New? Bachmann streamliners

NW Modeling List nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
Sat Jul 26 18:15:54 EDT 2025


It would be difficult.  The windows are not in the right place and in 
some cases they are the wrong size.  Baggage car doors are wrong type 
and in wrong place.  Just buy the Fox Valley streamliners.

Walter Davis

On 7/24/2025 10:42 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> I'm not surprised that they are inaccurate, and I would guess that 
> they are generic cars painted and lettered for multiple roads (brings 
> back memories for some of us I'm sure).
> I'll admit I'm not as checked out on N&W passenger cars as I should 
> be, but...
> Are they even close to what they're supposed to be?  Are there 
> reasonable tweaks to make them closer to correct say, at a two foot 
> viewing?
>
> As a member of the Modeling Committee, albeit primarily a Virginian 
> Modeler, I've been suggesting that if a freight car, passenger car, or 
> even a locomotive isn't quite right, that we can do something online 
> or in the Arrow or in the TAF with realistic steps to "correct" 
> something that's close.
>
> Frank Bongiovanni
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM NW Modeling List 
> <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Whatever they are they are inaccurate
>
>     On 7/24/2025 8:47 PM, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:
>>     Saw an ad today for a new issue of N&W streamlined cars, and a
>>     reissue of the 611 to pull them. Are these the original Rivarossi
>>     ones?Bachmann Trains, 0915 central time today.
>>
>>     Jeff Cornelius
>>     Modeling the Shenandoah
>>     Valley in North Texas
>>
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