ronb
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Post by ronb on Aug 10, 2012 7:21:21 GMT -8
SMD announced their second car a few weeks ago and I haven't seen any chatter on this group about it. SMD has an Early Bird Special going on for the next 6 days where you can get 10% off if you make a deposit before 8/15. Their B&O I12 caboose will be available in 4 different paint schemes (first run) and six numbers of each scheme. More info can be found on their site: www.smd.ccIf have seen their canstock car, you know what level of detail these are all about. I can't wait to get some. |
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Post by nw611 on Aug 10, 2012 7:52:47 GMT -8
Bill, there was a discussion about the SMD B&O caboose over a month ago, between 6/18 and 6/23. I don't know yet if they lasted into CSX. Ciao. Raffaele
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Post by fr8kar on Aug 10, 2012 10:34:09 GMT -8
Thanks for the reminder - I just ordered one. Thing is, I'm not even a B&O or Chessie modeler. I can't think of a single locomotive or piece of rolling stock with B&O markings on my roster. Still, I had to have this caboose. I guess now I'll need some locos for it...
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Post by edwardsutorik on Aug 10, 2012 15:36:15 GMT -8
Thanks for the reminder - I just ordered one. Thing is, I'm not even a B&O or Chessie modeler. I can't think of a single locomotive or piece of rolling stock with B&O markings on my roster. Still, I had to have this caboose. I guess now I'll need some locos for it... Yes, but which ones? Decisions, decisions. Ed PS: Say, wasn't there an EM-1 produced recently? Yeah, that's what you need! |
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Post by drolsen on Aug 10, 2012 17:03:04 GMT -8
Just sent in my request for an invoice for three of them. I really only need one that I'm going to renumber to match a preserved caboose along the CSX right-of-way in Baltimore, but I love these cabooses and had to get a couple extras. Bill, there was a discussion about the SMD B&O caboose over a month ago, between 6/18 and 6/23. I don't know yet if they lasted into CSX. Raffaele - I found one photo of a Chessie caboose that apparently lasted until at least July 1992 (Harley Kuehl photo from Fallen Flags in Lackawanna, NY):  It's actually one of the numbers Spring Mills is offering, but you can see how Chessie renumbered them later in life by adding "90" to replace the "C" - in this case, just patching it over with white and adding the "90." Not very pretty, but I ordered this one so I can have one that lasted into the CSX era. Dave |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Aug 10, 2012 18:04:34 GMT -8
Wow, that sure looks like a die sink in the middle of that roof. Bummer! And couldn't they have filed the sprue down to roof level. I do like the weathering, though.
Ed
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Post by drolsen on Aug 10, 2012 18:27:08 GMT -8
At least they clipped off the trip pins, Ed!
Dave
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Post by atsfan on Aug 10, 2012 18:43:00 GMT -8
Great to have new and niche companies in the hobby. I am not a B and O modeler but good for those that are  |
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Post by fr8kar on Aug 11, 2012 11:03:13 GMT -8
Thanks for the reminder - I just ordered one. Thing is, I'm not even a B&O or Chessie modeler. I can't think of a single locomotive or piece of rolling stock with B&O markings on my roster. Still, I had to have this caboose. I guess now I'll need some locos for it... Yes, but which ones? Decisions, decisions. Ed PS: Say, wasn't there an EM-1 produced recently? Yeah, that's what you need! That might be a little out of my era, Ed! I'm leaning toward a pair of GP40s or a GP40 and GP40-2. I don't know - I feel like I've opened Pandora's box with this purchase... |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Aug 11, 2012 12:08:03 GMT -8
It's AWFULLY hard to stay concentrated. For some of us. While my modeling is centered on the Northwest of these United States, I have fond feelings (and cars and locomotives) for the RF&P--I used to look out the window in ninth grade and watch their trains leaving Potomac Yard. MY "guilty pleasure" GP40's have a script monogram on their flanks.
These things happen.
Ed
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