I have a feeling I was witness to the birth of ditch lights, I know they were a unique Canadian invention, and I believe, and this is where I am nervous to state, but CN was the first to have them, over CP.  First a bit of history of my family.  My mother's father and brother were both CN engineers, my grandfather the engineer on the Super Continental from Jasper Alta to Edson and back.  His seniority started the day CN  (Canadian National) became a reality, a railroad man with one of the merging lines that eventually became our national line.

Looks like BNSF is going natrual, LNG that is. Time to model some LNG tank cars.

http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/fred-frailey/archive/2013/03/07/bigger-than-the-shift-from-steam-to-diesel.aspx

Bernd

I hope that Joe won't mind this thread. He usually does not seem to mind discussion of MR as long as it doesn't turn too negative and I hope this won't.  If it's wrong to post this here then the mods can delete it and I promise not to get my feelings hurt.