Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2006

Hi --

I am working on modelling two small H0 scale layouts based on the
Minnesota Transfer Railway (MTRY) ca 1963.

One of the layouts is an interchange yard, where cars are dropped off by
several other railroad lines, including the Northern Pacific, the Great
Northern, the Chicago & North Western, and a few others - the Milwaukee
Road, the Soo line, the other layout is local switching to pick up and
drop off freight cars to local industries.

I have aquired a few engines which should be reasonably right for the
era I model :
- One Alco S1 (to be repainted for the MTRY)
- One RS-3 in Great Northern colors
- One EMD GP30 in Great Northern colors
- One EMD GP7 in Northern Pacific colors
- One Fairbanks Morse H-16-44 Baby Trainmaster (to repaint for C&NW)

But I was wondering about the freight cars and cabooses I have gathered,

Which of these can be used as is ? Which needs a repaint job to be
reasonably credible for a Twin Cities location in 1963 ? And which car
types (if any) simply were not available in 1963 ?

Boxcars:
40’ Great Northern Box Car (Dark Green)
40' Milwaukee Road Box Car (Yellow)
40' Union Pacific Box Car (Red)
40' Union Pacific Box Car (Armor Yellow)
40' Union Pacific Box Car (Armor Yellow)
40' Box Car (Pale White)
40' Box Car (Black)
40' NRT Box Car (Orange)
40' Morell Box Car (Orange)
40' Burlington Box Car (Red) - Post 1963 ???
40' Box Car (Orange)
40' Wines Box Car (Grey)
40' Dairymens Box Car (White w/Blue text)
40' Box Car (Blue and White)
50' Delson Lumber Co. Box Car (Brown)
50' R F & P Box car (dark blue)
50' Netherlands Overseas Mills Box Car (Blue & Yellow)
50' Chessie System Box Car (Orange) - post 1963 ?
50' Chessie System Box Car (Orange) - post 1963 ?
50' Burlington Box Car (Green) - post 1963 ?
50' "W" Box Car (Orange)
50' Frisco Box Car (Orange)

Tank Cars
40' single dome Tootsie Roll Tank Car (Black)
40' single dome Quaker State Oil Tank Car (White & Green)
40' single dome Hooker Chemicals (Orange)
40' single dome Cities Service (Green)
40' single dome Dupont (Green & Yellow)
40' single dome Hooker (Red)
40' single dome Texaco (Silver)
40' single dome Shell (Orange)
40' single dome Wesson (Blue, White and Green)
40' single dome Kopper Chemicals (Red)
40' single dome Kopper Chemicals (Red)
40' single dome Allied Chemicals (White)
40' single dome Allied Chemicals (White)

Open Hopper Cars
3 Bay CP Rail 70 ton Coal Hopper (Black)
3 Bay DRGW 70 ton Coal Hopper (Black)
3 Bay The Rock Hopper (Light blue)
3 Bay Hopper Car (Orange)  
3 Bay Peabody Short Line (Yellow)  
3 Bay B & M Open Hopper Car (Dark Blue)
4 Bay Cotton Belt (Dark Red)  
4 Bay Burlington (Red)  
4 Bay Cheasapeake and Ohio Open Hopper (Dark Green)
4 Bay Reading Open Hopper (Black)

Covered Hopper Cars
2 Bay Jack Frost Covered Hopper (Blue and White)  
2 Bay Haliburton Covered Hopper (Red and White)  
2 Bay B & M Covered Hopper (Dark blue)
3 Bay Naugatuck Plastics Covered Hopper (White)
3 Bay Wabash Grain Hopper (Black)
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #1 (White)
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #2 (White)  
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #3 (White)
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #4 (White)
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #5 (White)
3 Bay Burlington Grain Hopper #6 (White)
3 Bay Warps Plastics Covered Hopper (Yellow)
4 Bay Sanka Covered Hopper (Red)
4 Bay "Old Dutch Cleanser" Hopper (Yellow)
4 Bay GT Grain Hopper (Blue)
4 Bay Illinois Central Grain Hopper (Orange

Gondolas and Flatcars
50' Union Pacific Gondola w/ pipe load (Armor Yellow)
40' Flatcar (Black)
40' AT&SF Flatcar (Black)
50' Great Northern Flatcar w/load (Green)
50' APL flatvar (yellow) w/2 20' Containers (white)

Smile,
Stein