N&W passenger cars

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Lee:
 
In addition to what Eric has listed, let me add just a little more -
 
MTH also produced the P3 in two additional numbers beyond the one in the  
set, allowing one to run a seven-car Arrow, and also produced the diner in an 
 additional number, correct for Arrow service. (I renumbered mine and  
decaled it as "Frederick J Kimball" to run on a model Pocahontas.)
 
Regarding brass, Eric correctly did NOT list the West Side sets, which  
although available painted (badly) for Norfolk and Western, were actually GN  
Empire Builder prototypes.  The only saving grace of those sets is that the  
coach, if you replace the trucks with 41-HR-11 style, are sort of maybe 
kinda ok  for almost a PM.  (From six feet away, preferably).  The sets came  
with do-it-yourself seats.
 
The RR P3 was available painted, with decals to select the number you  
wanted.  I found one on eBay, as well as the unpainted S1 Eric  mentioned.  Both 
are excellent models.
 
Dave Phelps
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2015 2:03:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
Lee: 
MTH  produced a 5 car Powhatan Arrow set in HO, with interiors and interior 
 lighting; see http://mthtrains.com/news/475.   I can’t speak to the 
accuracy of the window placements, etc, but the MTH  passenger cars have always 
had a great appearance and they run  well. 
Overland,  Key and Sunset all produced brass sets.  The Key and Sunset sets 
did not  have interiors; I’m not sure about the Overland set, but the 
latter usually  bring over $1500 on eBay, whereas the Key sets can be had for 
$500 -  $700. 
Key,  Roanoke Rails, and Balboa produced single cars as well, all without  
interiors.  I don’t think the RR or Balboa cars came factory painted, but  
am not sure.  The RR S1 10-6 sleepers look pretty good to me, if you can  
paint.  Key offered at least the P3 coaches  individually. 
Division  Point produced the BEj, an RPO (#96 at least), a diner (#1024 at 
least), and  Business Car 101.  All are gorgeous, and priced accordingly—the 
diner  alone will probably set you back more than the entire MTH set. At 
least the  baggage, diner and business car were offered in both tuscan and 
blue  colors. 
Railworks  produced several very nice variants of the PRR BM-60b 
baggage/mail cars.   If you get the variant with the wagon-top roof, no vents, you can 
add the 4  globe vents over the 15’ RPO area to make a good replica of a 
N&W  BMj.  (Check photos for vent type and placement.) 
If  you’re modeling an excursion train, they will probably run a generic 
LWT  baggage or two up front, rather than a BEj.  A Walthers or Rapido model  
would probably work fine. 
And,  finally, it’s worth a trip to the Tennessee Valley RR Museum 
(http://www.tvrail.com/pages/ride-the-train)  to look at their restored N&W 
passenger cars (and a lot of other cool  stuff as well—neat place!) 
Best  Regards, 
-Eric  Bott 
From: NW-Modeling-List  [mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On 
Behalf Of NW Modeling  List
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:12 PM
To: NW Modeling  List
Subject: N&W passenger cars 
Good evening,  

Does anyone know if  any of the model manufacturers will be producing N or 
HO scale passenger cars  with the return of the 611?  I have the newer N 
Scale Bachmann 611 and  wondered if Kato, etc has approached the NWHS about 
passenger cars.  

Thank you,  

Lee  Burns


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