I happen to see a few Con-Cor passenger cars at my LHS the other day. They have been there for years, just the first time I happened to look at them. What caught my eye is the coloring on the cars. I love Santa Fe War Bonnets passenger colors, but was told all Santa Fe passenger car where silver with black letters.
These have the war bonnet strip on the cars! Doing a little digging in my Walther's Catalog they are for the Valley Flyer.
I asked Ken, owner of my LHS what he thought of them. He gave them a glowing review that I cannot post, but terms like POS comes to mind.
He would not sell them to a new person to this hobby, but at this point he knows I have the skills to make them roll and track well. I think after he saw me pull 34 Old Dutch Hoppers (cheap Tyco) cover hoppers around his bench he knows I have a clue.
Other thing I like is they offer 72 foot passenger cars, 18" turns are gone, but still have 20" in one section that I cannot see.
I know the following will need to be done.
1 Add weight to NMRA standards
2 Add coupler pockets and long shank Kadee's.
3 Tune the trucks and PK 36" wheels.
Have I missed any thing?
I not a rivet counter, so details are not that big of a deal. Plus I am half blind anyway, broke off 1/2 of the lifting rings of a E-6 before I knew it had them!
Now a few questions.
1 Can I add lights, from what I know the PK 36" wheels may not work. I all so know it would cost more in the long run. But, I can get them pretty cheap new from Walther's and LHS. Plus I like to fiddle with stuff to make them work great, that is the Hot Rodder that is in me.
I am DCC with 8 amps of power.
2 Can I modafie interiors to fit?
Looking forward to the coming answers.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Any other answers?
cudaken wrote: Any other answers? Cuda Ken