Another Diesel Fuel Tank Car Joins The Group

Being a sucker for a sale, and considering the fact we purchased one of the American Limited ATSF diesel fuel tank cars about a year ago, when I saw a Memorial Day sale on one of the Athearn 20,900 Gallon General Service Tank Cars lettered for  ATSF Diesel Service, I had to jump.  Might not be perfect, but it looks good enough for the Arizona Southern.

Equipment that represents what a railroad needs to keep things running is just as important as the revenue equipment we all know and love. Here is an image showing our latest acquisition.

Happy Memorial Day,

Write back if the mood strikes you, but most of all, Enjoy Your Trains!

John Huey

Brekina Mack RS700 Comes To AZSO

Seems that my love of the 'over the road' trucker crowd knows no bounds. In fact there are probably a lot more tractor-trailer rigs floating about in the train room than there are railroad equipment. One thing that is a bit rare out west were the Mack Trucks, like Athearn made.  We do have a fair number of the older Mack's, but the latter "R" series just never got seen out west as much as the Pete's, KW's, and the WFL cabovers.  Athearn's Mack's have gotten super expensive on the secondary market and now enters Brekina.

We picked up two of the RS700's recently, one painted black, lettered for the "Rubber Duck" tractor of the film Convoy fame. The other is in a beautiful metallic blue specced out in a very similar manner to the Rubber Duck version.

I suppose I'm a fool for the trucking industry, but not all of the customers in Arizona Southern territory have rail access. Having the trucking industry represented makes everything seem a bit more realistic.

That's all for now, write if the mood strikes you.

Best wishes,

John Huey