Canadian National, Eh?

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Originally posted by VOX:

mkcaruso,

I definitely like that tank car... pictured. Do you know the product number?


Rick

Hi Rick. Sure do...it's Lionel 6-19638. I have the CN Tank Train set, this was an intermediate car that I bought separately. They look good enough to me to run individually w/ other freight cars.

- Mike

Mike,

Thanks....great looking car.


Rick

There's a Premier 20K Gallon Tank Car, product no. 20-96204, in MTH's 2010 Vol.2
catalog that looks interesting... does anybody have a previous version of this car, and, if so, what are your impressions re: detail etc...?


Rick

Awwwwwwwwwright BNSF Mike! In a nice way could you give Jeff Wright some friendly competition for CN photos? The CN has a great looking livery and I would like to see any engine or railcar. Boxcar preferably. Happy Pics hunting. And take a thermos o' joe........weather is beginning to get nippy!

JC642 thanks for compliment.


Joe,

My bad, I need to be more accurate with my description. I did mean the SD70M-2 which is the MTH 20-2919-2, and the SD40-3 (20-2877-2).



I'm hoping MTH repeats this one soon.

Rich

Not protypical but nice:

Who knows. BNSF + NS + CN one day!

CANADIAN NATIONAL!?!?

Mike...are you turning your back on the BNSF?

I have a few CN cars, I have the Lionel and MTH 100 Ton Grain Hoppers, and Cylindrical Hopers that are gray one one side and have the multicolor rainbow on the opposing side. I also have the auto carrier and single door box. I like to run them with my CP Rail SD40-2 or Soo Line SD60. Aside from that I am a Wisconsin Central fan and will forever be cursing the Canadian National!!!!


David

As Dave Letterman's mom says NOW DAVID BE NICE

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Joe,

My bad, I need to be more accurate

Rich, I don't know why but this has me chuckling. It sounds like your apologizing to me??? LOL (I'm still looking up to you)
I think MTH's description has the M and the M-2 too vague. They sound like their saying the SD70M is almost the same as the SD70M-2. Although the numericals are close, the engines look a world apart to me. One (M) looks more like a SD70 and the other (M-2) a SD70ACE. So in their heading of a SD70M you get something like an ACE!! Not really a rivet or two apart. Both are really
Bue-ty-full engines. Joe

I would suggest to all modelers out there, especially modern equipment modelers, to spend some time trackside and "study" the engines you see. You may not be a rivet counter or even like to railfan, but it helps understand whats out there. You may even enjoy the experience.

If you do not have a lot of rail action where you live, there are many great books and guides out there to learn the differences between the engines. Again, to each their own, but I found that once I picked up some books and spent a few hours trackside, I was totally hooked. It is a great supplement to O scale modeling.

Now as for you Mr. Eagle.......My heart will always be with the BNSF. Even after an unsuccessful merger with CN, BNSF still is #1 in my little 3 rail world.

Mike

Long live that Pumpkin Great Northern Heritage scheme forever!!!

David

(Though it would be neat if the BNSF adopted the orange and black of the Milwaukee Road )

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Originally posted by BNSF Mike:
Now as for you Mr. Eagle.......My heart will always be with the BNSF. Even after an unsuccessful merger with CN, BNSF still is #1 in my little 3 rail world.

Mike

Mike anymore CN pictures?

Here is one for ya:



Ex-IC SD70 in the second position. This one was taken at the south end of the EJ&E Yard, in a cemetery.

And one more:



Maybe MTH will catalog more CN power this week!

Mike Thanks for the pictures.

In the past MTH has done a good job of putting out CN power. I hope it continues. Thanks again

You guys have to stop this thread dog gone it!!!...I keep coming back and looking..AND...you are about to make me a CN fan. I am really liking the paint scheme!!!

Alan

I believe MTH is making the Dash-8 Narrow Nose in CN, a recent purchase by them from ex-UP units. Photo credit to Tim Stevens:

ALAN maybe the CN schene will continue to grow on you.

Mike thanks for the latest picture.Looks very nice. Thanks again

Bill...you and Mike are costing me a fortune!! First the oil refinery which I just finished this past week and now...oh that picture above is just beautiful and with all of those colorful containers....quite a site!!

Alan

Alan I hope you post pictures of your oil refinary soon. I think you may need some of those awesome Lionel CN Tank Train cars.
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Alan I hope you are doing a plan for the Diamond mine. The production from it might help on THE HOBBY

Here's one of five units being painted in the CN 15th anniversary paint scheme (of being held privately). This really is cool- the graphic is a SD70I bursting onto the scene- pretty sweet for sure.

BNSF Mike
CN signs voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with Village of Sauk Village, Ill.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2010 — CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) announced today it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the Village of Sauk Village, Ill., located approximately 30 miles south of Chicago, addressing the municipality's environmental and safety concerns with CN's acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E). With this agreement, CN has VMAs with 24 of the 33 communities situated on the EJ&E in Illinois and Indiana.

CN, which completed its purchase of the EJ&E on Jan. 31, 2009, will provide funding for various measures in Sauk Village, including the creation of a quiet zone, noise mitigation, and emergency response training and communication.

Jim Vena, CN senior vice-president, Southern Region, said: “CN is pleased to have negotiated another mitigation agreement with a community on the EJ&E. We believe these voluntary agreements will establish the grounds for positive, constructive relationships between the railroad and communities in the years ahead.”

CN is also working closely with communities on the EJ&E that do not have agreements with CN to ensure implementation of safety and environmental conditions in accordance with the requirements of the Surface Transportation Board.

Integration of the CN and EJ&E networks is well underway, and, as contemplated in the original plan, the Company continues to expect it will be completed within three years of its acquisition of control.

I'm hoping against hope that Atlas will do some CN GP40-2LW's. I'd really like another pair of Canadian cab units. These custom units of mine look and run great, but they're a bit fragile in spots and I'm starting to be afraid to take them to shows.


- RICH

To all,

They have some super trains!! I recently went to Canada on a vacation and got to see a super long train headed most famously by CN.

Jeff WOW where ddid you find the picture. That is really cool....Do you know what types they are going to paint?

Pops,

MTH is making the 2114 pictured above in the latest catalog.

richtrow,


Very nice... great looking Canadian cab units.

I'd like MTH to do some units featuring the wide Canadian cabs.



Rick

Rich, that sand tower? is great looking too! Joe

Every trip to Canada, try to get a keepsake for my railroad.
This from the '09 trip

Mike thanks. Do you know if it will have the 15th year detail?

Is Hunter Harrison out as CEO? Who is in?

Here is an Intermountain kit

I do think Harrison has retired.

The only wet noodles I run are run thru traffic on the Wisconsin Central

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Rich, that sand tower? is great looking too! Joe

That's a model from Overland Brass. about 10 years old now I guess. They pop up from time to time on "auction sites" and are usually very expensive. It belongs to my friend GNNPnut (aka Jerry) That's his engine terminal module.

Here's a couple more shots of my CN equipment "in action" on our Independent HiRailer's Midwest Div. layout.





We'll be set up & running at the iHobby Expo in Chicago next week. Come on out and say Hi!
- RICH

Mike a few pictures of some CN items. Jeff Sohn painted a large number of these for me.

popsrr,


Great looking group... is the EMD unit 5606 a MTH Premier SD70M from the 2005 run?

Rick

Rick 5606 is an MTH Premier SD70M but I don't remember which year it was.Bill