Black Diamond Express

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It is time for what the anthracite roads do best: Haul the black diamonds!

P2K Lehigh & New England FA1

P2K Lehigh & New England FB1

Atlas/ARHS Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper

Atlas/ARHS Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper

 

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Atlas/ARHS Jersey Central 2 bay offset hopper

Atlas B&O 2 bay offset hopper

Atlas/ARHS Jersey Central 2 bay offset hopper

Atlas/ARHS Reading 2 bay offset hopper

 

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Atlas Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper

K&D/Athearn Lehigh & New England 2 bay offset hopper

Bev-Bel/Athearn Unlettered 2-bay offset hopper custom dry transfers for New York Central

Athearn Southern C/S 2-bay hopper

 

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Athearn Central RR of Pennsylvania custom painted and dry transfers 2-bay offset hopper

Athearn New Haven custom painted and dry transfers 4-bay offset hopper

Athearn Virginian rib-sided two bay hopper

Atlas Reading 2-bay offset hopper

 

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Atlas Lehigh & New England 2-bay offset hopper

Atlas Lehigh & New England 2-bay offset hopper

Athearn Lehigh Valley 4-bay offset hopper

Athearn Lehigh & New England custom painted and dry transfers 2-bay offset hopper

 

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Athearn Central RR of Pennsylvania custom painted and dry transfers 2-bay offset hopper

Atlas Jersey Central 2-bay offset hopper

Atlas Reading 2-bay offset hopper

Atlas Jersey Central 2-bay offset hopper

 

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MDC/Roundhouse Lehigh & New England NE caboose custom painted and decaled

Video
YouTube - Lehigh & New England Coal Drag

 

[UP SD40-2]

NICE ROLL-BY TOM!:thumb::thumb::thumb: GREAT weathering:winki: , and i liked how all your coal loads didn't look the same:thumb: , WELL DONE!:thumb: :mrgreen: .
:deano: -Deano

 

[TruckLover]

OUTSTOUNDING roll-by Tom!!!!!! :thumb: :thumb:

I love the weathering, it looks amazing and everycar was different :mrgreen: :mrgreen: and the trucks look awesome, I love the rusty wheels.

And as Deano said, the coal loads look sweet to :thumb: :thumb:

 

[doctorwayne]

Nice run-past, Tom, :thumb: and a nice train length, too! I was going to do a hopper train a couple of weeks ago, but mine would've been pretty boring, with most of the hoppers lettered for the same road. I wanted to see how many loaded hoppers ("live" loads) my U-boats would pull up the 2.5% grade over the Speed River, but I ran out of "coal" just before I ran out of empty hoppers. It took two units to move the 41 cars (and 2 cabooses) up the hill. Train weight, excluding locos, was 21 pounds.

Wayne

 

[TruckLover]

I wanted to see how many loaded hoppers ("live" loads) my U-boats would pull up the 2.5% grade over the Speed River, but I ran out of "coal" just before I ran out of empty hoppers. It took two units to move the 41 cars (and 2 cabooses) up the hill. Train weight was 21 pounds.

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Thats a heavy/LONG train!!

 

[doctorwayne]

Yeah, and probably compounded by the fact that most of the cars were older Athearns, with their original wheels and trucks. I don't imagine that the curves helped too much, either. :mrgreen:

Wayne

 

[Triplex]

I always like how your rollbys make trains look so long. I also like the diversity in northeastern rolling stock you depict - how even the cars of the same roadname and type vary.