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02-18-2008, 02:06 PM
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Non-revenue car of the Week
Most of us have non-revenue cars on our layout so how about a thread covering those?
Several years ago, while scouting out the Bangor and Aroostook's yard in Searsport, Maine, I stumbled upon the old B&A station there, quite run down, and a B&A work car, similarly run-down, parked on a siding. After taking pictures and getting home, I decided I had to model both... which I did. This is the work car (tool car???) and my attempt to model it. I bashed two MDC Overton baggage cars with bits and pieces added.
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02-18-2008, 05:15 PM
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Looking good Absnut I hadn't really thought about that subject but I think you are right. We all have railcranes or mow cars around thanks for the idea.
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02-18-2008, 09:32 PM
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Oh man, that just about breaks my heart, seeing that wonderful old baggage car so terribly run down,  but...you surely did do a mighty credible job of representing it in miniature! Real fine job, ya made of it, Absnut! 
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02-18-2008, 10:01 PM
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MOW stuff just wouldn't look right shiny and new!
That old baggage looks great! Here's another one of the forgotten relics until there's a need for it:
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02-18-2008, 10:28 PM
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Geeze,I just checked and I only have 4 mow cars and three of them are the same kind of car.
I have 3 of these Walthers ballast hoppers,hmm come to think of it my forth unit is also a Walthers piece. 
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02-18-2008, 11:16 PM
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great idea for a thread, Absnut, I'm enjoying these pics!!
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03-24-2008, 04:53 PM
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Like many U.S. railroads, the Bangor and Aroostook RR purchsed some retired troop sleepers after the was. A couple were converted to "power" cars but several were made into cabooses ("Buggies" up here!). One of those cars I would loved to have scratch-built but the proper trucks weren't available, I was delighted when, first, MT released the trucks and, then, the troop sleepers themselves (before I could get going on scratch-building). So, it was natural to proceed with a bash. Here is a converted B&A buggie.
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03-24-2008, 05:18 PM
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Looking At That Buggie Car Remined Me That I Stop At A Model Railroad Shop Just East Of Des Moines Ia, The Shop Was In A Car Just Like That One Absnut The Only Differant Was The Color Theirs Was Green Now I Know What I'm Going To Do With All Those Passener Cars I Have Great Idea.
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04-03-2008, 08:51 PM
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Here's a B&A "power car" in N scale. This one didn't require a lot of cutting, fitting, etc. like the buggy conversion... just a ladder or two and a paint job.
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06-29-2008, 09:45 PM
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Browsing through a book on the B&M a while ago, I happened across a photo of a non-revenue car that took my fancy: B&M 1111, an old open-platform combine they turned into an "Air Brake Instruction Car". After finding another set of MDC/Athearn Overlands to hack up, I discovered (to my delight) that the combine measured out to be 59' 6.5", the exact measurement of #1111. So, while the windows don't match the original, I set about adding the details necessary to make it, at least, resemble the car. Below are the results, another interesting "add-on" to a freight or passenger train.
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