Here is some video of my HO scale North Coast Limited running on my home layout. I finished up the train last spring. It is a mix of brass and North Star Models kits that I assembled and painted. It is painted with Scalecoat paint and lettered with Micro Scale decals. The domes are Oriental and I'm not real happy with the trucks. I may replace them with Walthers outside swing hanger trucks. Engines are Athearn. I was fortunate to go to the St Paul Union Depot as a teen to see the huge model railroad there, and I would often bump in to my friend Bill Dredge who knew a lot of the engine Crews. He would take me downstairs where we often went up in the engines on the North Coast, as well as the Empire Builder. Great memories, and the inspiration for this model.
Here is some video of my HO scale North Coast Limited running on my home layout. I finished up the train last spring. It is a mix of brass and North Star Models kits that I assembled and painted. It is painted with Scalecoat paint and lettered with Micro Scale decals. The domes are Oriental and I'm not real happy with the trucks. I may replace them with Walthers outside swing hanger trucks. Engines are Athearn.
I was fortunate to go to the St Paul Union Depot as a teen to see the huge model railroad there, and I would often bump in to my friend Bill Dredge who knew a lot of the engine Crews. He would take me downstairs where we often went up in the engines on the North Coast, as well as the Empire Builder. Great memories, and the inspiration for this model.