New Scale Trains Heavyweights

[NW Modeling List]

Thanks Jim.  Another set of cars I won't purchase, just like the Bachman 
smooth sides just issued, they are not worth the money, especially these 
days.

On 7/19/2025 7:43 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> Walter,
> The diner is decorated for N&W class DE #1024.  On one side the window 
> arrangement is close, but no cigar while the other side is completely 
> wrong.  Also, the AC ducting is wrong.
> The coach is decorated for an N&W class Pg.  Jim Nichols did a very 
> nice presentation on modeling this class of cars at last year's 
> convention.  the number of windows is correct, but the lavatory 
> windows and doors are wrong.  also the lower panels and riveting are 
> incorrect.
> The baggage is decorated for an N&W class BEg.  In this case the model 
> has two identical doors spaced nearer the ends of the car, whereas the 
> BEg had a single door and a double door spaced nearer the car center.
> Whether these cars are "close enough" to be used as stand-ins is of 
> course in the eye of the beholder,
> Jim Cochran     .
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Has anyone looked at the newly announced heavyweights to determine
>     if the Norfolk and Western actually had any of them or if they are
>     just painted to look like real Norfolk and Western rolling stock? 
>     All I can tell is at least the coach is not the popular paired
>     window coach that was never owned by my favorite railroad.
>
>     Walter Davis in Youngsville, NC
>
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