Model Railroading > CSX Carbon Black Local

This CSX train has a handful of carbon black cars for the local customer. The cars have various shades of weathering---nothing too drastic but just enough to give them individual appearances.....

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Silver roofwalks don't stay clean very long...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/17 20:52 by ghemr.

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Looks great! Reminds me of the local that the UP runs to Goodyear in Topeka, KS. They're the only customer on that line, so the trains are largely carbon black cars only.

Nice work with the weathering on these,
- Jeff Carlson

The cars look great! I like the changed out wheel sets... Is the first car behind the locomotive a Scaltrains car?

Andy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/17 06:11 by wheel_slip.

Looks good. Try not to stand down-wind when they unload those.

Jim

wheel_slip Wrote:

Is the first car behind the locomotive a
> Scaltrains car?

All four are Scaletrains' products....

You do a fantastic job. So realistic!

Very cool. I'm trying to figure out which of the ST carbon black cars might have been on the D&RGW in the late 1970's.

Cheers, Jim

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Very cool. I'm trying to figure out which of the
> ST carbon black cars might have been on the D&RGW
> in the late 1970's.

I would go with their 5750 body style. Companies such as Cadot, Huber, Sid Richardson and Cities Services. Note that those cars also offer the double COTS panels, ACI labels and a few have the U-I wheel dot, which are unique for that era...

Nice looking little local!

weathering on the caboose adds to the overall scene!

ghemr Wrote:
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> SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> > Very cool. I'm trying to figure out which of
> the
> > ST carbon black cars might have been on the
> D&RGW
> > in the late 1970's.
>
> I would go with their 5750 body style. Companies
> such as Cadot, Huber, Sid Richardson and Cities
> Services. Note that those cars also offer the
> double COTS panels, ACI labels and a few have the
> U-I wheel dot, which are unique for that era...

Based on build dates and lettering I agree. It's just hard to narrow down which version of those four may have been common in the Front Range or Utah Rio Grande.

Cheers, Jim

Haulin' the blacks! At least that's what my workorders always say... Awesome looking local. The cars look great!

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments!