California Northern Modeling and Research Information
California Northern
Modeling and Prototype Information
Railroad Gif's Drawn and copyrighted by Dan Klitzing. Re-posted here with his permission and my gratitude
Prototype Information
- CTC Board magazine: March 1998 article by Adam Clegg
- Pacific RailNews magazine: March 1994 article by Wayne Monger
- RailNews magazine: March 1999 article by Sean Zwagerman
- TRAINS magazine: May 1995 pp 72 - 76, Kalmbach Publishing - Somewhat outdated but still a good article
- Pentrex Videos - The California Northern
- Pentrex Videos - Wine Country shows the CFNR when it still operated to Willits, CA
- Bates Publishing offers three videos, each depicting one of the three areas of operation
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad and its successors. by Wesley Fox, Fox Publications
1995 covers operation from it's inception September 26,
1993 through 1995
Prototype Paint Information
- Smyrna, Imron 01-G...........................................................Cambridge Green
- Imron 08-B.........................................................................Scotchlite 2" yellow band
- Imron
Silver.......................................................................Trucks
- Polyethelane Lettering 16 inch Aachen Bold Compressed all caps 08-B green letters,
01-G Smyrna numerals. and 36" CFNR logo on nose
Modeling Information
- For paint, Floquil Reading Green (solvent base #110183) or Pollyscale Reading Green (acrylic #414376). For the White stripe use nominal 20 parts Pollyscale Reefer White (#414113) + 1 part US Desert Storm Sand (#33446) - both flat paints - this is an exact match. 15/1 is too dark, 25/1 is too light. (Thanks to Walt Freedman who went out and matched the paint exactly).
- Microscale Decals CFNR HO decal sheet #87-825 lists GP15-1's Nos. 100 - 114, SD-9's Nos. 200 & 201
- HO Scale undecorated GP15-1's are now available through OMI (Imported Brass) in the CFNR Scheme
- HO Scale GP15-1's are available through Walthers Trainline Series with Louver-Style Filters
- N-Scale GP15-1 shells designed to fit a Atlas RS11 Chassis made by JnJ Trains.
- HO Scale SD9's are available through Athearn and LifeLike's P2K Series
- N Scale SD9's are available through LifeLike N-Scale P2K Series
