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A
quick look at how to model the freight equipment of the Canada
Southern in HO and O scales.
I've only
covered the 1941-1976 era since this is the era with the most
information available. I only have very basic information on the
early wood equipment prior to the 1940's, so do not have enough
information to base models on. A few of the older wood boxcars
survived into the early 1940's.
Dry transfers
for all steel Canada Southern freight cars are available - produced
by CDS Lettering. You can purchase these by visiting my
business website or email
me directly.
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40'
Steel Boxcars
HO
scale: Exact match - Westerfield
kit #7953. The Westerfield kit is a flat cast resin kit that
requires above average skills to assemble. Not recommended for those
with little kit assembly experience.
Possible
'close enough stand in model'. Red Caboose X-29 boxcars are close in
dimensions. Get the kit with dreadnaught ends. Though this car is not
very accurate, it's overall height and general appearance may be
close enough for most modellers not wanting to tackle the Westerfield kit.
Lettering
notes: The Westerfield kit comes with decals, however the length of
the CANADA SOUTHERN RY. lettering is very short and condensed. CDS
Lettering has dry transfer set
#654 available produced from railroad drawings.
O
scale: No match, so a low height car
(Weaver X-29) could be used as a starting point.
Dry
transfer lettering set: CDS Lettering has set
#654 available in N, HO, S, O & G scale.
Older
Wood Boxcars
Though I have
very little detailed information on the Michigan Central/Canada
Southern wood boxcars that operated from 1880 to the early 1940's. Clover
House offers a dry transfer to cover these cars. The set number
is #7568-01 and is available in N, HO, S and O scales.
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Flat
Cars
HO
scale: Nearly exact match: Railworks
Rutland flat car. The Railworks model is close to being correct,
though the shape of the stake pockets and the positions of the grab
irons on the sides and ends of the car and not exact matches. The
closest plastic model is the Athearn 40' flat car. The only major
change required is to remove the end brakewheel stand and replace it
with a simple upright brakewheel. This will give you a fairly
reasonable model with little effort. Style of the stake pockets and
the location of the grab irons will also need to be looked at if you
want a more accurate model. Red Caboose kit may be higher quality
than the Athearn car, but has the wrong number of side stake pockets.
O
scale: Though note 100% correct, the
old Atlas car or the currently available Red Caboose flat could be
used with CDS Lettering dry transfers for the lettering.
Dry
transfer lettering set: CDS Lettering has
set #773 available in N, HO, S, O & G scale.
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Covered
Hoppers
 
There are two
distinct covered hoppers on the CASO. The early cars were converted
USRA twin hoppers that simply had new slope sheets and a roof
applied. These could be modelled using either the Accu-Rail twin
hopper or the Tichy USRA twin hopper. Scratchbuilding the roof would
be required. The three later style covered hoppers (880151-880153)
can be modelled by two different kits.
HO
scale: Exact match: Central Hobby
Supply NYC despatch shops covered hopper. This kit has been
re-released by Funaro
& Camerlengo. This is a flat resin kit and requires above
average modelling skills to complete. Very poor instructions, so you
should be familiar with the cars before tackling one of these. A low
quality kit is available from Eastern Car Works. This is a flat
plastic kit that can be assembled fairly easily, though getting the
ends to mate with the sides can be quite a challenge. The details and
proportions of the Eastern Car Works car are not correct. CDS
Lettering set
#775 is the correct lettering set for both styles of cars.
O
scale: No exact match for the despatch
covered hopper. However, I'm not sure if the Central Hobby Supply
Despatch Covered hopper was offered in O scale or not. I know it was
offered in S scale, if it was available in O, then this is the way to
go, otherwise a Weaver car could be used as a starting point for the
despatch car. The older USRA twin hopper conversions could be built
using the excellent InterMountain USRA twin hopper and
scratchbuilding the roof.
Dry
transfer lettering set: CDS Lettering has
set #775 available in N, HO, S, O & G scale.
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Hoppers
 
There are two
styles of open top three bay hoppers. The 3000-3999 series cars were
ex-P&LE cars and are 3 bay offset panel side cars. The
900000-922399 and 68000-74049 series cars are ex-NYC and ex-P&LE
three bay 14 panel rib side hoppers.
HO
scale: The exP&LE offset cars can
be modelled with ease in HO with the Stewart (now Bowser) 3 bay
offset hopper kit and CDS Lettering has dry transfer set
#752. The 900000-922399 and 68000-74049 series cars are also
easy to model in HO with the Stewart (now Bowser) 14 panel NYC rib
side hopper. CDS Lettering has dry transfer sets for both the
68000-74049 exP&LE cars (set
#753) and the 900000-922399 exNYC cars (set
#754).
O
scale: These two different cars can
also be modelled easily in O scale using the Weaver cars of the same
types as the HO cars along with the CDS Lettering dry transfers.
Dry
transfer lettering set: CDS Lettering has
set #752,
753 and
754 available in N, HO, S, O & G scale.
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