Passenger Car fleet

[Charlie]

Lets see
The Coach Yard
1 ATSF 50' double door Express Box
2 ATSF 64' Baggage Cars
1 ATSF Budd 52 Seat Chair car
1 ATSF Budd Santa Fe/Topeka Business Car
1 SP 3600 3/4 Dome Lounge
1 SP 150 Sunset Business Car

Shorham shops
1 CB&Q 240-241 Parlor car

AWE
1 NP Water Baggage Car

Cascade
1 UP 5450 44 Seat Coach

Soho
1 SP 44 Seat Coach
1 UP 6200 Club Lounge
1 UP 5-2-2 Ocean Sleeper

W&R
1 BN Cascade River Business Car

Overland Models
1 ATSF 60 Budd Full Dome Lounge-on order

Pecos River Brass
1 ATSF Hwy Wt Coach Diner

Kato
1 CB&Q Business Car Burlington

Walthers
1 CB&Q Budd Dome Buffet Lounge Dorm 24 Coach Seat (wrong for the Q)
1 PSMC 52 Seat Coach
1 PSMC/ATSF 6-6-4 Valley Series Sleeper
Ch

 

I got rid of the three Walthers cars and the have rec'd the Overland ATSF Dome 60. I'm thinking of selling off my Coach Yard SP cars and just keeping the ATSF/BN and UP equipment. I'm also thinking of disposing of the Kato business car

Ch

[jamnest]

Although KCS went out of the passenger business in 1971 and I model 1981 I have a Southern Belle consist:

Passenger Power (KCS Southern Belle paint): E8 A-A (Proto 2000) and E6 A-A (Proto 2000) and Eire Built A-B-A (Proto 1000) I am working on geting a set of F7s or F3s in the Passenger Southern Bell paint; probably Athern.

Passenger Fleet: (KCS Southern Belle Paint): Pullman Baggage; RPO; Smooth Side Pullman Chair Car (2); Heavy Weight Dinner; Pullman Smooth Side Sleeper (2); Pullman Smooth Side Observation. (All Rivirossi)

Business Car: Kay See (Brass Hallmark Models) I don't run this on the layout yet as I can't afford for this one to take a trip into the canyon!  Maybe when the layout is completed.

A lot of KCS Southern Bell Train Sets have a Dome Car, however KCS never owned any dome cars.

 JIM

[AntonioFP45]

I might have mentioned this before, but it seems that the older HO 85ft. streamlined passenger cars the corrugation pattern on the car sides is reversed. I noticed this when I put one next to my Rivorossi Budds.

Anyway, I sold my last Con Cor passenger car.  I'm proceeding to "fix up" my 85ft. Rivorossi passenger car's and am going to only purchase Walthers Budds in the future.

[jpwc50]

PRR Fan Here(early 1950's)
12 car Broadway Limited: 1- RPO, 3- 4-4-2Sleepers, 4- 10-6Sleepers, 1- twin unit diner, 1- 6dbr/lounge, 1- 2MR/1dbr.Lounge/Obs.All cars are Rivarossi or Walthers except twin unit diner is lambert

13 car Congressional Limited: 1- RPO, 5- coaches, 4- Parlors, 1- Diner, 1- Lunch counter/lounge, 1- Parlor/Obs. All cars are Walthers except for OBS that I kitbashed from a Rivarossi flat-end Obs.

In addition to these 2 full trains I have the following done in PRR:

18 - P70 coaches - mostly Spectrum except for 3 old Silversides kits.
6 - P85 coaches - Centralia Car Works
6 - 12-4 sleepers(Rivarossi)
6- 10-6 sleepers(Rivarossi)
3- 4-4-2 sleepers(Walthers)
9- Baggage (4 Walthers, 2AHM, 2 Rivarossi, 1 Centralia car Works)
4-RPO(BM70) AHM
1- Baggage/dorm(Walthers)
3- 12-1 Hwt sleepers(AHM)
4- 8-2-1 Hwt Sleepers(Branchline)
1-Hwt lounge/Obs(Spectrum)
1-Business Car (Kato)
2- MP54 Commuter electrics(Alco)
2-Silverliner commuter electrics(Lambert)
2-RDC-1s(Lambert)

Also have 8 Amtrak Superliners & 6 Amfleet coaches.Don't know why I have these since they don't quite fit into my modelling period. I might just do them up in PRR colors & run them as the "Train of Tomorrow". I know, it's a stretch, but it could work..LOL!

[hdtvnut]

In rough order of my favoritism:

Calif Zephyr 11 car mixed RR BLI set as per the original consists
Santa Fe HW set, 3 Branchline Pullmans, 5 Walthers
Amtrak Ph II Walthers Budd 9 car set
Seaboard Coastline Walthers Budd 8 car set
Canadian Pacific wood-side HW United 5 car brass set
Burlington Zephyr Con-Cor 3-unit set
UP smoothside yellow/gray Rivarossi 8 car excursion set (latest ver)
UP smoothside greyhound Rivarossi 8 car set (latest ver)
Amtrak Superliner II Walthers 9 car set
UP Harriman greyhound Ken Kidder 6 car brass set- changing to SP
NYC HW Bachmann 6 car set
GN HW Bachmann 8 car set
Milwaukee HW 4 car set
3 IHC 8-car sets: FEC, C&O and Seaboard

Hal

[Anonymous]

thanks, selector! IF we have that stuff here in Holland it is under a different name. Whats the 'active ingredient'?

[Anonymous]

Amtrak
4 complete Acela Express sets
25 Amfleet 1 coaches
13 Amfleet I food service cars
6 Amfleet II coaches
3 Amfleet II lounge cars
3 Cab Control Cars (ex-metroliners)
1 Heritage Baggage Car
2 1700-Series Baggage cars
1 10-6 Sleeper
5 Viewliners
1 Horizon Dinette
2 Heritage Diners
3 Superliner Coaches
5 Superliner Sleepers
1 Superliner Lounge
1 Superliner Diner
1 Superliner Transition Sleeper
6 Material Handling Cars
3 Roadrunner trailers
6 Express Box Cars

Misc.
13-car 1941 Southern Pacific Daylight
12-car 1948 Pennsylvania Broadway Limited
12-car Santa Fe Super Chief
1 1928 New York Central 20th Century Limited Observation
1 Pennsylvania Congressional Parlor Car

[Don Gibson]

1 complete S.P. 'Daylight' .train w. artic cars and 3 unit diner.
1 complete S.P. 'Lark' w. 3 unit diner.
1 complete S.P. 'S.J. 'Daylight' w. full length dome + ConCor coaches
1 complete ATSF 'Super Chief' - all Budd cars
1 complete ATSF 'S.F. Chief' - Budd cars with full length dome
1 complete ATSF 'Grand Canyon Ltd. - Rivarossi heavy weights. JB wheels.
1 complete ATSF' San Diegan' - Mantua extruded aluminum 72' cars
1 complete ATSF 'El Capitan' Hi Level - (selling) all brass
1 complete D&RGW Calfornia Zephyr - BLI cars (new)
1 complete WP 'California Zephyr - ConCor cars, JB wheels. 
1 D&RGW 'Ski train' w. Alco Power Car.- IHC cars (yuk)
- plus a stable of appropriate engines for each.

[selector]

I have used what I believe are MDC Harrimans, and I am not impressed with them...poor runners. So, I have spent the money on three walthers heavyweight sleepers (NYC), but they are still in the box until I can get track laid.

[selector]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dothinker

Antonio, I just happened to have such a pic:

That's an Athearn baggage, Walthers rpo, and some Branchline coaches and sleeper. Thinking of adding a BCW horse car to this train, and / or a Bachmann combine. Another Branchline 80ft coach, 2-tone grey is on it's way to replace the sleeper in the picture, which in turn will join another NYC consist, a long distance one, with mixed heavyweight / lightweight and corrugated / smoothside cars.

I'm VERY enthusiastic about the Branchline heavyweight kits, they're easy to build and & look better than the Walthers heavyweights. Only thing is, I still havent found glue strong enough to secure the underbody parts for once & for all.

Have you tried Gorilla Glue? You need very little, just a third of a drop from the tip of a pin, and a bit of water mixed in. It seems to catalyse with water (the instructions say to wet one surface). While curing, it expands, which is undesirable...hence the caution to use about a third as much as you would with styrene glue. But, it is very strong.

[Anonymous]

Antonio, I just happened to have such a pic:

That's an Athearn baggage, Walthers rpo, and some Branchline coaches and sleeper. Thinking of adding a BCW horse car to this train, and / or a Bachmann combine. Another Branchline 80ft coach, 2-tone grey is on it's way to replace the sleeper in the picture, which in turn will join another NYC consist, a long distance one, with mixed heavyweight / lightweight and corrugated / smoothside cars.

I'm VERY enthusiastic about the Branchline heavyweight kits, they're easy to build and & look better than the Walthers heavyweights. Only thing is, I still havent found glue strong enough to secure the underbody parts for once & for all.

[Anonymous]

Walters:

2 Milwaukee Road Heavy weight passenger cars.
Oscar and Piker MilwaukeeRoad

Kato:

1 CNW 6window commuter
1 CNW 4window commuter
1 CNW Cab car.

Con-Cor
Burlington Zephyr (Helluva great price that couldnt be passed up).

I will be adding to my fleet of Milwaukee road once I get some cash flow again.

DON

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415

Antonio, how are ConCor's passenger cars?
Are they decent runners or do they need some fine tuning like IHC's?

"Gordon

Well, my experiences with the one I have have been variable. When i got it there was a chunk missing from the roof (it was brand new). Filled that using a little car body filler and reprayed the roof. Next problem was couplers - I had to use the Kadee #508 kit with #22 couplers to get the right height. They also have plastic wheels and no interiors. Personally I'd save my money and buy the Walthers streamline cars instead, as by the time you've added the upgrade parts to the Concor car you'll have spent much the same amount!

[MisterBeasley]

5 ancient Mantua streamliners:
1 baggage
2 coaches
1 diner
1 observation

1 Bowser PCC car

4 Life-Like R-17 subway cars

And then theres a bunch of old stuff with horn-hooks and even loop couplers sitting in boxes, but not up to running standards yet. One day, I'll get the old wooden ones (made with real old wood) retrofitted and running.

[RedGrey62]

Ok, this is from memory since the trains are several thousand miles away.

All cars lettered for CB&Q or CZ (which will be changed to Burlington)

Athearn Budd
Coach
Observation

ConCor Budd (some PS by mistake)
Dome coach
Dome coach (PS)
10-6 Sleeper
Dome observation
Coach (PS)

Walthers Budd
Diner

BLI Budd CZ cars
Baggage
Dome coach
Diner
6-5 Sleeper

Railway Classics (recent gift from my wonderful wife)
Budd Slumbercoach

Laserkit
Havelock Baggage Car

Also 2 Walthers converted troop cars for mail storage

Looking to get a few heavyweight cars as well so I can make up a CB&Q mail train.

My motors for pulling the stainless steel fleet
LL P2K E7A
LL P2K E8A
BLI E8A

Rick

[METRO]

All cars Selenian Lines Commission unless otherwise noted

Athearn:

1 Heavyweight pullman (to be replaced by a Walthers)
1 Heavyweight diner (to be replaced by a Walthers)
1 Heavyweight observation (to be replaced by a Walthers Solarium Observation)
3 GO Transit Bombardier Bi-level coaches
1 GO Transit Bombardier Bi-level CCU

4 Lightweight coaches (to be replaced by Rapido)
1 Lightweight diner (to be replaced by Rapido)
1 Lightweight baggage (to be replaced by Walthers)
1 Lightweight diner (to be replaced by Rapido)

Kato

1 CP business car

Spectrum

2 Heavyweight Coaches

Walthers:

20 Bi-level commuter coaches
5 Bi-level commuter cabs

12 Amfleet coaches
3 Amfleet diners

2 Heavyweight Pullmans

___________________________________________________________________

As you can see I'm currently phasing out my Athearn passenger stock of far more detailed models, so far it's going great.

Cheers!
~METRO

[Anonymous]

A Life-Like coach, dome car, and an observation. They were Amtrak but I painted them as CGW. I plan to get a few more coaches.

[nbrodar]

Athearn
SL Baggage - PRR and Penn Lake
SL Diner - PRR and Penn Lake
SL Coach - PRR and Penn Lake
SL Vista Dome - Penn Lake
SL Observation - PRR and Penn Lake

HW Baggage - N&W
HW Diner - N&W
HW Coach (3) - N&W
HW Observation - N&W

Bachmann
Amfleet Coach (3) - Phase III

IHC
SL Baggage - EL and D&H
SL Diner - EL
SL Coach - EL and D&H
SL Vista Dome - D&H
SL Observation - EL and D&H

Nick

[Anonymous]

I only model amtrak, i have the following currenty, hoping to add an acela soon!

Atlas
Dash 8-32BW Phase 3
GP-40 Phase 3

Athearn
3 RTR Phase 4 P42
1 Dummy Phase 4 P42
All 6 streamliners and an extra coach all in Phase 1

Bachmann
F40 Phase 2 (new run)
2 Amfleet 1 coaches in Phase 3 (new run)
1 Amfleet 1 food serivce in Phase 3 (new run)

Bowser
2 RoadRailers Phase VI

Kato
F40 Phase 3
2 Bi-level Coaches (lighted)
1 Bi-level Cab-Car (lighted)
1 Amtrak Business Car Track Inspection Car (lighted)

Walthers
Proto 2000
E8/9 A/B set Amtrak Phase 1

Express Boxcars:
1 Phase VI
1 Phase V

Amfleet: All phase VI

1 NE Direct Coach
1 Coach
1 Food Service

Budd Cars: All phase 1 (all lighted)
Baggage
Dome Car x2
52 Seat coach
24-8 Sleeper
Observation
Diner

Horizon Fleet: All Phase 4
1 Budd Baggage
2 Coaches
1 Food Service

Superliners: All Phase 4
1 1700 Baggage
4 Coaches (2 superliner 1's)
1 Sleeper (Florida)
1 Trans Sleeper
1 Diner
1 Sightseer Lounge

Viewliner Sleeper (Tranquil View) x1

I think thats about it!

[Anonymous]

3 "consists" that run all the time

B&O
AHM baggage car
Athearn coach
Athearn Ob

Western Maryland All Athearn
1 Baggage
1 Baggage/combine
4 coaches
2 Obs
Half are Bev-Bel, the rest are Doghouse hobbies

The Entertrainment Line
These cars were all part of a real consist, that I had the pleasure of riding these cars in 94 and 95 as a Conductor for ETL before they folded. They were all pulled by Maryland Midland engines.
All the cars except 2 were either scratchbuilt ot kitbashed or made from brass car sides, only 1 was right straight out of the box.
They are:
#33 power car, scratchbuilt former Army kitchen car that carried a 75 KW generator set to power the HEP stuff on the trains
#53 the Mauve. Former NP coach converted into a diner. Bashed Rivi car
#55 Dance car. Former C&O Gatsby's Tavern, made into an empty car with a DJ stand at one end and lots of speakers in the ceiling. Bashed from a Rivi coach.
#3302 the "Geo Hooper" Former B&O closed OB car, used as a diner. Bashed from a Rivi Heavyweight Diner
# the bras'dor Lake. Former CN diner/kitchen car. Made from modified brass sides on a Bethlehem core kit.
#5300 former Seaboard car, converted to diner. Bashed from a Con-Cor kit
#1155 Pennsy cafe diner. Thank God Walthers did this one right!!!!!!!!!!
2 other plain coaches, ex NJT, the road numbers escape me at the moment.
and finally bringing up the markers,
"the Northern Lights" private rail car that could be added to any train(for a fee) for private parties. Lightly modified Kato car fits the bill.
There were other cars (dome and a ex-pennsy twin unit diner) that I will do someday, but thats enough for now.[:D]

Here's a little shot of the head end with the power car.

[countershot]

two passengers.
one steal commuter coach B&O
one wooden yellow UP coach.

[dragenrider]

I have are three main passenger cars, all three of which are Overland cars by Roundhouse. Along with this Turtle Creek Central car,



a small overton car, and a short Amtrak train, it's all I have.

[Roadtrp]

Just getting started, but my N scale passenger fleet is:

Bachmann
4 Full dome cars

Kato
1 Baggage/Coach
1 Coach
1 Dining Car
1 Sleeping Car

I love passenger trains... they are what gave me my love for trains.

[:)]

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jimrice4449
I guess you could say I'm something of a passenger train fan.

Me too. I'm not going to bore everyone by listing mine, but I actually saw about half of it out of the boxes a couple weeks ago. Our club had public show of a "passenger train" night. I planned to stage my trains in the hidden yard and then parade them out to the main front yard for the public to view. I had too many and overflowed the yard, so I started with some in the main yard and then filled the sidings. It was fun even though I didn't get to run them all. I ended up passing them out to other club members as they arrived.

My only disappointment was that the new Genesis F7's ABBA (two powered) couldn't pull the shortened seven car El Capitan. Must be those slick wheels. I fell back to a single powered good old reliable Stewart (so it became ABA) that had no problems at all.

Edit - Can't let this thread age out of the system. An update for me is that I now have a fleet (3 trains worth) of the Broadway Limited California Zephyr cars. It's rather ironic because I use to complain when the brass cars were $60 each! These are by far the best passenger cars produced to date by anyone. I would trade all my brass in an instant for this quality of plastic in an equivalent car.

[Anonymous]

Current passenger equipment:

1 Amtrak midwest medium-distance train:
Athearn P42
Walthers Horizon food service car
Walthers Horizon coaches (3)
Walthers MHC

1 NJ Transit commuter train:
Trainline F40PH
Walthers Comet II cab car
Walthers Comet II coaches (3)

[CP5415]

Antonio, how are ConCor's passenger cars?
Are they decent runners or do they need some fine tuning like IHC's?

"Gordon

[Anonymous]

My Eastern RR has the following;
Rivarossi
6 coaches
1 grill car
4 10 6 sleepers
IHC
6 coaches
1 diner
1 combine
1 dome
1 obsv.
Kato
1 business car
Bachmann
1 full dome car
IHC
6 hw coaches
1 hw diner
1 hw baggage
4 hw pullman

[AntonioFP45]

Wow!

All these passenger train modelers! Good to see, yet it would be great if some of you guys would photograph your varnish on your layouts or shelfs and posted them on here!

From reading most of the posts on this forum, one would get the impression that only a few modelers have strong interest in passenger trains. Good to see that it's more than a few!

[twhite]

WAY too many, but I keep falling in love with them, anyway I'll do them by train.
Rio Grande: Yuba River Express
1-mail car
1-baggage
1-combine
1-coach (All Walthers)

Scenic Limited
1-baggage
5-Pullman sleeper (all Walthers, waiting for diner to be released)

Prospector deLuxe (a 'never was' Oakland-Chicago streamliner awaiting purchase of a PA-PB set)
1-baggage
4-dome coach
4-Pullman sleeper
1-Obs (all Con-Cor)

SP:
Lark/Cascade (or whatever I feel like at the time)
1-baggage
1-mail
4-Pullman sleeper
3-coach
1-obs (all Con-Cor)

Dayight (Shasta or Coast, or whatever I'm in the mood for)
1-baggage
8-Athearn coaches
2-ConCor coaches
1-Obs.

Either Rio Grande or SP
Troop train
6-Walthers troop sleepers
2-Walthers troop kitchen cars
2-Walthers Pullman cars (for the Officers)

I also have about a gazillion express reefers from Athearn, Roundhouse and Walthers.

Tom[:D]