BC Rail Cars

I have been wanting to increase the volume of BC Rail cars in White Pine. I added a mix of brands this week to bulk up the fleet. These cars hauled copper anodes from the Flin Flon mine in Manitoba to the White Pine Refinery for refining into copper cathodes. I made sure the cars all had metal wheels, were weighted correctly, and were weathered before they hit the layout.

The Kaslo kits I built and painted:

Athearn:

PWRS:

PWRS WC car… this was an absolute mess from the factory. Underweight, and it had fingerprints in the factory paint… I’m still waiting for PWRS to fix this.

More MOW

Okay… I got on a bit of a kick. I ended up building not one, but two N Scale tie gangs. One will stay with me, and the other will head to a beautiful Afton Canyon layout.

Some pics of my progress:

Tie Cranes

Spikers

Spike Pullers

OTM Retriever

TRIPP

TR1 Tie Inserter

Ballast Regulator