Re: Prototypes for A1G Cars: The Streamlined Passenger Cars
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George, The baggage mail car that was done? in N scale was different that the HO one. The car is correct, but for only the Monon railroad. It was model after their post war cars that were rebuilt from surplus US Army hospital cars. In fact they had only two that look like the Atlas car. The 10-6 Huron Rapids is correct for only the Huron Rapids. The other two that were in the same batch had rectanged windows were as the Huron Rapid had a square with rounded corners window. Atlas/Rivarossi did N scale a favor by modeling some very unique cars.??
Michael
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11:06:37 AM PDT, G.J. Irwin <groups@...> wrote:
Another in an occasional series of tripping over prototype information...
The prototypes for the three 2630 series passenger cars -- Baggage/RPO Car, Sleeper and Blunt End Observation -- were used in the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Broadway Limited" passenger train.? I was able to back into this information via the reviews of their HO Scale counterparts in <b>Model Railroader</b> Magazine's September 1966 and February 1967 issues.? The HO cars were imported into the United States by AHM but like the N Scale cars they were manufacturered by Rivarossi.? They are different sized models of the same cars.? I've validated this via personal inspection.
Well, that's three body styles, anyway!? Besides the correct PRR paint scheme (tuscan red, gold lettering, black roof) these cars were also offered in Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western roadnames.? Images of all of these cars are on the A1G site, look for the "Passenger Car" page which is presently the last entry in the pulldown in the top frame of the home page.
Cheers,
George (your list-owner)
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