Hey,
I found a old bachmann Burlington 40ft gondola, and weathered it. But my question is that since Burlington Northern in 1970 (or something like that), and I was wondering if i could put a patch on it and it would prototypical?
Post Some pictures please
Tjsingle
I’m sure you could put a patch on it and make it at least plausible if not prototypical. I, myself, haven’t seen a BN 40’ gon but that’s not to say they are not out there. I have seen NP chip cars patched for BN a couple of years ago. Once in a while I see a short (looks shorter than 40’) gon in the local Youpee yard. It may be in MOW service. What kind of patch were you thinking of? You might try this link for pictures http://www.railcarphotos.com/Search.php?SearchType=Gondola&Search=Search&PageNumber=1 They have over 2700 photos of gondolas.
on athearn, they have a 40’ BN gon in cascade green, so it seems plausible
There were about 100 BN gons with an approximate inside length of 40’ in the January 1976 ORER. I had made a chart for you but the forum ate it.
Ed
can you give me the number range, ex 1-10, or one random roster number
I’ll give this another try
I.L. quan. range
41-6 19 550134-550152
41-6 29 550190-550220
41-6 1 553098
41-6 89 553900-553999
41-6 6 554500-554648 this series and all the above have inside height approx 4-7
40-6 1 569820-569846 inside height 5-4
41-6 1 571500-571695 inside height 4-5
40 1 572017 inside height 5-1
41-6 1 572250 inside height 4-5
There are two series that have much more capacity than the quantity would imply. I think these are probably number series set up by BN to receive re-numberings from predecessor roads.
Ed
THAT’s a new one…
“My forum ate my homework!”[swg][(-D]
That’s almost as good as my Dell ate my homework. That happened to my niece prior to her college finals.
No, really, I hit “post” and it just never showed up on the forum. Really. Honest.
Ed