Yes, it’s a model - 1
1. It’s 1900 and three Decker Meat cars are waiting to be spotted at the
local cold storage facility in town.
The cars are Atlas 36-foot reefers that Bernhard Schroeter modified by
back dating to K brakes, new handbrake staff and wheel,four new truss
rods with turnbuckles, stirrups, and lowering the cars 0.05” to get them
to the correct height. To see more of his work go to
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3. Glenwood & Black Creek Extra 375 along with another locomotive is
working up the 2 percent Crested Butte branch near Eagle Rock.
The HOn3 locomotive is an old Westside Model Company outside-
frame C-25 Consolidation updated with a Loco-Doc drive and a
Tsunami sound decoder. Jim Vail took the photo on his layout.
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2. Chris S posted this shot of an early 1900s train. The sepia photo calls
to mind days past when postcards of trains were a common item. Just
add a railroad name and location to the bottom of the card, and most
folks won’t know the difference.
MRH-Aug 2014
