BNSF Freight Train

Triplex

Active Member
Those look like McHenry couplers, designed to work with either horn-hook or knuckle couplers.

The car has archbar trucks, which suggests it was used before the 1930s. Does it say BLT 7-06 on the side? It's a little hard to tell.
 

TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
Triplex said:
Those look like McHenry couplers, designed to work with either horn-hook or knuckle couplers..

AAHHHH, I was thinking it was something like that. They look so forign to me for some reason?

Triplex said:
The car has archbar trucks, which suggests it was used before the 1930s. Does it say BLT 7-06 on the side? It's a little hard to tell.

Yes it does say BLT 7-06 on the side (it is a little hard to tell isn't it)
 

TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
Here is a freight train that I put together with the 10 new freight cars I just recieved in the mailbounce7. The CSX car is just there to show the differnce between weathered and none weathered on the Airlside hoppers.
 

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TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
More cars:
 

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TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
The last two 5-bay hoppers:

Im not sure what the weathering effect the person who did the job was going for but it didn't look very appealing to me. Ill have to fix em up as you will see in the next train:D :)
 

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TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
Here is a Coal Train that I put together. I has just left the New River Mining Company and is on the mainline going to the Coke Ovens.

I realize that this is not going to look very realistic with only 1 Dash 8-40B but this is the only engine I have at the moment so it will have to do. Luckly there are no hills on the way to the ovens.sign1
 

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TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
More BNSF Coalporters, then a BNSF 3 Bay hopper, BN 3 Bay hopper, and then some OMAX 5 Bay hoppers:
 

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Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
More OMAX 5 Bay Coal Hoppers:
 

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TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
And the last 5 hoppers, K & W 5 Bay Coal Hoppers. Here is what they look like weathered.
 

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green_elite_cab

Keep It Moving!
man, whats the deal with the K&W stuff? i know its a non-real roadname, but i see it everywhere on Ebay. Some one must have had a big collection! a week ago or so there was a bunch of 80' high cube boxcars lettered for K&W
 

TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
green_elite_cab said:
man, whats the deal with the K&W stuff? i know its a non-real roadname, but i see it everywhere on Ebay. Some one must have had a big collection! a week ago or so there was a bunch of 80' high cube boxcars lettered for K&W

idk, I just go them because they were $3-5 EACH and I needed more coal cars!!:thumb: :D
 

viperman

Active Member
Those are looking good so far. I kinda think you need to re-weather those ligher KW cars, as the previous owner's weathering looks kinda like crap. Gotta give em credit for trying though. You definitely need to aquire another loco, perhaps a BN or an SF, or both, to go with the BNSF
 

TruckLover

Mack CH613 & 53' Trailer
viperman said:
Those are looking good so far. I kinda think you need to re-weather those ligher KW cars, as the previous owner's weathering looks kinda like crap. Gotta give em credit for trying though.

Ya I was thinking the same thing when I saw them on ebay but I just could not pass them up. I just got a DVD on weathering that my grandfather bought me and I learned how to drybrush and chalk weather so I am going to combine all 3 wethering techniques I no all in one.

viperman said:
You definitely need to aquire another loco, perhaps a BN or an SF, or both, to go with the BNSF

I am bidding on 2 UP AC4400 and 1 SP AC4400 on ebay right now, hopfully I win them cause I really do need some more engines!!!
 
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