N scale Kato N&W passenger cars?

[NW Modeling List]

Judging by the shade of paint and description, its most likely the set I 
painted about 6 years ago. And then sold on ebay a few months ago.

On Sunday 02 December 2007 12:16:41 am NW Modeling List wrote:

> It took a month, but my friend finally gave me the item number for that N

> scale Kato N&W passenger set.  The number is 320153346906.  Here is the

> link:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320153346906&ru=http://t

>oys.search-completed.ebay.com:80/320153346906_Model-RR-Trains_W0QQcatrefZC5Q

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>QQfssZ0QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsaaffZafdefaultQQsabfmtsZ0QQsacat

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>aslopZ1QQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ1QQfviZ1

>

> Since it is a completed item, you may have to be logged in to view it.  The

> box is labeled Burlington Northern, and the seller apparently had no clue

> what he had.  (note the "Powhatan Turo")  Is it probably safe to assume

> that these were custom painted by an individual?

>

> Marty Flick

>

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> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:36 PM

> Subject: Re: N scale Kato N&W passenger cars?

>

> > Marty,

> >

> > Kato never released the N-scale smoothside or corrigated passenger

> > cars in Norfolk and Western. However, I think I recall seeing a vendor

> > with two sets of Kato smoothside passenger cars at a train show

> > several years ago. One set appeared to be painted Tuscan Red and

> > another set appeared to be painted in the Pevlar Blue paintscheme of

> > the mid to late 1960s. I would say this would definitely have had to

> > been a custom paint job, but I'm unsure by whom. Did your friend give

> > you the link to where he saw it listed on eBay. I am assuming there

> > was a photograph? Anyway that is all that I remember. The only two

> > cars that I'm aware would be any where close to any of the N&W's

> > passenger cars are the smoothside diner and the smoothside

> > observation, with the diner being closer to the prototype than the

> > observation.

> >

> > Hope this helps,

> >

> > Steven Ashley

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