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Advice on 1800 passenger cars

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Advice on 1800 passenger cars
Posted by jonadel on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:31 AM
I would like your advice on late 19th century style passenger cars. What would be appropriate and readily available?

Thanks
Jon

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:06 PM
In ready to run? Nothing is available.

RailKing makes shorty 1850's coaches; Labelle makes 1890s passenger cars in wood kit form.

And unfortunately, that's all.
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Posted by spankybird on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:14 PM
MTH makes the Overton style cars in several different road names and colors



here is a link to the MTH site

http://www.mth-railking.com/list3.asp?qwest=0&cat=any&cla=any&lin=any&naam=overton&rn=&cab=&goob=Search+with+Advanced+Search


Lionel also has made some, but they are lacking much of the detail that MTH has, and I have only seen them sold in sets with the engine, unless you pick them up at a train show.



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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:36 PM
The Lionel and the MTH cars are 1850s - 1860s prototypes--not "late 19th century" passenger cars. This branch of railroading is utterly lacking. And while MTH has announced an allegedly 19th century 4-4-0 American, there are no readily available passenger cars that can be used with this engine.
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Posted by jonadel on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:50 PM
Thanks Tom, I found a couple of sets that I'm interested in. I've emailed the dealers and will wait for their replies. I've got just the area on my layout for these cars.

Jon

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