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Post by Joe Saggese on Jun 21, 2024 15:42:19 GMT
On a trip to North Carolina a few years ago I became interested in SAL. I put the brakes on buying anymore PRR and slowly building up my Seaboard collection. Here’s a few: CMP  Williams  Weaver  |
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Post by atsda on Jun 21, 2024 17:25:05 GMT
Joe, nice, keep it up. Alfred
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Post by af3020 on Jun 21, 2024 22:44:29 GMT
It's a good start - CMP, Williams, and Weaver...if you want to add a bit more color and variety there is Marx.   |
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Post by dennym57 on Jun 21, 2024 23:02:47 GMT
Very nice guys.
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Post by david1 on Jun 22, 2024 0:45:34 GMT
Nice cars, not a seaboard fan but always like nice products.
Dave
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Jun 22, 2024 1:22:34 GMT
 one of a few I have painted… Tom Attachments:
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Post by atsda on Jun 22, 2024 2:45:49 GMT
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jun 22, 2024 12:37:38 GMT
I have wondered why Seaboard used ‘Air’ in its name. This thread prompted me to look it up. “The “Air Line” name was often used by railroads of the period to denote a route supposedly “as straight as the crow flies.” It was a reasonably direct run from Portsmouth to Weldon, but the Air Line label would be more than hype when in the 1880s Seaboard acquired a line linking Hamlet and Wilmington, N.C.
I’ve posted before about the one example of Seaboard rolling stock I have, which is not anything like the fine freight cars shown above but the equally fine (IMHO) Silver Meteor set made some years back by GGD. Seeing the postcard image of the interior of the Sun Lounge car has made me think about opening up mine and adding some of the domestic colors and fixtures it had - but at the moment I have enough projects on my hands and starting another one I need like a hole in the head:
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Post by af3020 on Jun 22, 2024 14:42:29 GMT
I was trying to find my reference about the "misleading" name of "Air Line" but I'm still hunting. During the 1920's the idea of passenger air travel was a big deal and, according to the book I read some time ago, just seeing the phrase "air line" in a company name was enough to attract investors. Apparently the stock for Seaboard had a brief run up in price before it dawned on a lot of first time investors that it was a railroad stock.
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Post by ron045 on Jun 23, 2024 12:21:39 GMT
On a trip to North Carolina a few years ago I became interested in SAL. I put the brakes on buying anymore PRR and slowly building up my Seaboard collection. Here’s a few: It's amazing how blinded we are in the beginning of the hobby by PRR, NYC, UP, SP and the like. There are so many other great road names out there with awesome history.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jun 23, 2024 16:59:00 GMT
Here’s a few more I acquired. Lione  K Line  Lionel  |
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jun 24, 2024 11:05:33 GMT
Oh, it doesn’t end there, it’s an addiction!  That is some awesome weathering!!!!!
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jun 24, 2024 13:31:16 GMT
That is some awesome weathering!!!!! Thanks. I moved over 2400 items I have weathered since 2007 to Facebook – ontraktwo Also added a quick review of my new 2023 switching layout with the older videos on YouTube – EL2558 ontraktwo Custom Weathering Steve P. SIRT Just followed and subscribed to both. Thanks. |
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Post by atsda on Jun 24, 2024 21:26:08 GMT
Post by harborbelt70 on Jun 22, 2024 at 8:37am
“for the answer myself I found this great poster that really illustrates what “air line” meant:”
That poster presented an inviting pitch. Had I seen it at the time, I would have run to the ticket window. Thanks for posting it.
Alfred
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Post by dasboot on Jun 26, 2024 0:28:12 GMT
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