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? regarding the GGD '38 Broadway Ltd

Boilermaker1Boilermaker1OGR Forum Member

I'm debating ordering this set, but I have a few questions because I'm not sure about a few things and I am by no means an expert on all things PRR.

The GGD set appears to be the basic set, but requires head end cars. I was looking at the FOM striped version, and from googling around, I found an excerpt of a book which said the inaugural consist of the train included a BM70M and a B70 baggage car both painted with FOM striping. I know 3rd rail is making the right BM70M, but has anyone ever made the baggage car with FOM stripes? If not, is it practical and feasible to think that a plain tuscan one (that i know is available in O) would be found in the train (I would assume it to be highly plausible, given the need to put available equipment on trains when needed)?

What is the correct GG1 scheme? I think DGLE 5 stripe, but I'm not sure.

Finally, if the train were extended in length beyond the 8 car base length, which type of car (the roomette, the 4-4-2 or the Duplex) was most likely to be added to increase capacity? Or would it have been completely dependent on reservations?

Thanks a lot.

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R rheilOGR Forum Member

The DGLE 5 stripe scheme would be correct for the GG1.

 

The basic 6 car consist coming from GGD does not have the 13 double bedroom "County" nor the 10 and 5 "Cascade" series sleepers as used on the Broadway but they may be available as separate items in the future. From the current offerings I would add a roomette car to expand the consist.

 

Both Williams and MTH made B70 baggage cars but not in Fleet of Modernism paint schemes to my knowledge. The Weaver solid tuscan B60 would seem to be a good fit for this train.

pennsyk4pennsyk4OGR Forum Member

The correct or typical head end cars for the 1938 Broadway limited would be a M70 Railway Post Office, heavyweight and a B70 baggage car, heavyweight.

Pullman reconditioned ten heavyweight 12-1 sleeper cars for the Fleet of Modernism. 

The PRR reconditioned an additional thirty one cars, 10 diners, 9 coaches, 5 postal, and 7 combination cars, at a cost of $900,000.

 

The 1938 Broadway Train 29 detailed in Joe Welsch's book Pennsy streamliners  was a 10 car train.

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