Album: 9/18/2011 update

Another project from this week. I recently upgraded my CWEX coal train from LBF and Walthers Coalporters to Athearn Coalporters with individual grab irons and a few LBF Aeroflos. In the process, I wanted the train to have the same mix of each car type and paint scheme that the prototype CWEX detour that ran during my era had. For my 22-car train, that meant finding 9 aluminum/yellow Coalporters, 9 black/red Coalporters, and 4 aluminum/red Aeroflos. Unfortunately, the black/red Athearn cars have been really hard to find for some time, so when the last four I needed came up on Ebay for $25, I jumped at them, even though they were, for some reason, missing all their grab irons. So, I'm currently in the process of adding a total of 200 grab irons to these four cars. Here's the first one done, waiting for touch-up paint. I needed a break after this, which is why I finished the SIECO toolshed.
By: Joe Atkinson

Album: IAIS-Based Layouts  Album: Joe Atkinson's Subdivision 4, Atlantic-Adair  Album: Recent progress  Album: 9/18/2011 update