I think these would be nice additions to O scale. I know Pecos brass made a 2 bay ribside Pullman Standard and a Trinity 2 bay ribside both in brass but I don't know what capacity they were. I think Atlas would do a nice job on either of these. The Trinity 3280 would be very sweet,What do you guys think?
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It would be nice to see these done. I have one of the PRB's and it was very nicely done.
Yeah Matt, the PRB cars are very nicely done. I don't have any but I got to hold a few of them from his layout several years ago and I liked how hefty they were. I would also like to see someone do PRB's cement plant in a semi-kit form.
They have good weight and track well. I picked up the PRB PS-2 and a PRB 40-foot Airslide from a friend back east. They've been showing up on eBay fairly frequently and the prices have run from $125 to $350 depending on the car. Atlas seems to get the closest to brass with respect to detail and it would be nice to see them run these cars.
Interestingly enough, the Trainman 3-bay PS2's were surprisingly well done. They're also a nice size so they'll be at home on a smaller layout as well as a large one.
To me the Santa Fe ATSF Ribbed 2-Bay Covered Hopper looks like the Greenville Steel Car Co. car, but the builder's logo was painted over. Chicago & NorthWestern had Greenville Steel Car Co. 2-Bay Covered Hoppers that were built in 1980-1981 which where the same design as the ATSF cars shown.
Walthers made a compromise by putting the ATSF and C&NW schemes on the Pullman-Standard Ribbed 2-bay Covered Hoppers that had noticably higher sides and taller hoppers when viewed together.
Andrew
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