To me and to one of my MR friends. Every month, a box would show up with goodies inside…the trouble is that I never ordered all the goodies. I would have to ship it back and get uncharged on my Credit card. Not fun.
David B
Just what is the cost of the grain cars?? Can’t you paint the grey ones? How many do you need? Do they come in kits?? Can you modify existing cars?? someone out there must be selling some used cars or not???----- many questions----
30-40 dollars each.
Yes you can paint the grAy ones.
Lots.
Yes.
No.
All the time on Ebay.
David B
Ah, grasshopper, that may be an oxymoron, using inexpensive and train in the same sentence. However I have found that going to the train shows only for the enjoyment and luckily making careful purchases one can accumulate a pretty good set of in-era rolling stock that with the addition of metal RP25 wheels and KD couplers will do you proud. Well, maybe just a little weathering helps, too! Enjoy the search. jc5729 John Colley, Port Townsend, WA
I’ve never had any problems with them either. Great people if you ask me although they are a little pricey.
When you go to the Historic Rail website www.HistoricRail.com fill in the search term with CP Rail Cylindrical Hopper or Canadian Cylindrical Hopper or Cylindrical Hopper.
Andrew
OK Now: You can:
NOT but new ones ($30-40 too much)
CAN paint the existing grey(a) ones
Not buy that many(moderation)
CAN buy some kits (cheaper???)
NOT modifyexisting cars
Can buy some some used cars------ e-bay loves you ! so do train shows.
That’s 3 CAN and 3 CANNOT, go ahead with the 3 CAN’s
From Oxford dictionary: grey a. of the colour between black and white, coloured like ashes, etc etc
also: gray a. & n. - grey
The Canadian spelling for Grey is Gray. I wasnt trying to correct you. We also have tonne and say “Zed”, not “Zee”.
David B
Canada ? ? what street is that on ? ? Some of the people say Zee(about 1/20)
We call them ex-Americans.
[:D]
…That was the worst joke I’ve made all month.
Well ---- well- - - - we are waiting ! what are you going to do, all this wonderful advice and no response, we want our money back. Let us know what you have decided to do.
Trains Canada has come out with Canadian Cylindrical Hoppers. Try www.trainscanada.ca
They have CN, CP , ( earlier style and newer plus red) Sask Grain Car(old brown style) Alberta (blue).
Ian
The Train Canada ones aren’t too bad, I run a mix of both these and the IM one’s. One question however,it may be my aging brain matter but if you are modelling a 1980’s CP grain train, not all their trains would have been made up of teh cylindrical hoppers. remeber that both CN and CP more so CP had alot of underweight ( 90lbs and lower rail ) still in service in the 80’s and 90’s. so alot of the grain tonnage was still moved in 40’ grain boxes in action red and action green paint scheme’s. also available from Trains Canada. Just one more curveball to throw you[:D]
Rob
For those of us modeling Canadian rail traffic and grain in specific from the 1980’s to the present we must include the Trudeau cars. These were brought out to replace the aging fleet of 40’ box cars that the railways could not afford to replace under the Crow Rate for transporting grain.
Several companies have come out with examples of these cars but the only one to do justice has been Intermountain. Their cars have not been without problems. Many claimed their kits were too hard to build so they offer TRT cars. Also the trucks at the time had problems with them sitting flat (only three wheels on the rail at once). Even the RTR have problems, with trucks binding on the air break lines while turning a corner. With all that said, I believe that the Intermountain cars are well worth the money.
The Bachman cars have a poor colour representation of the Canadian Grain cars. These are a different prototype from the Canadian Grain Hoppers but some have appeared as second hand patches and repaints in the present.
If you were modeling a more modern period you there are a lot of cars like, PS2 types, that can repainted or patches to used on grain or potash trains.
I am afraid that in order to do a good job of an 1980’s Canadian grain train you will have to cough up the money for the Intermountain cars.
Larry
I aggree with the need to purchase the IM cars, the only way I’ve found around the truck problems is to completely replace them ,initially with atlas modern trucks now however I use the new Trueline trains dofasco trucks which are stamped as manufactured by dofasco, really nice quality truck .
Rob
I have about 9 of the IMRC Canadian grain cars (Alberta, Sask and Canada) and they are beautiful models. They are expensive but I haven’t regretted buying them. The wheels/trucks will bind on any curve less than 28 inches which is annoying, especially since my AC4400, which is longer, handles 24 inch curves just fine. I know I couldn’t build or paint a kit to this level of detail. I do buy them from an internet retailer in the US from 1st Place Hobbies who discounts them from Walthers prices. I usually only shop from PWRS when I’m desperate for something, as their prices are rarely discounted, although delivery is much faster since I live in B.C.
If you find a comparable model from a cheaper source, let us know. Grain cars are like woodworking clamps, can never have too many!