Baltimore & Ohio Class B-18 in N-scale!

B&O rostered a large assortment of heavyweight baggage-express cars and yet never owned a lightweight baggage car. Their heavyweight baggage cars operated with other streamlined lightweight and rebuilt passenger equipment such as in the Capitol Limited. B&O class B-18 baggage cars were unique because the doors were spaced closer together as in the Wheels of Time N-scale model.  They were acquired during their acquisition of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway from Van Sweringen brothers in 1932.  Built in 1923 by AC&F.  Some lasted into the 1960s.  Wheels of Time N-scale rendition of this B&O classic will have three car numbers.  Pre-orders are due on May 19th. 

Intermission: BNSF Action @ Franklin Canyon

It's time for an intermission in the midst of our product development work! Here are some action shots from my slides - all taken near Franklin Canyon in Feb. 1997. The first photo is an eastbound BNSF local with 3 units pulling 2 cars - giving it a really nice HP to tonnage ratio.  Quickly following on the heels of the overpowered local, is an eastbound BNSF intermodal train lead by GE C-40-8W no. 877 and EMD SD75M no. 218 still in the awesome ATSF warbonnet paint scheme.  Enjoy!

Paint Chips for Northern Pacific Loewy Green!

Our Northern Pacific Railway Color Drift Control Cards arrrived at Wheels of Time design studio.  Looking forward in making our N-scale Northern Pacific heavyweight bagggage-express car in proper shade of paint. NPRHA paint chips made available for modelers and manufacturers are the way to go . . . wish more railroad historical societies will do likewise.

  

Action @ EL's Croxton Yard in 1976

I thought i post this interested photo of Erie Lackawanna's Croxton New Jersey yard taken in 1976 by Bob Malinoski - from Paul Brezicki.  It shows Erie Lackawanna SDP45 leading a trainload of New York City subway cars. A PC-90 Piggy-Packer bottom lifting a 40-ft container and a P-70 Piggy-Packer getting into position.  Behind the EL train looks like a Santa Fe 100-ton RBL box car.  Interesting stuff.  Thanks Paul for sharing!

A review from Model Railroad News!

Check it out!  Review of our HO scale Piggy-Packer by Model Railroad News in their April 2014 magazine!