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[pdlethbridge]

Can you please produce a 60' passenger wood car like these? As a lot of the hobbiests have small railroads, a couple of these behind a 4-4-0 or 4-6-0 would look great! You could make 60' closed vestibule steel coachs as well.These were used with the wood coaches until the end of steam on the B&M. Thanks

[Guilford Guy]

Bachmann better watch out, for I will beat them to it in resin kits!
By the way, they are appropriate between 1900-2000 and are great in commuter service,  branchline service, worktrain service, or excursion service(Strasburg). They are found all over the US. Even in California!

[Yampa Bob]

Paul
Would you be willing to amend your motion to 58' overall, including couplers?  I think that would be acceptable for my layout, though I might have to change the outside track to 22" curves.  That would be an 8" car, I could live with that.

Of course I would prefer Rio Grande lettering.  The color pictured is fine, I don't like Pullman green.  Smoke gray glazing for the windows and clerestorys.

Put me down for 5.  I could run 2 as is, and bash the other 3 to about 48'.  Better have a couple of RPO's and business cars too. But don't wait too long, I'm pushing 70 you know.

[pdlethbridge]

Are you sweating a 1/4" or less as that would be about the difference. You could switch to a short shank coupler and get that back. The B&M ran these cars until the wheels fell off, well into the 50's when they got rid of steam in favor of budd cars. Not bad for a wood car. They also had 60' steel closed vestibule cars

[Yampa Bob]

Ok, I'll withdraw my motion if it will make you feel better. 

[pdlethbridge]

I feel much better now, thank you

[pdlethbridge]

Again to the Bachmann, 58'-60' passenger cars are not being made except by Labelle, a very nice, pricey wood kit. This could be a great seller for all those needing a 58' to 60' passenger car. A baggage, a combine and a coach of open end wood or closed vestibule steel cars would be a great addition to the Bachmann line. Many railroads used these, not just the B&M.

[Guilford Guy]

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2006031019383516898.jpg
Or this coach, which New York Central owned! I think Funaro & Camerlengo makes a resin kit of it, as well as P54 coaches.

[pdlethbridge]

Thats probably a seventy footer, it has 4 more windows (23) than the open platform cars.

[richG]

Roundhouse has a nice line of 50 foot Overland cars. Four cars to a set or available individually. I have seen them up close and are very nice. They are the era you like. Each car in a set has its own number.

Rich

[Woody Elmore]

The Roundhouse cars are now produced by Model Power. Look at their website - they are RTR with knuckle couplers.

[SteamGene]

I thought Roundhouse is now the steam/transition Athearn. 
Gene

[richG]

Athearn produces Roundhouse
http://www.roundhousetrains.com/Default.aspx

Model Power produces the Mantua Classics line.
http://store.modelpower.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=30

Put these links in you Favorites folder for future reference.

Rich

[Pacific Northern]

The 60' coaches are being re-released by Hornby/Riverossi. If you look around you can find plenty of 4 car sets of the original Riverossi sets.

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/635-600229

http://www.hornby-usa.com/index.php?CURRENT_PAGE_ID=131

I have been collecting a few of these sets.


Yampa Bob,
One of the sets I bought is the DRGW set, unfortunately the base colour is the Pullman Green with Gold lettering.

[Guilford Guy]

Seems someone else has jumped on the Bandwagon! Although those cars won't be out until February 09, it will give Bachmann Time to think about making some 60 Foot cars!