CANADIAN Freight Cars

Loren, Good news. Not for me, but I'm not begrudging others for getting their wishes fulfilled as long as they're older than me. Cheers, Jim CCRR:woohoo:

Socalz44 wrote:

Alex, Don't get your hopes up for more than the four body styles. Being in the hobby for ten years and studying MTL methods make me think this is it. Hopefully, the next big thing from them will be heavy weight passenger cars so all the folks that bought their Moguls and all of us who enjoy the steam era will have a passenger car. We are at the mercy of the marketing departments. Always were, and always will be. Cheers, Jim CCRR:unsure:

Jim,
I was commmenting on someone else's wish list. I am fully aware of the limitations involved, as Joe has spelled it out on numerous occations. I agree that I would always like to see more... as I have commented else where, but I also know I will have to make some hard choices of what to buy or not to buy as more becomes available. I, too, have one of those Moguls.

Alex

i ve been trying to get decal sellers interested in getting a grain hopper decal out there,, either alberta or anywhere!!! i ve talked with over 18 different designers,, none wont even touch the decal unless they can atleast make an sell 1000 sets!! i told them, fine! i ll takem all, and i just know i could sell most of them easyily. they all started at 2 buks a set,, then 2.75,, then many just dropped out of the project,, the 3 i was still working with went up as 5.50 per set!!! by that time,, i was out!! theres no way, a set of 1000 decals in z scale can go from 2 to 5.50 a set in a month!,, and yet the same guys sell grain emblems for 3.75 in HO scale!!! now whats wrong with this picture!!! theres less paper, ink, and time in a 1000 z scale decals, than 1000 ho sets,, so why is the price going up n up!! i just gave up, after 3 months of trying to get one set of grain decals,, i was up to 1000 decals at 5 times the asking price!! rediculous!!! nowi just buy ho decals and recopy them on decal paper for 1/100th the price a 1000 would be,, just needs a coat of clear to stop any bleeding orink removal!!! canada mike

Check out the latest AZL release Canadian fans:



Available in both runner packs and single cars. I will have more information later today.

Rob

Been 12 hrs any more word, Rob? Not only the Canadian Fans looking forward to this...

~Paul E.

Paul,

Sorry, I was delayed. But I was able to make the announcement. We opened a new thread on the topic. It is the AZL June 2009 New Items thread. These SOO/CP cars look great!

Rob

liltoot wrote:

i ve been trying to get decal sellers interested in getting a grain hopper decal out there,, either alberta or anywhere!!!canada mike

What kind of decal are you looking for and what car/s is it for? I can make decals, and I like Canadian grain cars! I cannot do 1000 though, but for my own collection I would be willing to do some schemes, and makes extras.

This is what I would need... Closeup photos of the schemes, and closeups of all the reporting marks, and I like them to be as accurate as I can get them.

What I don't like is when I have to spend 40-100 hours online downloading every possible photo in order to find that one sweet shot of a reporting mark to find out it says " 2" HF COMP BRAKE SHOES", in other words when I make decals for people, I would hope they have all that information available, because they went down to the tracks with their own camera and took a shot.

I don't get grain cars here where I live, I only get Centerbeam Flatcars, Autoracks, Tankers, and Plastic Pellet Hoppers.

pray59 wrote:

I don't get grain cars here where I live, I only get Centerbeam Flatcars, Autoracks, Tankers, and Plastic Pellet Hoppers.

Plastic Pellet Hoppers?

Alex

im very sorry to AZL lovers,, but i live in canada,, and i ve only seen the silver unit,, its not a pretty car!!! the 60 in red even looks worse! but thats just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt please. we canadian z scalers wanna see the old brown n yellow grain cars, or even the newer red canada grain in red n yellow cars,, as we see these being hauled with EVERY engine load that coming or going into our yards.

here in calgary we sit with are left side to the great mountain ranges, the edge of our city to the american boarder is wheat, barely, and mustard for miles!!! so if we want to even try to model our areas,, you have to have the huge numbers of grain loads passing by every lighted crossing!

Yes, the brown cylindricals are very common. We see these in the states as well. The car you showed is a four bay version of the cyndricals. Uncle Will's Full Throttle offers three bay, but not the four bay. It would be great to have the four bays!

AZL's ACFs are a different style car. I found this photo of the CP car. I think AZL did a great job to match the prototype.



This photo is from 2006. This car is still running today. A great reference site that has tons of freight car photos is:

www.railcarphotos.com/

Rob

ztrack wrote:

This photo is from 2006. Rob

The grass and rails in this photo really look real! But, the car doesn't look prototypical.

Alex

Tokyo, Japan

Okay, how about this one from 2008.



If you go to the web link I posted, search for SOO under 3 Bay cylindrical hoppers. There are quite a few photos of the SOO/CP cars.

Rob

Rob,

I'm just surprised they are not covered in garbage (graffeettii:blush: ). Are the Canadian railroads better guarded than the U.S.?

Alex

Alex,

We have lots of graffiti on our cars, though I have no way of comparing how secure our trainyards are compared to those in the US.