Where can I find a set of passenger cars?

[Dbarefoot]

Hello all.

I've been browsing Ebay looking for a combine, coach, and observation coach. Though I've found one or the other, never all three in a set, or they're Hawthorn Village equipment, "which got me into On30". I'm aware of some passenger train sets, though I just need the stock, preferably OR&W scheme or any of the Red or Green unlettered schemes. When I look for cars individually, I'll find a mix match of Hawthorn Village or broken sets. Are there any sites that still have passenger equipment, or do I need to wait until Bachmann re-releases them?

Thanks
~Dusten

[Fred Klein]

Dusten, one thing that I have done to minimize the impact of a lack of passenger cars on my layout is to run an excursion train using Bachmann's open excursion cars. Look on page 234 of the 2024 Bachmann catalog and you'll see what I'm talking about. I run one open excursion car and one gondola-style excursion car, populated with some figures to add a passenger train to my layout. One other thing that I also run, since I run short trains pulled mainly by Porter engines, is a wood side-door caboose, which is an elongated caboose with sliding side-doors like a combine and a small passenger section. Look on page 240 of the 2024 Bachmann catalog. I had just received an email from TrainWorld listing a sale on the open excursion cars, so you may be in luck. Not sure if the caboose is on sale. Hope this helps.

[Dbarefoot]

Thank you Fred, but I'm not interested in those cars for my railroad. They to me are too plain, and small. I'll break down and buy a passenger train set, or car by car until I have what I need, "as soon as I can with this economy haha".

Thank you for the suggestion
~Dusten