Amtrak diner modeling

[Anonymous]

i finished buying my 17th amtrak car for my lakeshore limited and was wondering my walthers diner doesn't look anything like the real thing since there all tremonsia rebuilds!! and was wondering if anyone will give me more info on this.[:)]

[AntonioFP45]

Hello Corey,

I'd like to be helpful but your post left me scratching my "warped" head.

Now, didn't the Lakeshore limited become a turboliner years back? Is this the version that you're modeling? What time period are you modeling Amtrak?

The Walthers Budd cars are accurate if you're modeling Amtrak in the 70s and early 80s. I know, as I rode Amtrak often back then. Before the Budd cars were rebuilt, most of Amtrak's Budd diners had blue interiors. After the 1980-83 rebuilding, most had brown and beige interiors.

Give us a little more info.

Cheers!

[gmpullman]

The last time I saw 48 & 49 it was a conglomeration of anything that would roll. Usually the Lake Shore has an ex-NYC 1948 Budd diner. How do you like that, almost 60 years old and still running on the Central! Bet the Budd designers would be proud!
Ed

[Anonymous]

sorry bout that fp45, the lakeshore was never a turbo and i'm modeling around the 2000-present but i can't find an accurate diner to use on my train. But i do find it interesting how that car probobly ran by here 50 years ago. i remember about a year ago i saw the lakeshore go through at 12 in the afternoon and wan'ted to take some shots of it so can someone please tell me when it will be going through rochester in the afternoon. thanks
Corey