TrainboyH16-44
Failfan
My freelance RR, the Alberta Pacific railway, was made up 2 years ago. It all came together very quickly, and I was wondering what you thought of it.
It was formed in the 1890s as a prairie granger for central Manitoba, Saskatchewn, and Alberta. It's eastern terminus is at Thunder Bay, Ontario, though they are looking at an extension, and the western terminus since 1909 is Prince Rupert. The route (Should be) is shown here in dark blue. CN is olive, BC Rail is light blue, and CP is red.
In the earky days, it used 2-6-0s and other early locos, and by the 40s it had low drivered 4-6-6-4s, the biggest Canadian steam. By the 50s, it was exclusively F-M, with H16-44s and H24-66s on the freights, and CPA16-4s and CPA24-5s on the passenger. They also had
In the late 60s, they amassed a large fleet of SD45s, and by the 70s, the were mostly run with SD40 and SD45 variants.
In the 80s, the got 12 SD50MACs, some of the forst AC locomotive, and later on, they remotered many C-Liners with early EMD 710 engines so they could continue pulling passenger.
They now operate with mostly SD45s (with variants like the SD45T-2), and SD70s (Both M and MAC) They have no GE locos, and operate many excursions with non remotered c-liners, and steam.
Their coaches were painted in a Royal Blue and also the diesels, until 1958, when this paint scheme was developed.
What do you think?
Matthew
It was formed in the 1890s as a prairie granger for central Manitoba, Saskatchewn, and Alberta. It's eastern terminus is at Thunder Bay, Ontario, though they are looking at an extension, and the western terminus since 1909 is Prince Rupert. The route (Should be) is shown here in dark blue. CN is olive, BC Rail is light blue, and CP is red.
In the earky days, it used 2-6-0s and other early locos, and by the 40s it had low drivered 4-6-6-4s, the biggest Canadian steam. By the 50s, it was exclusively F-M, with H16-44s and H24-66s on the freights, and CPA16-4s and CPA24-5s on the passenger. They also had
In the late 60s, they amassed a large fleet of SD45s, and by the 70s, the were mostly run with SD40 and SD45 variants.
In the 80s, the got 12 SD50MACs, some of the forst AC locomotive, and later on, they remotered many C-Liners with early EMD 710 engines so they could continue pulling passenger.
They now operate with mostly SD45s (with variants like the SD45T-2), and SD70s (Both M and MAC) They have no GE locos, and operate many excursions with non remotered c-liners, and steam.
Their coaches were painted in a Royal Blue and also the diesels, until 1958, when this paint scheme was developed.
What do you think?
Matthew