Monday, July 16, 2012

Addendum to Weathering MT Auto Racks

Con Cor Auto Racks and Vert A Pac car in Video on YouTube



IC "Vert A Pac" Car

I saw an advertisement involving this freight car in the early 70's showing how the sides pull down into ramps, then Chevy Vegas were driven up the ramp, ramps were closed, leaving the Vegas nose first.  Accommodations were made at the factory for various fluids in the cars.  I don't know if these cars were still in service in 1981.


Santa Fe Auto Rack  Red Paint Scheme

All of the Con Cor cars have "N Scale of Nevada" photo etch panels.  These panels are no longer available.  (If someone has some extras, I need 6 more.)  This improved the appearance of the Con Cor auto racks remarkably.  I also modified the extensions on the Micro Train couplers, thus shortening the distance between cars.

Close up of Santa Fe Logo

The "t" in Santa Fe was applied in house by spraying Santa Fe red on a piece of sheet metal, then spraying on the "t", and welding it to the car.

Southern Pacific

SP auto racks were notoriously filthy.

Soo Line

Santa Fe in Mineral Brown

Denver and Rio Grande Western

Grand Trunk

Rooftops

Really weird precise weathering patterns.  I believe they follow the riveted sections.

SP rooftop

Canadian National

Chicago and Northwestern

I will deal with the Red Caboose Auto Racks in a future posting.

Prototype Photos:








I have posted a N Scale video of a 1981 Auto Rack train on YouTube at:

http://youtu.be/XxzUouLStgo

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