Boy, you guys are REALLY tempting me to take the plunge & buy a few of these! LOL! I like the fact that they are available in several styles & eras. My layout is Bangor & Aroostook, set in early to mid 1950's, so the 40's-50's era cars they offer are perfect. I like the undecorated, metal construction too. BAR passenger cars were either solid Pullman Green or silver/gray with a blue band running down the window areas, so these would be an easy paint. And thanks Rich for the idea of swapping out the trucks. About a year ago I purchased at a local auction a huge box full of HO stuff, mixed NIB & used. In it were two 1-gallon zip lock bags full of every concievable type of truck, both passenger & freight & zillions of wheels sets, both metal & plastic. I will never want for wheels & trucks!
Carl
"I could never belong to any club that would have me as a member."
As far as the detail part goes,,,I'm talking when they first came out,,60's,or maybe earlier. I din't even know,they still made them..
Cheers,
Frank
Carl,
I had never heard of the cars until I saw your post. Then, I looked up the name on eBay and saw several different auctions on these cars.
If Frank's observation about the noisy performance is accurate, you could also replace the metal trucks with plastic trucks. That might be worth considering because the current trucks on those cars are talgo trucks with the couplers attached to the trucks, rather than on the body of the car. Talgo trucks can be troublesome for several reasons.
As far as detail, they don't look all that bad.
Rich
Alton Junction
Gidday Carl, here's a link to the Hoseeker site....
http://hoseeker.org/otherhotrains3.html
and I see that the company name and products are still current......
http://www.okengines.com/news.shtml
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Have a couple from when they first came out,,many moon's ago,,,with being all metal,,they are very noisy on the rails,some people like that,I didn't..Lacking heavily in any detail. I you can get a good price on them,,they would probably be alright after you doctor them up some. And they have all metal trucks,side frames,etc..
Good Morning;
I was wondering if anyone here is famliar with HO Scale OK Streamliner Passenger Cars? I recently came across an Ebay seller offering these cars & I'm not familiar with them at all. They are Made in U.S.A, all metal construction & according to the seller's description, seem to be a perfect fit for my needs & quite a value for the price. The seller had the following in their description:
The maximum radius I have on my mainline is 22", so the large 80 footers are a no go for me, but the 60 footers are quite tempting. (I have a couple 60' Harriman types & they do just fine on the 22" radius.) For the price of under $20. per car, these OK Streamliners seem almost too good to be true. Would really appreciate any input & opinions on these cars, as I'm tempted to buy at least 3 or 4 of them. Thanks in advance.