The paint shop also completed the Peoria & Eastern GP7 #5630. This one has the red and white Ex-PC logo on the sides and ends.
The Big news though are the four Chicago & Illinois Midland SD38-2s that arrived on the railroad today. These were farmed out to a gentleman in Virginia that also custom painted the Illinois Terminal locomotives for me. He is super quick and does excellent work!
Also, we are fastly approaching blog post #900 (this is post #895). The blog surpassed 90,000 views a week or so go. Pretty cool considering I created the blog just as a timeline of events working on my layout. I never expected anyone to actually read it. I'll have to come up with something good to post for #900.
Here are photos of the CPC International Cars, C&IM Locomotives and few other interesting subjects.
Lots of CPC International traffic sitting in the yard this evening.
The second batch had better more crisper paint lines. The more I paint, the better I get.
Close up detail of the CPC International Tank Car
Painted from stripped or undecorated Roundhouse General Tank Cars
Close up detail of the CPC International Tank Car
Peoria & Eastern GP7s #5628 and #5630 passing Wesley Road crossing.
Micro Trains C&IM 40' Box Car and Illinois Terminal 50' Box Car (heavily weathered)
Bluford Shops Illinois Central Woodchip Hopper
Atlas C&O Cupola Style Penn Central Caboose
Illinois Terminal SD39s
Illinois Terminal SD39s - different paint scheme
Intermoutain 4750 CuFt 3-Bay Grain Hoppers
Micro Trains Illinois Terminal 40' Box Car (Weathered) and Atlas Illinois Terminal
50' Precision Box Car
Atlas Illinois Terminal Caboose
Chicago & Illinois Midland SD38-2s #73, 72, 71 and #74 (four of the six they owned)
Bluford Shops C&IM 70-ton Coal Hopper
Atlas Chicago & Illinois Midland Extended Vision Caboose
Kato Burlington Northern GE U30Cs
This one was lightly weathered and beacon added on top (purchased that way).
I need to find some more beacons to add to the second BN U30C as well as
the C&IM SD38-2s.
Atlas Burlington Northern 90-ton Hopper
Atlas Union Pacific B23-7 #137 leading up a C&IM coal train.
Kato Chicago & Northwestern SD40-2 #6847
Illinois Central Gulf GP30s leading a mixed freight.
