Patriotic Schemes (Bicentennial, Freedom and etc.)

UP 74444, Union Pacific Railroad (Athearn)

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Minnesota Dakota and Western

MDW 3000, Thrall-Door car, Life-Like


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Spartan schemes in the Eighties

Burlington Northern Railroad, painted in 1981-1990?

BN 459102


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Shortlines' IPD boxcars in the Seventies

Athearn ACF: add Decals (ANR MCSA MR MSE NLG PHD PW SRN)
Athearn FMC: replace the coupler pockets (BH CAD CIRR HSW)
Athearn PS-5344: replace the coupler pockets (CCR GMRC TASD)
MDC FMC: shorten the coupler pocets (ADN MTW PHD SNCT SSDK)
MDC PS-5277: shorten the coupler pockets (SM)
LBF: shorten the coupler pockets (GWF)
Walthers
Atlas
Bachmann

"Incentive Per Diem Color Guide" by James Kinkaid in 2019, Morning Sun Books

ADN 8057, Ashley Drew & Northern (MDC)


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Cushion-Car Catch Phrases in the Sixties

Hydra-Cushion which SP was introduced in 1957, had a major impact on freight transportation. Through the Sixties, various cushion underframes ware deveroped. Many railroads adopted them aggressively, and showed the equipment on thire freight car sides. Right figure was quoted from the August 1967 issue of the MR magazine. See a thread of MR forum.

ACL 15014, Another Cushioned Load


SCL 821600, Smooth Cushioned Load


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Slogans on freight car sides

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

MR general forum "Best railroad slogans?"

Alaska R.R.: McKinley National Park Route

AT&SF: Ship and Travel Santa Fe all the way

AD&N: Serving Southern Forests (MDC)

Apalachicola Northern R.R. Port St. Joe, (Ahearn)

Atlanta & Saint Andrews Bay Ry. The Bay Line (Walthers)



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Named Trains riding on boxcars in the Forties & Fifties

AT&SF, The Super Chief to California


AT&SF, The Route of the Super Chief All Pullman Chicago-Los Angeles Streamliner

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Billboard Reefers from the 20's to the 60's ビルボード・リーファー

"Billboard Refrigerator Cars" by Richard H. Hendrickson and Edward S. Kaminski, 2008

ビルボード・リーファーは、アメリカ型ファンでなくとも一度は憧れたことがあるはず。まさに鉄道黄金時代といえる1920年代から1930年代、目を惹く意匠が鉄路上を走った。アメリカ型にのめり込む前から少しずつ買っていたモデルが続々と出てきた。さらに今，新たなブツに手を出している。古いものは手を入れないとお見せできそうにない。しばらく遊べそうだ。My modest collection of Billboard Refrigerator Cars, almost HO-scale, a few O-scale

Monarch Foods (Branchline) [UN-REPAIRED]


Goetz Country Club Special (Train-Miniature)


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Self-Introduction

Works K is the handle name of me, Kotaro Kuriu. Under it, I am producing many models. It's main items are HO scale BN engines and rolling stocks, which large part is kitbashing from mass production made by Athearn, Kato and other manufactures. Otherwise, I have collected Brass models too. As BN existed in only 25 years, I am modeling also O scale in the other era. Thus, I have interested in around American prototype railroad items.

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