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Folks: Thanks for all your feedback and enthusiasm.

 

I am sure Dealers will be willing to break up sets to sell individual cars. This is their opportunity to step forward and take orders.

 

To make these cars economically feasible we have to make them in sets and all at once.

 

Enjoy your hobby.

Lou

I checked some of my books and the WP didn't have any 60 foot coaches.  I like the roof contours of the Harriman cars but the length is not right for the WP.  I use a Weaver 60 foot baggage car with some MTH 70 foot Pullman heavyweights for my short

Exposition Flyer.  GS6, EX FEC Mountains, Mikados, all look good at the front.

Bruce

I remember the SVC board.

Two comments.  First, Scott, I hope you also consider adding the Grand Canyon Railway to your list of road names.  Until recently, ex commuter Harrimans were the standard cars that the GCR ran from Williams to the Grand Canyon.  A few years ago Weaver made one of their 2-8-0's in the GCR livery which would make a really neat train.

 

Second, there may be confusion on where the 60 foot cars ran as the SP also ran standard 80 foot Harrimans in their long distance trains.  The obvious difference is that the long distance cars had six wheel trucks while the commuter cars, as these new ones, used four wheel trucks.  And Sunset did run the 80 foot cars several years ago, but in brass (I have a set and they are also beautiful!)

 

 

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Originally Posted by rheil:
Originally Posted by Lima:

Scott,

Could use an Southern Pacific Lines Baggage in case you have a dealer breaking up sets.

Check the website. These cars are available for individual order.

Didn't check because of this:

 

 

Originally Posted by sdmann:

Folks: Thanks for all your feedback and enthusiasm.

 

I am sure Dealers will be willing to break up sets to sell individual cars. This is their opportunity to step forward and take orders.

 

To make these cars economically feasible we have to make them in sets and all at once.

 

Enjoy your hobby.

Trainlover9943 posted:
WITZ 41 posted:
Trainlover9943 posted:

What curves do the cars run on? 

Original flyer stated 3R O-42, 2R R36.

Thank you. You think they could run on 0-36 curves? 

I couldn't answer. That's why I'm asking for teasers.  They are a new product, haven't been manufactured yet.  

I can only speculate like any other scale passenger car, even at 17", they will require every bit of what GGD recommends and likely wouldn't look right on anything less even if they could.  

rdg_fan posted:

Scott,

Please check that the Reading Railroad cars are lettered "Reading Company". The depicted artwork on the website shows it as "Reading". I am not aware of any Reading cars lettered that way.

Much Appreciation!

Confirmed:  "READING COMPANY" on all Reading lettered cars.

We will have some pictures of pre-production models soon, perhaps by late April.

Scott Mann

To get the cars close together for 2R and 3R we had to restrict the radius capability of 054 3 Rail track, switches and turnouts and 48" 2R Radius track. This was determined only a few days ago.  042 is such a small curve we don't have any engines that run on 042 either...

The limiting factor is actually the coach steps. The 3 Rail couplers have to swing and they hit the back of these steps any tighter than 054.

Scott Mann

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