LCL Container Loads By Lane's Trains

Manufacturer:

Lane's Trains

Year Introduced:

2011

Category:

LCL Container

Name:

LCL Containers

Product Type:

resin

Finish:

molded in color

Online Article:

Peter Vanvliet's Article

Ext. Reference:

visit site

Model Notes:

Sold as a set of 10 less-than-carload containers based on the PRR HB4 (weatherproof, bulk dry goods) design. S-scale decals were manufactured by Mount Vernon Shops, and were available for these road names: PRR, NYC, DL&W, RDG, ERIE, and B&O. Containers were sold with a freight-car red. Most railroads painted these black. The hooks on the top corners on the model are very delicate and can easily break off.

The containers, shown inside of an S Scale America PRR G24 gondola, as they arrived.

Peter's four B&O containers shortly after painting them.

The instruction sheet that came with the decals, to indicate how the various railroads placed their labeling.

The B&O containers after painting and applying the decals. The one on the left has also had some light "weathering" done to it.

Since Peter predominantly models the PRR, but the branch line he models also interchanged with the B&O, and to communicate the less-than-car-load concept, he painted four of the containers with Poly Scale "Steam Power Black" and applied B&O decals, and six containers were painted with Floquil "Oxide Red" and had the PRR decals applied.

Ed Kirstatter shows a B&O class O-27BA, which is a Lionel 50' gondola car converted to carry 12 bulk containers of Dolomite for steel making in an open hearth furnace.