Noticed a USRA Rebuilt double-sheathed boxcar in the "FFF" tan and brown scheme in the fourth photo down on "The Valley Local" blog: http://blog.thevalleylocal.net/2017/09/wordless-wednesday-187-evenings-work.html Best Regards,
Looks like the Atlas "FFF" tan/brown car, from the Atlas "Golden Spike Club" (I think that was its name!). I had one of those cars, sold it to one of you in my Florida "fire sale", greatly regretted it, found another, and bought it. Nice car, unique. Wonder why Atlas does not release it in bigger numbers. Train Minature (TM) made this car years ago. It was awful, terrible graphics. K
Does anyone know the era for this car in this scheme? I know the freight Northern's had a version of the logo on their tenders early in their short careers, but not much else about the FFF logo. Paul
Paul, I would have to look to get a more specific start date, but I'd guess early-to-mid 1930s when some of the old double-sheathed boxcars were rebuilt. End date probably 1948-ish, post-receivership when the FFF logos were removed from the Northerns, along with all of the other steam locomotive paint adornments. Best Regards,
Ok. In case someone is interested, there is an n-scale version buy-it-now on e-bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATLAS-N-500...031245&hash=item1c91bf5b1e:g:tE0AAOSwec9ZuaIJ I decided it's too out of era for my needs, and I'm trying to have enough discipline not to order it anyway.... Paul
Stay strong, Paul. I've found that I've had to get downright militant with my own buying discipline to avoid any further era scope creep than I already have. Best Regards,
The N-scale car is also, no doubt, from the Atlas Golden Spike Club - they offered a special car to members, one per year, in both HO and N scales. The Frisco "FFF" was the first car they offered. I'm not sure the club still exists today. K
It still exists. They also run o-scale items as part of the club. I've never felt the need to join. Paul
This is the problem with building modules for as long as I have. There isn't the need to focus on one era exclusively. Now that I'm thinking home layout, I look at the collection of things and think "I'm never going to be able to Run all this stuff".... I'm thinking it is time for a serious collection purge. I could probably sell half of the things I have bough over the years and still have more than I can fit on the home layout or in travel cases for shows.... Paul
