Roster

Ford City Northern Railway
Locomotive Roster and Paint schemes

FCN RAIL (1989-1991)

The FCN's first scheme was the Black and Blue FCN RAIL. Testors Black from spray can was used for the main body. Light Blue Testor's was applied by brush to the body ends. The White Helvetica lettering were dry-transfers applied one-letter-at-a-time. Lt. Blue was also used for the ends of the handrails. The roster at the time consisted of (4) B25-7s, (1) U18B; (1) U23B and (1) U30B. The Atlas U25B chassis was used for powering most of these units.

FCN (1991-1993)
The second scheme was a variation of the first with the shortening of the name on the long hood. Frame dashes were added and the handrail ends were painted White.

FCN (1993-2001)
The third scheme ushered in new colors and a new logo and lettering. Southern Pacific Dark Lark Gray became the main body color. With Medium Blue decals applied at each end as diaginal stripes and centered down the length of the long hood as the middle of the new logo. White lettering from Manlick Decals were placed above and below this blue stripe. "FCN" was spelled-out above the stripe and "Ford City Northern" spelled-out below. Yellow decal from a CN decal set was used a the frame stripe. The ends of the loco's handrails were painted Polly Scale White. Loco roster now included 2 new units. Kato Dash 9 shells that when-shortened allowed for the manufacture of a FCN creation: B32-9Ws. The U-boats were mostly scraped at this time (April 2000). Leaving only (1) U18B, (3) B25-7s and the (2) B32-9Ws.

FCN/Ford City Northern
(2001-present)

The Current scheme is pretty much the same as the previous one except that the main body color is POLLY S
"Navy Blue 5-N"

The Roster at this time consists of:
(3) B23-7s, (1) B23-7B, (2) B32-9Ws and (1) B18-7. The Atlas B23-7 chassis is used on the B23's and B32's. A Kato RS2 chassis is used in the B18 unit.

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Unit #     Model      Acquired              Disposition
180        U18B       ex-MEC 7/91       wrecked 8/93
180:2     B18-7       FCN 12/03         Active
181        U18B       ex-MEC 7/91      sold to MPX 3/93
182        U18B       ex-MEC 8/91      sold to MWRR 6/97
230        U23B       ex-ATSF 7/91     retired 4/00
230:2      B23-7      ex-ATSF 5/01    Active
231        B23-7       ex-ATSF 5/01    Active
232        B23-7       ex-ATSF 5/01    Active
233        B23-7       ex-UP 6/01        wrecked 11/01
234        B23-7B     FCN 10/03         Active
250        B25-7       FCN   4/91         Stored
251        B25-7       FCN   4/91         sold to PM 11/02
252        B25-7       FCN   5/91         wrecked 8/96
253        B25-7B     FCN   5/91         retired 2/00
254        B25-7B     FCN 5/91          retired 2/00
300        U30B        ex-BN 7/91        retired 4/00
300:2     U30B                                   scraped 4/00
300:3     B30-7A     ex-UP 8-05       FCL unit
320        B32-9W    FCN 11/97        Active
321        B32-9W    FCN 11/97        Active
322        B32-9W    FCN 11/97        Sold to NC 2/04
360        B36-7       ex-BCOL           FCL unit

ALL TIME ROSTER 1989-Present
All the engines listed below were actually modelled. Most were Atlas based(chassis) and had Kato shells.