| Production Models, 1998: Sydney & Louisburg Railway coal hopper set. Shows 2 lettering styles. One car with coal load (not included), one empty. |
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Sydney & Louisburg Railway
Custom Decorated O Scale
2-Bay, Steel, Offset-side,
50-Ton Coal Hopper Cars
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Description |
Price |
| 9822-4044 |
Single Coal Hopper Car with S&L |
$55.00 each |
| 9822-4763 |
Single Coal Hopper Car with Name |
$55.00 each |
| 9822S |
Set of 2 Hoppers, one of each |
$105.00/set |
| DCS2R |
Optional 2-Rail Scale Trucks |
$5.00/car |
Road number is our choice on single car orders.
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This model features
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Produced for LCAC Canada's Train Collectors by Buffalo Creek Graphics.
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TRUE Limited Edition.
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Only 200 sets = 400 cars produced
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Catalogue No. 9822
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Road numbers 4044 and 4763.
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Weaver Models carbody
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Diecast, sprung 3-rail trucks, installed, with Weaver plastic automatic couplers.
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White graphics on black cars.
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Set has one car of each different lettering scheme.
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Both schemes and numbers match prototype photos.
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Displays original LCAC logo on lower right.
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Models issued 1998.
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NOT a reproduction.
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More info
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The Sydney and Louisburg Railway was a 39-mile common carrier linking the steel-making centre of Sydney with the port of Louisbourg on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island by way of Glace Bay and Mira Bay, with branches to various coal mines. The S&L was completed in 1895 by the Dominion Coal company, which after 1928 was known as the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO). On July 7, 1967, DOSCO was replaced by a new crown corporation called the Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO), and the remnants of the S&L became known as the Devco Railway. By late 2000, coal hauling by rail on Cape Breton Island was little more than a memory, with only a single mine still operating and the Devco Railway hauling its output to a nearby power generation plant. All told, the S&L owned a total of 1,525 steel, 50-ton and 60-ton hopper cars, all of which were built in Trenton, Nova Scotia, by the Eastern Car Company, Limited, between 1935 and 1951.
Researched & Edited by Thos. Gascoigne
More history on S&L ...
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