The Glacier Line Update on February 21, 2023.
I (actually Connie and I) now possess 9 of the 10 Custom Run Atlas O Great Northern “Circus” boxcars made by Petersen Supply Company out of Oregon.
I (We) am only missing car #18748.
The 3 cars that we received today had 2-rail trucks and kadee couplers. The Glacier Line is a 3-rail system. I had to replace all the 2-rail trucks with 3-rail trucks; meaning I had to remove the kadee coupler boxes. That was a major pain in the rumpus! It was tough to do without damaging delicate details.
In addition, Connie had to paint the 3-rail trucks mineral red as the actual cars had mineral red trucks.
Connie and I also discovered that 4 of these 10 “circus” cars in the models did not have their journal covers painted yellow. Only 1 car in the model had the yellow paint.
We are now in the process of painting our journal covers yellow on the appropriate models according to the actual photos and information given for each prototype car.
The purists and collectors are screaming: “God no!” after reading that above paragraph. Worse, our boxes for 3 of our cars read “2 rail” which these cars we received today are no longer 2 rail cars.
Our focus, Connie (my wife) and me, is to enjoy the Glacier Line and its contents. We are not collectors. And, our cars now much more closely match reality than before—color-wise. Now, where is #18748?
