shortliner Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 I have both of those, a GP30 chassis, and a old Rivarossi heavyweight baggage combine car. Old style RDC. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. So am I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 If you wanted to backdate the layout, something like the Bachmann 1860-1880 Combine or Mantua Classics 1890 Combine could make a nice half pint Doodlebug-like car. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Dear Railway fans, A quick Google for Broughton Vale Tramway will reveal HO MDC combine body, narrowed, and mounted on an N gauge diesel mech, thus forming a NG railcar... Happy modelling, Aim to improve, Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 On a similar note, a couple of kitbashed rail motors on the Dutton Bay Tramway. Roundhouse Overton combine with scratchbuilt cabs. http://members.optushome.com.au/duttonbay/97rm.html Roco Mariazeller passenger/baggage car with Airfix cabs. http://members.optushome.com.au/duttonbay/96rm.html Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Your (next) mission, Shortliner, should you decide to accept it, is… http://www.railpictures.net/photo/576169/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Dear RMwebbers, If I may copy/paste the associated description This pair of strange little rail buses runs along the CN mainline between Lillooet and Seton Portage in BC. Known as the Kaoham Shuttle, this tiny train provides vital access to the Seton Lake Indian Band. The service began as a replacement for the BC Rail RDCs that used to run along the line. ...so it would appear the prototype both replaced the RDC we first thought of,_and_ went for "a pair of semi-permanently-coupled shorties" over a "single long one".... Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr PS on another look, why do I get the feeling those railcars have a similar face and body profile to newer NYC subway cars? Could be a hint at a starting point for a kitbash.... now where are those otherwise-unused LifeLike NYC R22 cars? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Those railcars actually replaced a train consisting of a single 60 seat coach (ex-Gulf Mobile and Ohio) and a yard switcher from Lillooet. Kids from the local band used it to travel to school in Lillooet in the morning. They returned home in the afternoon on the southbound passenger service, run by (fullsize!) Budd railcars. BCR asked the schoolkids to come up with a name for their morning train, and they chose “Budd Wiser” - “Budd” because all other BCR passenger trains through there were made up of Budds and “Wiser” because going to school made you wiser. http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=34650 http://www.railpictures.net/photo/212713/ Apparently, when the current railcars were put into service, they were known as 'Budd Lites", though I don't know if that nickname stuck. (Edited to add second picture) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Or should you choose to accept it... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/70/47/c77047a20885d7e0cead78d78abedb7b.jpg Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Or should you choose to accept it... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/70/47/c77047a20885d7e0cead78d78abedb7b.jpg Cheers David Er - No! I don't think so! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Actually, Wiking (IIRC!) has done a model in H0 and I even recall a functioning one, but can't remember who did that. Now that you mention it, Brekina does one RTR. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Legroom Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Or should you choose to accept it... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/70/47/c77047a20885d7e0cead78d78abedb7b.jpg Cheers David Does a narrow gauge version count? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Does a narrow gauge version count? IMG_0161.JPG Absolutely! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/PeruRail_291.jpg Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Those railcars actually replaced a train consisting of a single 60 seat coach (ex-Gulf Mobile and Ohio) and a yard switcher from Lillooet. Kids from the local band used it to travel to school in Lillooet in the morning. They returned home in the afternoon on the southbound passenger service, run by (fullsize!) Budd railcars. BCR asked the schoolkids to come up with a name for their morning train, and they chose “Budd Wiser” - “Budd” because all other BCR passenger trains through there were made up of Budds and “Wiser” because going to school made you wiser. http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=34650 http://www.railpictures.net/photo/212713/ Apparently, when the current railcars were put into service, they were known as 'Budd Lites", though I don't know if that nickname stuck. (Edited to add second picture) If only they'd brought Pacers after 142059 went to Vancouver for Expo86... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2016 I just purchased a second hand book today on the West River R.R. in Vermont. This would be an ideal line to run your 'short' railcar on except that the line was closed and lifted in 1936. However you can find a lot on the line if you Google it including a 2.5 hour documentary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 This 'shortie' stuff can get addictive. I've got a 'Short Train' that runs (sometimes....) on my Smalltown-USA layout when it gets boring running the proper stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Legroom Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 This 'shortie' stuff can get addictive. I've got a 'Short Train' that runs (sometimes....) on my Smalltown-USA layout when it gets boring running the proper stuff. Now that is good fun! There was an entertaining thread on another forum called Tooters Scooters that was dedicated to short stuff. The shorty 'beer can' tank cars are a great way of recreating a prototypical short train. The most recent versions were ready-to-run from Athearn but Roundhouse and Walthers both did kits in the past and they come up on Ebay occasionally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 For anyone who fancies building a "SHORT"LINE, with "short" rolling stock as a winter evening project, here is the original thread mentioned above. Some of the photos have gone missing as it is from 2012, but there are some interesting models to inspire you. There is one small warning - the thread covers 55 pages, so you might be gone for a while! http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?18386-tooters-scooters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted September 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2016 Very distracting. Some brilliant things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Very true - but I'm not sure that anyone would start reading at page#1 and read all the way to current - whereas they might with this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 For anyone who fancies building a "SHORT"LINE, with "short" rolling stock as a winter evening project, here is the original thread mentioned above. Some of the photos have gone missing as it is from 2012, but there are some interesting models to inspire you. There is one small warning - the thread covers 55 pages, so you might be gone for a while!http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?18386-tooters-scooters Amateurs....! I'm only a few pages in, but the Tyco Trolleys are dead scale for what I'm modelling and some prototypes are even shorter. And I'm failing to see how 10" radius curves for them are tight when 57' Reefers with slightly modified underframes can negotiate 12" curves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted September 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2016 Amateurs....! I'm only a few pages in, but the Tyco Trolleys are dead scale for what I'm modelling and some prototypes are even shorter. And I'm failing to see how 10" radius curves for them are tight when 57' Reefers with slightly modified underframes can negotiate 12" curves. I have some of the track that was sold to go with the Tyco trolley and it is 9" diameter. (repeat diameter) Set in a platic representation of a street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Legroom Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 For anyone who fancies building a "SHORT"LINE, with "short" rolling stock as a winter evening project, here is the original thread mentioned above. Some of the photos have gone missing as it is from 2012, but there are some interesting models to inspire you. There is one small warning - the thread covers 55 pages, so you might be gone for a while! http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?18386-tooters-scooters In the spirit of Tooters Scooters, here is a five-car train plus caboose at around 28 inches long. OK, the PC ore car full of scrap is probably straining credibility to the limit unless anyone knows otherwise! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Dear Max, Ore cars were typically shorties due to the density of the ore (short car was still a full 100+ tons), and once they were considered "too worn out" for ore service, they may well have found themselves hauling anything "scrap like"... http://members.shaw.ca/kjashton/rail/index.htm (Scroll about half way down...) Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Finally managed to get my gloss varnish for the ends to show up, and also thanks to JAMO of this parish got some blue vinyl stripes to replace the masking tape ones I had fitted as a temporary measure Slightly darker, but possibly the better for it. Here are the finished photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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