Elgin Joliet & Eastern Items

There should be! I used to watch the "J" travel through RTC at Great Lakes and loved their orange paint.

Mike, Jay Jay,We are about a mile away from the old EJ&E crossing Old McHenry road. Come on over and see the Sharknose. boxcars and coil cars. Having some other MTH items repainted in EJ&E colors also. Joe

I wish I could, but I haven't driven around there since I went to Fire Control school in 1972.

I'm a big Milwaukee Road fan, but I could see running some "J" trains too.

An EJ&E caboose



Find more at:
www.ejearchive.com


Andrew

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Originally posted by jay jay:
I live about a mile from the "J", so its one of my favorite roads. I am not aware of J cabooses or ore cars. I have the Lionel #9422 boxcar, and the Andy Kriswalus reefer that was made in 1977 for the TTOS Division meet in Chicago. That is the extent of my "J" stuff.

Lionel 9470 is also an EJ&E boxcar.

This is the type of EJ&E Covered Coil Car that was common on the Grand Trunk Western in Michigan in the 1990-2000 time period.
The closest model is the Evans Products Covered Coil Car made under the K-Line name, might be available from Atlas O someday.



Andrew

That's a negative on the cabeese. It's looking like we are going to have a great year though, with MTH making the transfer diesels and atlas making the double sheathed box cars. Anything else your just going to have to custom paint. My father had a custom J caboose made for my first birthday. There's a picture of it on my blog somewhere.

Falconservice. Nice photos. I'll have to look for the coil car, pretty nice. MTH should be able to duplicate the caboose you show.

Zett, is Altas running EJ&E boxcars again? Hope so, they do a great job.

Even some fantasy EJ&E items would be OK with me! I've got some MTH ore cars being repainted for the EJ$E now. Hope to get some bobber cabooses painted also. Pure fantasy. Joe

This cab would be an easy scratchbuild. The problem would be the decals unless there are some custom decals out there, Malcolm

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Originally posted by falconservice:
An EJ&E caboose



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www.ejearchive.com


Andrew

I don't model EJ&E, but their coil service gondolas were a common sight on Santa Fe freights, so I decorated this one using an MTH gondola and Microscale decals:



RM

Its not a coal car but Inter Mountain made these in 2 rail. I did put a set of 3 rail Lionel trucks on them. You can look and see if they made these in coal. E bay has Inter Mountain all the time, you may need to paint it to your liking.

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Originally posted by Grampstrains:


Lionel 9470 is also an EJ&E boxcar.

Thanks! In fact, there are a couple listed on the Bay now.

EJ&E logo and color scheme painted over pass on IL. Rt 45 in Mundelein.

Over Pass

I was at Christines Custom Painting this week
and she is doing a set of ore cars.
She had the graphics screen printed on clear stock and they looked good.
She said she was doing more soon.

Christines Custom Painting
412-715-5204
Cbraden77@comcast.net

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Originally posted by ACF:
EJ&E logo and color scheme painted over pass on IL. Rt 45 in Mundelein.

Over Pass

Cool photo! The evidence of the "J" will fade away over time, so its good to capture it photographically while its here.

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Originally posted by jay jay:
Cool photo! The evidence of the "J" will fade away over time, so its good to capture it photographically while its here.

It's already really faded. That overpass has looked like that for a real long time.

Here are the two links showing this years EJ&E items. I have everything on preorder. Do me a favor and if your interested and want to see more EJ&E items, make sure you preorder. I really dont want any cancellations. The more orders they get, the more likely they will produce more in the future, and there is a TON of EJ&E gems that have never been produced!

Here are the transfer diesels by MTH:

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/20-20194-1

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/20-20194-3

They look fairly close to the real ones.. Will need a few modifications to make them a closely to perfect match.

Here are the box cars by Atlas. Make sure you get all 4 road numbers.

http://www.atlaso.com/ousradsboxcar6.htm

They are master line currently priced at $60 a piece for 3-rail. I was actually expecting a higher price on them, so I am pleased. Hopefully you can pick them up for around $50, which is good for a master line product. Pre-order deadline is Feb 8th.

I will try to get some pictures of my O-27 custom EJ&E cars just to show you guys what I do have.

Harleyhouse.

Those cars Christine is painting in EJ&E colors are mine. I think it was you who provided me with her info. Thanks.

Zett, thanks for the Atlas info. Will order soon. Joe

For what it's worth, the Premier 40' Boxcar that MTH produced is one of the tougher cars to find that MTH has made. I don't know the production numbers, but from my research and experience, I'd suggest that fewer than 500 pieces were produced, across both car numbers.

Zett on the MTH website it states that the transfer diesel will need a O-42 curve. In the catalog it states O-72. I was planning to pre order one myself till I seen the catalog.

Has anybody taken undecorated Weaver Models PS-2 2-Bay Covered Hoppers and Offset Side 3-Bay Covered Hoppers in to be silk screened with EJ&E markings?

Andrew

t8afao I would call MTH and see what the minimum curve rating is. I would expect it to be able to run on O-42, the O-72 seems to be pretty high for a minimum rating.

This is what the EJ&E cabooses should look like.

Andrew

Has Weaver Models ever offered this scheme on one of their open-top hoppers?

JIM SANDS photo.



Andrew

Which manufacturer's 50' Double-Door Box car matches this one closely?





Andrew

Look at this image from fallen flags. It shows a variety of EJ&E equipment.

The Covered Hopper matches the PS-2-CD 3-bay covered hopper made by Weaver Models.



Andrew

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Originally posted by falconservice:
Has Weaver Models ever offered this scheme on one of their open-top hoppers?

JIM SANDS photo.



Andrew

At first this reminded me of a USRA/GL? hopper? But when I looked at the the PRR site, I guess I was wrong.

Not likely that anybody will ever make a EJ&E DT-6-6-2000 in O gauge...

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http://www.mthtrains.com/content/20-20194-3

Jerry I am confused:

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/20-20194-3

The non-powered unit is actually number 912 which is the photograph you posted. PREORDER!!!!!!!!!!

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Jerry I am confused: The non-powered unit is actually number 912 which is the photograph you posted. PREORDER!!!!!!!!!!

Jerry's pic is a Baldwin. I believe the MTH model is a Lima-Hamilton.

Fred

Ahhhh I see. So the next question would be did EJ&E have a 903 and 912 Lima Hamilton?

There will be a couple of O scale EJ&E cabs on the rails in about 4-5 weeks.
Malcolm

Nice shots of some good looking EJ&E stock. Thanks.

Malcolm, If the price is right, make a couple more and I'm in. Joe

 

http://www.ejearchive.com/phot...rollingstock/398.jpg
The EJE 3525 PS-2-CD 3-Bay Covered Hopper is a 4740 Cu. Ft. Capy. hopper built in 1967. It matches the Weaver Models 3-bay covered hopper. 

http://www.ejearchive.com/phot...rollingstock/399.jpg

End showing the real car so that you can compare it to the Weaver hopper model.

Andrew

Falcon Service

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Originally posted by Fred Brenek:

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Jerry I am confused: The non-powered unit is actually number 912 which is the photograph you posted. PREORDER!!!!!!!!!!

Jerry's pic is a Baldwin. I believe the MTH model is a Lima-Hamilton.
Fred

Aside from Milwaukee Road stuff (hehe) I am totally ignorant of what MTH or Lionel is planning to turn out this year, but... The MTH Lima-Hamilton transfer loco is not too far off in size to be a "good enough" representation of the DT6-6-2000. EJ&E fans may want to jump on that engine while it's available. Hope MTH gets the green paint right, looks a little too much like olive drab in the website pic.

EJ&E right up front here.

Ready for paint. The bolsters are convertible and can be changed to 3R.

Nice looking items Brother Love. Make sure you repost when they are painted.

 

Also, some nice looking photos of rolling stock that I hope MTH will replicate some day soon.

 

Joe

That is an extremely faithful model of the caboose.

 

Andrew

 

Falcon Service