Atlas O 6887-1
3R C&NW RS-1
A bit off the tail end of my era. #1067 wasn't purchased by C&NW until 1953. But I've always wanted an RS-1. The UP didn't really have them and the C&NW is a local I grew up with so....
Picked up cheap. Needs a little work , but I have the parts already on the way from Atlas O to 3RS-ify it, fix the pilots and Kadee couplers. More pics to come on completion.
If you get a new CNW locomotive then you need a CNW train for it to pull!
I pieced together the whole set picking up all the cars relatively quickly and more importantly it was done very inexpensively on the secondary market!! Big bang for the buck!
Still have to 3RS the Loco, adjust some of the couplers, and re-number the stock cars.
Atlas O 6481-3 & 6481-4 Steel rebuilt box cars 2-pack
Atlas O 7713-1 40' Wood Reefer
Weaver #EBC6 PS-1 40' Express Boxcar
MTH 20-90016a Steel sided Stock Car (x2) identical
Atlas O 6222 40' Stock Car (x7) identical not all shown
Tichy Train Group CNW stock car Decals 6-car set (x2) for easy renumbering all the duplicate MTH & old Atlas cars
- I was a little wary of the plastic wheel sets and trucks of the old atlas cars but they actually are nicely detailed and run smoothly on Atlas track. Easy and inexpensive way to make a long train.
- I'm reserving judgement on the Weaver plastic wheels/trucks.
- The MTH cars are from a set break-up of different cars consist and they have 100-ton roller bearing wheel trucks....meh.
Now I just need some plastic cattle and a proper CNW red drover caboose!
Sorry about the bumpy nature of the video. Without a layout at the moment, I couldn't have them just roll past. Not all of the Atlas Stock cars are shown due to space limitations.....