pic reversed ? or is the coupler assembled upside down ? any one else notice this gaff ? Spikre 
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Post by PennCentral on Jul 28, 2014 10:17:28 GMT -8
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Post by mkulak on Jul 28, 2014 14:54:16 GMT -8
I wish they would finish one project before announcing another  I have been waiting for the NSC Newsprint boxcar for about 2 years now.  |
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Post by Brakie on Jul 28, 2014 17:20:14 GMT -8
Jason,I had no idea those "conductor's cap" (no idea) cabooses was painted Jade Green..The ones in Columbus was still brown. Thanks for sharing that tidbit. |
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Post by PennCentral on Jul 28, 2014 19:11:07 GMT -8
Larry,
19001 is the ONLY one I have seen photographic proof of so far. I don't believe it was common for these to be repainted Century Green. I consider it very fortunate as if I ever decide to dabble in NYC stuff again, I have a PROTOTYPICAL caboose I would like to model. Amsterdam is where my grandmother was from. When I was very young, we'd occasionally visit my great-grandfather who lived four or five blocks north of the old NYC. This would have been in the early Conrail years, late 70's/early 80's. I found that there was a spot in his driveway that I could stand and look between houses and buildings those 4-5 blocks and glimpse trains passing. Just a sliver, the gap wasn't big enough to see an entire car or locomotive but I was COMMITTED to train watching even back then. I'm sure the 19001 was long gone by then but it would be fun to build a little switching layout set at the very end of the Central/beginning of the Penn Central.
Jason
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Post by PennCentral on Jul 28, 2014 19:15:11 GMT -8
Oh, and I probably won't use the TLT model. Since I'd just be doing one, I'd probably go with the AMB LaserKit one. You can see it at this page, you'll need to scroll down a bit. www.laserkit.com/new2.htmJason |
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Post by Brakie on Jul 29, 2014 2:55:49 GMT -8
Jason,I always heard NYC used Jade Green even from a former NYC car shop man..
Is Century Green the same?
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Post by PennCentral on Jul 29, 2014 6:09:31 GMT -8
I too have heard 'jade green' most of my life but in more recent years, I've been hearing it called 'Century Green' more often. Here's some links. nycshs.blogspot.com/p/nyc-colors.htmlNYC boxcar overview by Jeff English, NYC freight car authority. He mentions that the NYC's official name for the Jade Green paint was 'Century Green'. www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/nycboxcars.pdfAnd a page from Terry Link's incredible NYC site. www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT-PAINT.htmFrom what I gather from all this, the NYC switched to a Jade green color and like most railroads, chose to give it their own name. My beloved D&H used "Champlain Blue". The Pennsy called it's used motor oil 'Dark Green Locomotive Enamel". Espee had 'Daylight Red'. Bunch of ego and marketing hype. Jason |
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Post by Brakie on Jul 30, 2014 0:38:06 GMT -8
I too have heard 'jade green' most of my life but in more recent years, I've been hearing it called 'Century Green' more often. From what I gather from all this, the NYC switched to a Jade green color and like most railroads, chose to give it their own name. My beloved D&H used "Champlain Blue". The Pennsy called it's used motor oil 'Dark Green Locomotive Enamel". Espee had 'Daylight Red'. Bunch of ego and marketing hype. Jason Thanks for the links interesting reading. I kind of thought that was the way of it.. I found the best PRR color was grimy black with a drop or two of DGLE with oil and grease stains along the long hood by the doors and that's based from my 2 years as a PRR brakeman before PC wreck. |
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True Line trains has just announced that they will be making a NYC
I have been waiting for the NSC Newsprint boxcar for about 2 years now.