I am lobbying Scott Mann to have GGD make the cars for "The City of New Orleans." Really, if we're going to make the most beautiful named trains, let's make those. If you would like a set, please let Scott know !!
Scrappy
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I once road the City from Memphis to someplace in Mississippi where I could catch the next City back to Memphis. I was at the Navy training school in Millington and wanted to ride it but only had a short weekend. So to MS it was. Note that now I remember nothing about the ride except that I did ride.
Wow, I use to ride this train from Effingham, Illinois to Carbondale, Illinois in the early 1960’s while attending Southern Illinois University, SIU, thanks for posting this beautiful train...
The Navy bought me a Pullman berth from Memphis to Chicago in 1964. In 1972 I rode an IC heavyweight Pullman from Mexicali to Mexico City. The Mexican craftsmen had lovingly restored the thing in original colors and fabrics. You could barely tell -,they used paintbrushes, not sprayguns!
I ended up not reserving the IC engines due to the fact that a set of cars was not going to be made in the near future. I did speak to Scott about this and I understand his position.
As much as "I" like the Illinois Central, I suspect there are very few of us or enough of us to gather enough orders to make a run... and not be a $5000.00 set.
I don't know the numbers, but I see the Santa Fe, Milwaukee Road and now the NP sets have been in the pipe line for quite sometime. "If" these trains are having a difficult time getting the orders (and I don't know they are or are not), what chance do have to get a Illinois Central set of cars?
Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but the only way to know for sure is to float the idea and see what happens.
Charlie
It takes a long time to bring a project to market. Best to call scott directly. I'm definitely in for a set and I'm sure a lot of other guys are also. With what is already announced I really dont expect an announcement from scott for a while . I have definitely ordered my set and if anything I can run them with my New York central equipment because in the early years of diesel, IC used to lease to New York central
Beautiful
I would order the set for sure..
It's my favorite railroad song and I would love to have a train someday. What would you use for engines? There have been several made in the past: K-line, MTH, and probably Lionel?
Art
I have ordered an AA set of Illinois Central E6’s from Scott as I believe they did, at one time, get assigned to “The City.”
Oh yes. The City of New Orleans. As the Arlo Guthrie song, "the train pulled out of Kankakee", here she is pulling out going south from Kankakee Station. Watched her many times pulling in and out of Kankakee.
I would love to make a video of the complete Illinois Central diesel passenger train running with a recording of the City of New Orleans song performed by either Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash, playing in the background.
Unfortunately. I cannot now afford to buy such a beautiful train set. C'est la vie. LOL
If anyone has that train set and can make a video with that song playing in the background, I would love to see and hear it. Arnold
Arnold D. Cribari posted:I would love to make a video of the complete Illinois Central diesel passenger train running with a recording of the City of New Orleans song performed by either Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash, playing in the background.
Unfortunately. I cannot now afford to buy such a beautiful train set. C'est la vie. LOL
If anyone has that train set and can make a video with that song playing in the background, I would love to see and hear it. Arnold
Maybe this will help
josef posted:Arnold D. Cribari posted:I would love to make a video of the complete Illinois Central diesel passenger train running with a recording of the City of New Orleans song performed by either Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash, playing in the background.
Unfortunately. I cannot now afford to buy such a beautiful train set. C'est la vie. LOL
If anyone has that train set and can make a video with that song playing in the background, I would love to see and hear it. Arnold
Maybe this will help
Wow, now that's what I call a great layout, with fantastic animated figures! LOL
Thanks, Josef, for sharing this. There's nothing like the real thing.
Scrapiron Scher posted:I have ordered an AA set of Illinois Central E6’s from Scott as I believe they did, at one time, get assigned to “The City.”
I'm an Illinois Central history buff so I have to chime in: Illinois Central's first E6, number 4000, was assigned to the City of Miami and painted in a remarkably modern and colorful yellow, green, and scarlet color scheme (MTH made the set in 2007, 20-2736-1). This unit was involved in an accident and replaced with another E6 numbered 4000. IC purchased additional E6s which were assigned to the Panama Limited. Train-specific markings disappeared in the late 1940s/early 1950s and all of the Es became available for all of the passenger trains. IC frequently mixed E6s, E8s, and E9s.
leapinlarry posted:Wow, I use to ride this train from Effingham, Illinois to Carbondale, Illinois in the early 1960’s while attending Southern Illinois University, SIU, thanks for posting this beautiful train...
Larry, I rode twice from Mattoon to New Orleans with my dad. My parents and I took several day trips from Mattoon to Chicago. 60’s and 70-71.
I did get to ride The City of New Orleans. From Chicago LaSalle St. station down to I believe St Charles La.
The date was May 23, 1966. The occasion, my fiery day as a member of the US Army. We were sworn in at the induction center 615 W VanBuren our destination, basic training at Ft Polk La.
First mess hall meal, breaded eggplant and black coffee shortly after we arrived at 1:30 in the morning.
The City of New Orleans - America’s train!
I rode the City of New Orleans on many occasions to get from Chicago to the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. Will never forget that experience. The Green Diamond will live forever.
Now, all of you who would like to see GGD make "The City of New Orleans" cars, please send an e-mail to Scott Mann and let him know: sdmann@3rdrail.com If we follow through, he can at least begin to ponder this.
The Warbonnet scheme is not infamous. Hitler was infamous.
Name trains can be famous, spectacular, beautiful, ugly, or little known, but never infamous unless they had an inordinate number of grade crossing deaths.
I mentioned to Scott yesterday of my interest in the City of NOLA. Hope enough people have an interest and it can become a reality.
@Scrapiron Scher posted:Now, all of you who would like to see GGD make "The City of New Orleans" cars, please send an e-mail to Scott Mann and let him know: sdmann@3rdrail.com If we follow through, he can at least begin to ponder this.
I ended up not reserving the IC engines due to the fact that a set of cars was not going to be made in the near future. I did speak to Scott about this and I understand his position.
What would you use for engines? There have been several made in the past: K-line, MTH, and probably Lionel?
Well, this is a real "Catch 22." I didn't order the GGC Illinois Central engines because there were no cars for them, and now if there are cars there will be no engines for them. So at this point the cars are essentually useless because there's nothing to pull them with. So not interested.
There would be almost no chance that the colors of GGC cars would match those of K-Line, MTH or Lionel engines. None of those engines, or the cars made for them, match each other either. No way I'd spend thousands of $ for GGC cars that don't match the engines.
@josef posted:Oh yes. The City of New Orleans. As the Arlo Guthrie song, "the train pulled out of Kankakee",
Actually, Steve Goodman wrote the "City of New Orleans."
Rusty
Great info. Loved the video of Arlo Guthrie singing one of, if not the best, railroad songs ever. My uncle lived in KKK and worked for the IC. I spent a lot of time in KKK with my cousin riding bikes all around the town and would visit the KKK depot for the fun of it. But sadly, I never saw the City of NO ever pull into the station - I guess my timing was off.
My older cousin had a fabulous HO layout in the basement of the home in KKK and he was good friends of several model master builders.
Great memories.
RAY
I am a big fan of all mid-century diesel powered passenger trains. I have to admit that the IC City if Miami is at the top of that list.
Bill,
Thanks for sharing. Your collection is fantastic and I enjoy looking at all that you have created. One thing, where is the California Zephyr set? And would you us CB&Q, WP or Rio Grande as motive power?
RAY
What a display Bill - Amazing!
Those 4 unit E series diesels are really spectacular. Is your layout large enough to do them justice!
Just looked on my display wall and I have the entire Illinois Central City of NO set. It is a real beauty.
@Ray of sunshine posted:Bill,
Thanks for sharing. Your collection is fantastic and I enjoy looking at all that you have created. One thing, where is the California Zephyr set? And would you us CB&Q, WP or Rio Grande as motive power?
RAY
You know never thought about that one. However, back in the late 70's when Williams reproduced the Lionel aluminum cars he did a 10 car set of the California Zephyr. I have the ABBA of both the WP & Rio Grande F3's from the Golden Memories release so I could create a reasonable representation of the train.
@c.sam posted:What a display Bill - Amazing!
Those 4 unit E series diesels are really spectacular. Is your layout large enough to do them justice!
This is a sad story but there is no layout. I had the perfect room in the building we bought and live in but the 80' by 25' room became the camera collection. The trains have been relegated to shelves for the past 25 years. Maybe, at some point, they will get off the shelves.
@BOB WALKER posted:Just looked on my display wall and I have the entire Illinois Central City of NO set. It is a real beauty.
Where is the picture?
One more shot
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