While working on the “C”, I have also been working on an old project, the Ferrocarril de Agricultor. Recently, I have been looking at videos of the Ferrocarriles de Argentinos (La Trochita) in the Patagonian region of Argentina. They had some interesting engines, freight cars and fantastic scenery. I am interested in their “bordes altos” open top cars. Something very different from North American narrow gauge. No they are not like Maine two foot pulpwood cars! You can see two of them in the photo below. From what other fans of the railroad have told me, these cars carried things such as wool and other bulky loads. Usually when loaded they had a tarp over them. The cars have steel frames and wood sides. If you are interested, contact me for more information.
Chasing The Patagonian Express (an interesting video-turn the sound down.)
I like this video, especially the opening scene with a 30 inch Baldwin blowing its whistle coming around the bend. If you watch the whole thing, you will realize it is a wide open country,difficult to really model in a scene. However, it has lots of character, some interesting rolling stock and locomotives, such as the Baldwin in the video. The Henschel outside frame 2-8-2 Mikados are nice engines as well, and available in On30! A fascinating railroad that adds a piece to our Imagineering puzzle!