Weaver B60, MTH Amtrak Express Mail

[jefelectric]

Those B60s by Weaver are very nice.  And now they have the clerestory version available now.   Wish I had waited for that one.

[CB_Fan]

I bought an undecorated Weaver B60 and a friend is decorating it for me for St. Louis Southwestern in Pullman Green.  I plan to use it with two Lionel NYC Pullman heavyweights and a Williams REA express refrigerator to simulate the passenger train that ran through my hometown in northwest Louisiana in the 1950s.  It will be pulled by a Lionel (w Williams power) GP-7 painted in Daylight colors - the only one the Cotton Belt had and it ran through my hometown between Lewisville, AR and Shreveport.  The actual train usually consisted of the GP-7 (earlier a 4-4-2), a baggage car, a coach and a Pullman/observation car - but this is a lower cost version!

[Anonymous]

I have seen those Amtrak Mail cars in the front and the rear as they cross Northern Ohio.

I'm sure it has more to do with how soon and where the box cars will get dropped off. When I rode the California Zephyr from Chicago to Sacramento the 2nd half of the train was Amtrak freight & mail. One of the baggage cars on that trip looked like it belonged in a museum - I can't swear from memory that it was a B60, but it was something from a similar era.

 

 

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Jasper, I have seen those Amtrak Mail cars in the front and the rear as they cross Northern Ohio.  I heard several years ago, that passengers complained more about a rough ride when the cars were in the rear, but have never been able to substantiate the rumor.

The Weaver car is a great model behind your T-1.

[Anonymous]

 

I first saw the new Weaver B60's at York and finally had to spring for one. Looks right at  home behind the T-1:

Fast forward nearly 50 years...This Amtrak mail car by MTH actually rides on the "tail end" which is common on Amtrak: