OK.... as Clark says, "Easy heart, just be still"....
Wheels of Time has announced the popular SP F-70-10 and 12 series flats that were abundant in lumber service over SP's Cascade Subdivision. This has been a car long overlooked by the manufacturers in N scale. Not only am I looking forward to two versions of standard flats, but also their bulkhead version (the F-70-26)! Here is a link to check out their pdf page with the WOT SP Flats.
I will be retiring all my foob stand-ins that have been on the layout... some for decades, in exchange for the correct SP flat types. Hope there are some buyers for that junk on ebay, as I got a large fleet to change out.
Here is some more info on the standard flats from Lee Gautreaux's website:
http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/flat/f070-10.htm
Anyone with additional info on the F-70-26, forward it this way, as info seems to be a bit scarce on the bulkheads...
Time will tell, but they are talking more road names, as well as lumber loads to fit. Hope they meet or exceed Hay Bros in the latter, as they have set the bar pretty high for off the shelf lumber loads...
Not much else has taken place on the layout due to growing the new
business, but we've been tinkering around with new PSX-4 power district boards, as Ray pushes me to keep from forsaking the layout all together (thanks Ray!). Been dreaming about the next time we can squeeze in another ops session, and also need a push or more volunteers so we can progress further on scenery to cover up more plywood....
