This year, I'm focusing on purchasing Great Northern rolling stock. On the train layout of the future, GN will be the 3rd-most represented railroad (after C&NW and NP). At the beginning of 2016, my GN roster consisted of a Mikado steam locomotive, a reefer car, a hopper car, and an express mail car. Since then, I've acquired two Postwar Lionel 6464 boxcars, a Lionel boxcar, a Weaver boxcar, and coming next week, a Weaver stockcar and MTH caboose. I've also had some repair work done on the Mikado steamer. So far, my plans to beef up the Great Northern stock has been working!
Ultimate plans for the GN will include another boxcar, a pair of flatcars, two ore cars, two more reefers, another stock car and another caboose. Additionally, (and further down the line) I'll be adding an F3 or FT diesel-powered streamlined passenger set, a Geep diesel, and a small yard steamer. Photos of the new GN equipment will be here next week. Keep those rails shiny!
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