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  Modeling a Santa Fe ACF 4600 cf Part 2

  September 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 504 views - 0 comments - 1 like

  by Ken Edmier Photos by the author Modified InterMountain end ladder assemblies. End-Ladder Assemblies The InterMountain end ladder assemblies are very finely molded, but have the coupler platform and grabirons molded onto the bottom f...
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  Modeling a Santa Fe ACF 4600 cf Part 1

  September 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 758 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Ken Edmier Photos by the author ATSF 314109, prototype for the model. Stoneburg, TX; March 1983. Santa Fe ordered 1,000 American Car & Foundry (ACF) high-cube Center Flow covered hoppers in 1973, mainly for grain service. These c...
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  Virginian Boxcars

  May 26, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,543 views - 2 comments - 1 like

  by Larry E. Smith, MMR Model photos by Mark Beaty AX-1 62023 after being removed from automobile service in 1956. You sense it before you can see it or hear it. Maybe its the slight vibration of the earth below your feet, but you kno...