After being in the Thomaston Shop since early August 2012, RMNE rolled CNR coach 5114 outside for the first time on Sunday 3/3/13. The car was in the shop for metal body repairs and repainting (see the thread "Speed Painter").
Built 1929 by National Steel Car, Ltd., in service on CNR until 1991; last use was in Montreal commuter service as number 4990.
An appropriately snowy environment for a Canadian car, eh?
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Looks kind of like a freshly-painted Rivarossi HO model here:
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A lot of RMNE people put in many hours on this one, and they are all pleased with the result.
Of the CNR coach fleet at RMNE, eventually there will be three cars with open (high) clerestory ceilings and three with the modernized (low) ceilings. The modernized cars will carry this 1954 CNR paint scheme and the high ceiling cars will have the older CNR solid dark green exterior, no stripes or maple leaf heralds.
Howard P.