New Freight Cars for the A.P.R.R.

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

My fleet of APRR freight cars continues to grow, thanks to the help of Sir John, the Patti-o Paint shop of the N.Y.C.T.L. and his 'Picasso-like' work on painting trains. You can see how these new cars came to fruition as it started here N.Y.C.T.L. Patti-O Paint Shop 

So how did these cars, and all of the other AP freight cars come to be? 1:1 Sir John has always painted some of his Penn Central freight cars and engines. (9/4/18 Disclaimer: 1:1 Sir John and the Patti-O Paint Shop did not paint AP #50 Caboose. This was painted by someone else, as I thought it was done by his shop. Sorry to mislead anyone and my apology to 1:1 Sir John. Now to try to figure out painted it for me.) One day he sent me a package with a caboose that he painted in my paint scheme. He also painted an engine in AP colors that is on his layout. This is the first caboose in the fleet. 

As our virtual operations started to grow, there was a company named Scaletrains.com that released a number of Evans RBL 5100 DD Box cars in undecorated kit form. This was perfect! I reached out to 1:1 Sir John, and we worked out an agreement on the first batch of these cars. Here's one of the first cars that was completed in the Patti-O Paint shops. 

Next up, were more freight cars, this time another Evans 50" DD Box Car. 

We did need some more freight cars, and different types. I was at a train show, found some 86' box cars, some cylindrical covered hoppers, coal hoppers, and PS-2 covered hoppers. Some were done in AP. Around the time I sent 1:1 Sir John the second batch, his local shortline railroad, Empire Belt, came to make its debut! Here's one of many freight cars that have been created at the Patti-O Paint Shop:

We have box cars, auto parts box cars, covered hoppers, a caboose, coal cars, and more. We were still missing another type of freight car. I looked into my never ending supply of freight cars, taking into consideration that it's easier for the shop to repaint kits than ready-built freight cars. Then it hit me. I had a 12 pack of 57' Athearn Mechanical Reefers that were doing nothing but sitting in the storage carts. These could be painted in AP and EB road names. However, the white, PC green, orange as well as boxcar red were already out there. Looking online, I found some reefers painted in BN/WFE a dark green. Not like a hunter green, but a bolder green. Athearn had done one in a 57' reefer. It was different, and stood out. So the call was made (okay, email was sent) with the idea and set the wheels in motion. 

As a result of the collaboration, as you may have seen on the link above (You did click on the link, didn't you?), I'm pleased to share the new arrival of both AP and EB 57' mechanical reefers on the railroad.

In addition, the Patti-O Paint Shop also painted a GP40 in Penn Central with the 'Orange C' #3180 to match the one 1:1 Sir John has as well. This enhances our virtual operations between the EBRR and the APRR. 

These freight cars will be the used to ship perishables to and from C&P Restaurant Supply to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse and Terminal Cold Storage & Warehouse on the N.Y.C.T.L.

A quick peek of the lineup of the new rolling stock on the A.P.R.R.

Keep checking back for more updates and new Penn Central Car Movements!