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Like orsonroy sez: [quote]QUOTE: What are your curves like? If less than 24", I'd suggest using all Athearn cars, or maybe the Bachmann Spectrum heavyweights.[/quote] The thing to remember about Athearn passenger cars is that you can get them in 72 scale foot length... as pointed out almost all other brands come in 80'~85' and are really too long to negotiate a less than 24" radius nicely (their ends stick out too far going around a curve and longer trains have a tendency to derail by pulling themselves apart across the curve). Athearn Ready-To-Rolls are pretty nice and come with knuckle couplers instead of the old horn-hooks... and DOUBTLESS you can find them for the Pennsy in either heavyweight O.D. (olive drab I calls it) with six wheel trucks or in the more modern streamlined 'lightweights' with 4 wheel trucks. I dunno about the Bachmann Spectrum heavyweights as far as scale length goes... except that they are sid to be quite good for the money..
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