That’s an awesome photo. I wonder if the pace cars were built in batches like the GSXs were since there’s five in one shipment? Patrick
What struck me is how long has it been since you've seen an open car carrier on the RR? That's why you see us past generation shaking our heads a lot these days. With the welfare, cops are bad guys, kneel during the anthem recent generation. To use an old quote, " country has gone to hell in a hand basket"!
I am a retired Railroad Conductor from Conrail, and the open car vans stopped around the mid-eighties I believe? The reason was the cars were being "rocked" with real rocks
Great shot! I wish Walthers would make a kit like that, I'd have one on my railroad in seconds! (So why don't they make kits like that, one for Chevy, Buick, Ford and all the others...It'd be a heck of a moneymaker!)
That's what I meant, I knew the reason. Along with all the graffiti, although some of that is artistic.
Cool pic. you don't see the open auto racks anymore. You do still see plenty of graffiti and kids throwing rocks. Trains and Buicks..... Story of my Life. One is how I make my money and one is how I spend my money
Guys I knew lived by the Belt Line yards in the 70's and that was free picking for parts. Literally, NEW hoods fenders doors, engine stuff... what ever they could grab overnight. Eventually the RR's around there went to screened side livery which made it more difficult; but not quite impossible... ws
