Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Roster Freight Cars




The freight cars for the Mockingbird Industrial are pretty typical fare for any post-2000 modern railroad.  The makeup should be pretty normal, with the exception that corn syrup cars are very prevalent on the line.

A couple of metrics
-Maximum Long Train Length = 1100 scale feet, or about twenty 53ft Bethgons
-Maximum Long Train Length = 20 cars
-Average Long Train Length = 16 cars
-Maximum Layout Capacity = 37 cars
-Typical Layout Capacity = 27 cars, plus trains

So, on average about 50 cars would be on the layout, not counting any TRE or BNSF trains.  With a 1.5 multiplier to account for variety and a couple of load/empties scenarios, the layout requirement for only the DGNO is about 75 cars.

Regarding BNSF trains, three of them (coal, intermodal, and circus) are fixed at about 20 cars, the manifest at 16 cars, and the MOW train at about 12 cars.  No variety multiplier, as BNSF will rely on the DGNO fleet being rotated through for variety.

So unless another freight train is added, total freight cars (including RBBX passenger but not TRE or Amtrak) will be at a theoretical maximum of about 163 cars. The reality is that the desire for variety will likely drive that number higher, but at least that is a basis.

DGNO/Industry Rolling Stock

4-Bay Covered Hoppers
(4) AZL 90705-1 (4 Pack) 4-Bay Cov Hopper ACFX 99617, 99623, 99634, 99647
%(1) AZL 4-Bay Cov Hopper FPCX

Grain Hoppers
(1) Cotton Belt ACF Cov Hopper
(1) Intermountain Cylindrical Cov Hopper CN
(1) Intermountain Cylindrical Cov Hopper Govt Canada
(1) FURX PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1) UP "ex-Sugar" PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1) MILW PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1) CSX PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1) CNW PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1) AOK PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(2) Burlington Northern PS2-CD Cov Hopper
(1-2) UP PS2-cd cov hop 90908-1 - MP 723010, MP 722988, or MKT 4524
(1-2) Misc PS2-cd Cov Hopper (BN 3-Bar, misc spartan)
%(1-2) Misc ACF Cov Hoppers (BNSF, et al)

Cement Hoppers
%(1-2) UP-heritage cars

Flat Cars
(1) MTL Bulkhead Flat BN
(1) MTL Bulkhead Flat SSW SBH Conversion
%(1) Micro-Trains 99400002 MTTX 97577, 97683, 98005, or 98015 Trailer Train 60’ flat

Coil Cars
(1) AZL 42ft Coil Car CSX
(1) AZL-903408-1 CAGY (ServerCorr) NSC Coil Car Rd #4013

Gondolas
(2) AZL Gon TILX
(1) AZL Gon NOKL
(1) AZL Gon GNTX
(4) AZL 2420cf Waffle Gons MoPac

Centerbeam Flats
(1) AZL Centerbeam NOKL
(1) AZL Centerbeam BNSF
(1) AZL Centerbeam TTX

Boxcars
(1) AZL Gund 60ft Boxcar TTX
(1) NS Boxcar
(1) KCS Boxcar
(1) WC Boxcar
(1) Golden West VCY Boxcar
(1) SOO Boxcar
(1) Railbox Boxcar #1 (33" Wheels x 4)
(1) Railbox Boxcar #2
(1) AZL Gund 60ft Boxcar UP/Patched
%(1) AZL Gund 60ft Boxcar NS or BNSF
(1-2) MTL Weathered Per-Diem Cars

Tank Cars
(2) Tank Cars CRGX
(1) Tank Car ADMX Leaf
(1) Corn Syrup Car ADM Leaf #1
(1) Corn Syrup Car ADM Leaf "Stripes"
(1) Corn Syrup Car ADM Molecule
(1) Corn Syrup Car Cargill Rd#4824
(2) Corn Syrup Car MCP
(1) Corn Syrup Car Cerestar
(2) Corn Syrup Car "Stand-ins"
(2) Corn Syrup Car Tate & Lyle
%(1) 23K Tank - Procor
%(1) ACFX/UTLX 23K Tank 90503-1 - 68100, 68118, 68128, 68849

Reefers
(1) AZL Trincool UP
(1) Cryo-Trans CRYX

Open Hoppers
(1) Pennzee UP 3-Bay 100T Hopper
(1) Pennzee DRGW 3-Bay 100T Hopper
(1) Pennzee Undec 3-Bay 100T Hopper (To Be HLMX)

BNSF Trains

Intermodal
20 Intermodal Platforms
(1) AZL NSC 53ft Stack Car
(1) MTL NOKL Husky Stack Car (33" Wheels x 4)
(1:3) MTL BN Husky Stack 3-Unit Drawbar Set (33" Wheels x 12)
(1:4) MTL TTX Husky Stack 4-Unit Drawbar Set (33" Wheels x 16)
(2) MTL TTX Husky Stack Car (33" Wheels x 8)
(1) AZL NSC 53ft Stack Car 3-Car Set
(1:5) AC 5-Unit Artic Spine Car
(1) MTL 60ft TOFC Flat NS (MP-to-be-relettered)
(1) MTL 60ft TOFC Flat CP Rail
 (1) AZL NSC 53ft Stack Car CP 91602-3 

Circus
18 RBBX Cars
(See Related Post)

Manifest
16 Misc Freight
(5) Cars from DGNO List
(1) Transportation Corps of America PS2-cd cov hop 91915-1 - BN 463743
%(1) PS2CD Albert City Elev Pink
%(1) PS2-cd Cov Hopper ATSF
(1) AZL Gund 60ft Boxcar TTX
%(1) BNSF Beer Car patch job
%(1) MTL Swoosh Boxcar
(1) LPG Car - White
(1) Misc (Weathered?) Boxcar
%(1) BNSF Cement Cov Hopper
(1) AZL Centerbeam TTX
(1) Other?

Coal
20 %TGNX Bethgons OR 20 TXUX RD-4 Hoppers

MOW
(4) Pennzee BN 3-Bay 100T Hopper (36" Wheels x 24)
(4) Pennzee Undec 3-Bay 100T Hopper (To Be BN/ATSF)
(1) Pennzee GN 3-Bay 100T Hopper (To Be BN)
(2-3) SS Difco Cars (36" Wheels x 4)
(1) MTL Conv Ballast Car
(2) SS Ballast Cars

Amtrak
(See Related Post)

TRE
(See Related Post)

Key
____ High Priority
____ Med Priority
____ Low Priority

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