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Prototype Operations Blog Posts
- Operations Series
- Iron Ore and Coal Traffic on the Michipicoten Branch
- Pulpwood and Log Traffic on the ACR
- Woodchip Traffic on the ACR
- Woodpulp Traffic on the ACR
- Lumber Traffic on the ACR
- Plywood, OSB and Other Forest Products on the ACR
- Paper Traffic on the ACR
- Locals and turns – operations on the Northern subdivision
- CN Operations at Hearst
- Passenger Service
- SD40 Usage and Restrictions
- On the Forest Industry in Northern Ontario & Quebec – Part 1: Ontario
- On the Forest Industry in Northern Ontario & Quebec – Part 2: Quebec
- On the Forest Industry in Northern Ontario & Quebec – Part 3: North of Superior
Model Railroad Operations Blog Posts
- Ideas for Adapting Tonnage Ratings to a Model Railway
- Model RR Scheduling and the Perceived “Evil” of Fast Clocks
- Simulating Customer Demand on a Model Railroad
Model Paperwork Blog Posts
A friend of mine is modeling the Algoma Central as well. Your site provided us with much helpful information. Thanks for that!
I’m modeling the Piedmont sub in N scale which appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of N=Scale.
Mac West
Thanks Mac. If my site helps someone else working on the same thing, or generates some interesting discussion, or turns up additional information in some way, then it’s fulfilled it’s purpose. Hopefully this series will be useful.
I model in o scale. 2 rail. I live in herbert Saskatchewan.
ACR had distinct gondolars. The bulk head ones. When were they built and used on the railway? I model the 50s.
Ian, the sixty foot bulkhead gons were built in four batches between 1964-1967.
During the 1950s the commonly seen AC cars would have been the 48′ cars built in 1947 and the home built 40′ gons converted from flatcars around the same time.
The first of the 52′ gons with the “modern” billboard lettering were built in 1958, and some of the 48′ cars started to get repainted from their original paint into a similar paint scheme around the same time.
Did any of the 1950s gons have the high ended bulk heads ?
No, the cars with bulkhead ends were the 61′ cars built in 1964-67. The previous 48′ and 52′ gondolas built in the late 1940s and 1950s respectively were all standard cars with drop ends.
Where do you live?
I’m currently located in Sarnia, Ontario.
Hello,
My sons and I rode the AC on several occasions between 1980-90. Our canoes were loaded on to the baggage car and we rode to a set mileage marker where we were drop. The conductor assured us that if we followed the unseen brake in the brush we would eventually find the river we looking for. He was right and eventually we canoed, portaged and canoed some more until we found Lake Superior. That experience and many other AC train trips lead me to start modeling AC.
The layout and equipment is now looking for a new home.
Are you interested in adopting some or all the pieces ?
I have been building an AC layout for a few years.
Cabooses??
I’m not sure if there’s a specific question here, but yes, the ACR ran cabooses on all their trains right up until they were taken over by the Wisconsin Central in February 1995.
Chris: can you contact me off list about cabooses? Thanks. TEB
Tom, email me at cv_acr [at] yahoo.com.