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MDC has turned out two styles of "old time" passenger cars: one is the 30-foot shorties, the other is a 50-footer. The model picutred is one of the 50-footers. <br /> <br />Although its been said that the so-called Overton cars (the 30-footers) are lossely based on cars operated by a small short line called the Sierra Railroad, I personally don't think either style represents any genuine, specific prototype unless by coincidence. As others have stated, the 30-footers are quite unrealistic. While a few very early (i.e. 1830s-40s) passenger cars were indeed that short, their appearance was very different. The 50-footers are all meant to be Pullman types and are more prototypically correct than the so-called Overtons; the early Pullman cars (1865) were indeed about 50 feet long, but the sparse records indicate they had monitor roofs. By the 1880s car lengths had increased, so 1865-1885 is probably the realistic limit for this car if you wi***o be historically accurate. <br /> <br />But hey - its your road, operate what you want.
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