Bethgon coalporters

[upnick]

Hi All,
Sorry i havnt been around lately .. hope to be more so now
Not sure if this is in the right place but i want to make up a train of coalporters to service the mine .... what i need to know is what type of end of train light do they run if any & do any of you have pictures of the lights at all please ?

[P5se Camelback]

Welcome back! I wasn't here, I don't think, when you were last here.

I'm not exactly sure why you want to build a model of Cole Porter. Are you a musician? :?

As far as End-of-Train Devices are concerned, I can offer the following ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=220">http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=220</a><!-- m --> -- an article from Trains magazine regarding EoT devices ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ringengineering.com/">http://www.ringengineering.com/</a><!-- m --> -- a kit to build a model of an End-of-train device ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.com/images?q=end+of+train+device&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=avAMTL2sDYKC8ga7_cmKBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQsAQwBA">http://www.google.com/images?q=end+of+t ... CDsQsAQwBA</a><!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.elpasohub.org/ATX.htm">http://www.elpasohub.org/ATX.htm</a><!-- m --> -- an press release/spec sheet re: Union Pacific's use of EoT's ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6102491/description.html">http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/61024 ... ption.html</a><!-- m --> ... and ... from a competing forum ...

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nscale.net/forums/showthread.php?17756-FRED-Flashing-Red-End-Of-Train-Device">http://www.nscale.net/forums/showthread ... ain-Device</a><!-- m -->

I hope the information provided above satisfies your question re: EoT devices ... but as far as Cole Porter is concerned ... :?: :?: :?: :?

[upnick]

Hi Thank you for the information it is helpful

As far as a model of a musician that is not my objective .... if you look at the title of the thread it is spelt Coalporter not Cole obviously you are not conversant with the car.

This is a coalporter car.

Welcome back! I wasn't here, I don't think, when you were last here.

I'm not exactly sure why you want to build a model of Cole Porter. Are you a musician? :?

As far as End-of-Train Devices are concerned, I can offer the following ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=220">http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=220</a><!-- m --> -- an article from Trains magazine regarding EoT devices ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ringengineering.com/">http://www.ringengineering.com/</a><!-- m --> -- a kit to build a model of an End-of-train device ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.com/images?q=end+of+train+device&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=avAMTL2sDYKC8ga7_cmKBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQsAQwBA">http://www.google.com/images?q=end+of+t ... CDsQsAQwBA</a><!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.elpasohub.org/ATX.htm">http://www.elpasohub.org/ATX.htm</a><!-- m --> -- an press release/spec sheet re: Union Pacific's use of EoT's ...
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6102491/description.html">http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/61024 ... ption.html</a><!-- m --> ... and ... from a competing forum ...

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nscale.net/forums/showthread.php?17756-FRED-Flashing-Red-End-Of-Train-Device">http://www.nscale.net/forums/showthread ... ain-Device</a><!-- m -->

I hope the information provided above satisfies your question re: EoT devices ... but as far as Cole Porter is concerned ... :?: :?: :?: :?

[tomustang]

He was kidding Nick , good to see you back again

as for the porters, over here on the ns line they park the unit coal train in a river yard with the standard FRED device still blinking for a few days I'll have to check, I might have a far away shot of one of the waiting unit coal trains

[P5se Camelback]

Hi Thank you for the information it is helpful
As far as a model of a musician that is not my objective .... if you look at the title of the thread it is spelt Coalporter not Cole obviously you are not conversant with the car.
This is a coalporter car. ...

Welcome back! I wasn't here, I don't think, when you were last here. I'm not exactly sure why you want to build a model of Cole Porter. Are you a musician? :?

I apologise Nick! I was making an attempt at humor ... My daughter always tells me I shouldn't, that my humor is just too obtuse, just like me! I tried to make a joke, a play on words, rather than suggest that you might be refering to hoppers or gondolas, but I guess it was just me being obtusely "out there." I was in a "Funny Mood" and was just making light of the differences between English English and American English ...
But I DID offer some "totally useful" information, at least I hope it was useful.

BTW, those are nice photos of those hoppers, but in that one, you appear to be a bit chilled! Snow; I haven't really been in any since I moved to Florida. It just looks cold!

But, please ... post more often ... join the new "Challenge!" Have some fun!

[nachoman]

I'm not exactly sure why you want to build a model of Cole Porter. Are you a musician? :?

Wow! that's an obscure reference! I'm impressed. It's like when I am at the sports bar and refer to a local baseball pitcher as "Jimmy" Webb. With all his injuries lately, I say that someone left that cake out in the rain!

[upnick]

Hi Tom hope your keeping well

Its nice to be back posting i have still been doing things here more concentrating on the N scale now i have a Cornerstone mine ready to put on the layout when i decide where & lay the track for it so to have a couple of spurs as well as the line through i needed some help ....... be grateful if you can find the shot for me

I am going to disappear again sometime soon as i'm waiting for major heart surgery .. but the railroads keep me occupied and should in my recovery time

[upnick]

Hi Bill,

No problems maybe i took it too serious as well it was late when i posted & it gave me a good excuse to post a couple of pictures of them yes the information was useful thanks ... oh btw it isnt me getting cold there ... i confess i pinched the pic of the net

As to the build challenge if thats what you mean (sorry i havnt seen if there are threads for a build this year still getting back into the site) i did start a ''kitbash'' building last year still here needs finishing maybe this year i'll get something completed

I apologise Nick! I was making an attempt at humor ... My daughter always tells me I shouldn't, that my humor is just too obtuse, just like me! I tried to make a joke, a play on words, rather than suggest that you might be refering to hoppers or gondolas, but I guess it was just me being obtusely "out there." I was in a "Funny Mood" and was just making light of the differences between English English and American English ...
But I DID offer some "totally useful" information, at least I hope it was useful.

BTW, those are nice photos of those hoppers, but in that one, you appear to be a bit chilled! Snow; I haven't really been in any since I moved to Florida. It just looks cold!

But, please ... post more often ... join the new "Challenge!" Have some fun!

[tomustang]

Found one of them, to the left of the dash 9, the unit coal train is mixed with the older conrail bethgons, 3 bay and 4 bay hoppers, and NS's own Top Gons, the top gons were rebuilt from H11 and 12 class hoppers.

[Ralph]

Tom, ya got anymore shots of the mill complex in the background?
Ralph

[upnick]

Hi Tom cheers for the picture ......... N&S another of my favorite roads saved now for reference