Something New For March, well sort of?

Okay, not really new, well new to us, but an OLD car in and of itself.  Just trying to add a few better bits to the freight car roster as we're able to.  Seems things that fit our era are few and far between.  This one is a stretch as to the dating, but should look at home once twenty plus years of weathering is applied. It does feature the "C" word, and that helps the decision.

Kadee 40' XM new for March 2024; Copper Range works for AZSO.

Not much else to report this month, I am still alive and kicking for the most part. Hopefully this condition will continue for the foreseeable future. As always, we at AZSO hope things are going well in your space on the planet and we want to say, Enjoy Your Trains!

Write back if the mood strikes,

John Huey

Arizona Southern RR

February 2024

Talk about one crazy month, so far locally we've had morning frost, coupled with higher than normal temps, snow in our local mountains, floods, earthquakes, thunder storms, water spouts, heavy fog, landslides blocking main highways, and high winds blowing over massive trees, and the month is barely half over.

Not sure where things are headed, but the model trains are taking a back seat to this intense situation.  

The fact that Bowser announced the long awaited Alco C415's leaves only one "grail" engine on the old bucket list, now we just need an Alco S6 switcher and that would be about it.

Not much else to report, just checking in with followers and wishing to say Hello.

Best wishes,

John Huey

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wow, where did 2023 get off to?  Seems like it just got started and now its only a few days from being history. 

Not much is going on right now, things here in Simi Valley are wet, and mostly miserable. They say things should be a little bit less rainy on Christmas day.

Well, guess its time to get things ready for the big day, and I hope all of you are doing well and have things under control, both on the holiday front and the personal health front as well. 

As always, have a blessed day and please, Enjoy Your Trains.  Write or comment if the mood strikes.

John Huey

Fuel Needs of the Arizona Southern

 

Well it's that time of year again, here come the holidays, ready or not! Seems like when one set of issues end another jump right in to take their place. That aside, thinking of things on the railroad is maybe the only easy, fun, cool, or pleasant tasks as of late. Too many model items came at once this year and choices had to be made so we missed a few things that will hopefully be around again in a year or so.

One thing that became a consolation prize of sorts is Arizona Southern getting one of those American Limited Models GATC Welded Tank Cars lettered for Santa Fe. It will be seen around engine service from time to time when more fuel is needed. A great looking model, and I even have some images of how they looked in mid 1970's so my attempt at weathering will have some direction.

A friend of the railroad sent a photo showing how the cars looked in service circa 1975ish. Perfect example of what we hope our model may look like at some point.

Charlie Slater Photograph © 2023

Probably won't re-letter the one just purchased, but will try and get some of that aged grime showing on ours. We will add the ACI label and a consolidation stencil of some sort to the model as well.  This will be it for buying models for a while, seems some other items needing funds have cropped up unexpectedly and they can't really wait.

That is all for now, write if the mood strikes, or even just say hello.

Best wishes,

John Huey