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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jsoderq</i> <br /><br />The passenger cars have not been made by Rivarossi since the lawsuit and have many problems - no prototypes, some are just plain wrong (some heavyweights) and need some tinkering to run well. They are however the cheapest way to have a large impressive passenger train if you are not fussy. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Not quite. Many of these cars are very usable for the Baltimore and Ohio. For example, the heavyweight diner is a model of a B&O Colonial Diner as delivered, and the streamlined, smooth-side combine is a model of the B&O's 1949 Columbian coffee-shop lounge car. The smooth-side duplex roomette car is close to the "L.S. Hungerford", a Pullman built test-bed lightweight, which eventually ran on both the B&O and GN. I agree that the heavyweight sleepers and observation have odd proportions (letterboard too wide, doors too short) but from looking at the heavyweight baggage and baggage-RPO, they seem proportioned correctly; if so they are close to B&O prototypes (B-8 and E-7 respectively). <br /> <br />Greg
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