OK, OK, the mooing stock car is over the top, but some “animatronics” can liven up an operating session, especially when you introduce something with no warning.
My bad order cars/shifted loads/etc., used to drive people nuts….
Elden Gatwood
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Rob;
I did a load of hot (burning) coke in a gon, for a guy that worked with me a while ago, that wanted some operational fun.
The load was real coke glued on top of a base with a AAA battery and flickering red light. Removable for turning on and off and replacing battery. It did not show too good in day, but at night, yes.
I have lost track of the photo I had of that car. Too bad.
I also have a model of a PRR GR gon with portions of the flooring missing, that was a hit at some train shows. You can see the trainline through the holes. Modeled after the real thing.
There was a composite gon of unknown origin that roasted on the PRR Mon Line and was shoved into a siding, and sat for years. What were they going to do with it? It eventually had a Sumac tree growing up through it. Finally, one day,
it disappeared.
Elden Gatwood
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Somehow, this fired the imagination a bit: how would you model a gon rolling along in a train while on fire . . .
(Coming back to reality,) good thoughts! No, I am not doing anything more than showing bad paint and rust, but will need to give that a re-think.
I suspect it is a much more noticeable element in some regions and some portions of some railroads than other places on the same railroad, or other railroads or regions. But that’s just conjecture.
Folks;
Thought you’d enjoy the attached and see if anyone had the guts to model it.
I talked to a few of my friends, and we think it is a bad repair of a burned-out wooden floor. The MRY is south of the PRR/Mon, which hosted many mills producing hot steel products like ingots and hot coil. Correspondence has many examples
of burnt-out cars.
These bad boys look great in a train, and then as a set-out or action (fire-fighting) in an ops session.
I have a number of bed order cars. They usually cause much consternation.
What are your thoughts on this cool car?
Elden Gatwood
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