I like passenger cars

@RSJB18 posted:

After your several posts on these B&O passenger cars Bob............I thought I might find you on this thread .

Can't wait to see them with your improvements.

I only have 3 sets all Railking .   10 Pa.Madisons , 4 Santa Fe streamlines and 4 Up stremlines.

They are my weakness 15 weaver Hiawatha cars , 6  k line and Walthers heavy weights, 2 La Belle wood side all Milwaukee Road  , and 4 Walthers hiawatha cars s in for rebuilding

MY Railking Blue Comet HAGD Support your Troops!

@Sitka posted:

MY Railking Blue Comet HAGD Support your Troops!

Nice Blue Comet Mark, especially the interiors. Here's my WBB set headed up by my MPC Hudson that I've posted before:

Obviously, your interiors are nicer Who's leading yours?

@Bill Swatos posted:

Nice Blue Comet Mark, especially the interiors. Here's my WBB set headed up by my MPC Hudson that I've posted before:

Obviously, your interiors are nicer Who's leading yours?

Thanks Bill, That is a PS-1 4-6-4 Railking Blue Wabash from 2002. That is a nice looking Hudson! seen on ebay worth a nice penny! Mark

At rest are Lionel archived  Madison cars in silver and red which were supposedly intended to accompany Lionel’s post-war Santa Fe war bonnet F3’s but were never manufactured.  In lieu of these the aluminum streamliners were made.  Good choice Lionel.😃These cars were produced in 1997 but were not particularly good sellers.  They are being pulled by a Lionel post-war celebration TMCC 2328 Burlington GP7.  I still think these are kind of neat.  I sometimes run them at Christmas time because of their bright red and silver colors.

Lionel’s reproduction “Anniversary Set” from the early 1990s circles my layout.  Despite not quite matching the brilliant golden hue of a pristine original set from 1950 the passenger cars from this set still look pretty spiffy as they glide around the Shenandoah Short Line behind repro Lionel Alcos.

All equipment in the photograph is American Model Toys, save the five Lionel coaches on the floor under the shelves.

C.J.

A great collection!!  AMT is underappreciated.   

Jack

Holy cow, I have a few but not like some of you. My favorite has to be the Weaver Hiawatha in the lower photo. Have a few more other road names in boxes.  Trying to justify a UP set to run with my BigBoy, and an Illinois Central and ...   Do Interurbans, Trolleys and Subways count toward passenger cars?  This is an under construction passenger terminal yard. Wish I had another 10 feet to work with. 

Last layout photo before I had to take the layout down. The Hiawatha is leaving town for the last time.

Like passenger cars, kind of.

Ron

I should have included this set in my above post.  These were made by K-Line of the NCDOT that ran the Amtrak passenger service in the area I now live.

K-Line also made the F59PHI's that pull these consist the "City of Salisbury" and "City of Asheville/"

1755 was the year that Salisbury, NC was founded.

The real "City of Salisbury" residing at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

Ron

My most recent additions to the passenger fleet - some Lionel 18” Amtrak Phase III coaches and a cab car…

Off the top of my head (and after several middle-of-the-night trips to my "archives"), I think I have a few:

--Lionel Amtrak GG-1 set from the 1980's

--Lionel first-issue Acela (6 cars)

--Lionel Metro-North M7 electric MU set (6 cars)

--K-Line Golden State aluminum set plus E-8 AA's (except for the second dome car--still looking for that one)

I made up a C&O passenger set to go with my K-Line C&O F3's, the six-motor KCC set capable of warp speed. I got a 4-car set of Williams 18" coaches, then added an MTH sleeper/diner set as a supplement.

While building my Amtrak Auto-Train, I accumulated, among other things:

• MTH premier 4-car  Superliner coach set
• MTH premier 4 and two-car Superliner set (coach/baggage, diner, sleeper, sighsteer lounge, and presumably two coaches) , plus an add-on transition sleeper
• K-Line 4-car 18" Superliners
• Lionel 4-car Superliners (jumped the gun, ended up with a Phase III striped set, but have decals to make it Phase IV)

I have what I believe are three six-car consists of Amfleet cars:

• MTH premier Amfleet, phase III striping (with AEM7)
• MTH premier Amfleet, Phase IV striping (stainless plated, with AEM7)
• Lionel NEC Amfleet set (plus 3 coaches from a set break-up + cab car) with HHP-8

--Oh, almost forgot, six-car sets of 15" Amfleet and Superliners from Williams.

--Five car Welz amfleet set

--Three-car and two-car Williams Amtrak RDC sets, and a four-car set of Williams first-gen Amfleet coaches.

--K-Line eight-car 15" Bombardier coach with Metro-North F3

--Atlas O (Connecticut DOT/Metro-North) five-car Bombardier coach set, with K-Line EP-5

--K-Line Greenport Scoot (with 2-car add-on)

--Lionel Hogwarts Express with 2-car add-on set, Dementors' coach, and three more coaches from a set break-up. Total: 9 cars

--MTH premier Santa Fe coach set (stainless plated) 4-car+sleeper/diner+baggage/coach+RPO+full vista dome, pulled by a premier 2900-series ATSF Northern

--MTH Electroliner

--3rd Rail Electroliner and Greenliner

--GGD Viewliner assortment (baggage, crew dorm, diner and two sleepers)

--Assorted loose MTH premier coaches intended to build a custom-painted Amtrak Exhibit train:

• Metra amfleet cafe
• B&M baggage (production sample)
• PRR baggage
• 4 Santa Fe coaches (one is a production sample)
• 2 Santa Fe sleepers (one is a production sample)
• Santa Fe baggage
• Santa Fe observation (production sample)

Aaaaand, 105 subway cars

Edit: 4/29/23: Late addition 'cause I just remembered after reviewing the list following the latest like notification:

--AtlasO NJ transit coaches (three or four) with an AtlasO NJT ALP44 or an MTH NJT ALP46

Huh...it appears I have a lot of passenger cars

---PCJ

More than I care to admit (this list needs to be updated)...

@Sitka posted:

Thanks Bill, That is a PS-1 4-6-4 Railking Blue Wabash from 2002. That is a nice looking Hudson! seen on ebay worth a nice penny! Mark

I too use a Wabash Hudson to pull Blue Comet cars.  My Hudson is the Lionel 700, one of the first TMCC engines and the cars a combination of Lionel and Rail King.

YES, I have the complete 12-car El Capitan Deluxe set from Walthers.  All cars are fully populated and lit.  I also have a 15-car Super Chief set also from Walthers.

@coach joe posted:

I too use a Wabash Hudson to pull Blue Comet cars.  My Hudson is the Lionel 700, one of the first TMCC engines and the cars a combination of Lionel and Rail King.

That Hudson PS-1 is a great puller, Still like my PW Lionel Have a Great Easter Coach.

Mark

Lovin' the replies, guys - thanks for sharing.

I plan on doing some passenger car shopping at York, but I doubt that I'll ever catch up with the passenger car collections of some of youse guys!

@Apples55 posted:

My most recent additions to the passenger fleet - some Lionel 18” Amtrak Phase III coaches and a cab car…

Did you re-wire the headlights/markers as they are wired backwards at the factory? Mine are but I have not done it yet as it requires opening up the car.

Also, I had thought about a: removing that light bar; and b: converting it back to a Metroliner. I would use a Williams Metroliner to get the correct trucks.

Anyway, they are nice cars, I have the HHP-8 starter set, one add-on two-car set, and the cab car. If Lionel ever offers the snack bar car, that would make into a nice Northeast Regional.

Got the 2 car amfleet that do not have operating red marker lights.  Did modifications and added lights

OK fellows, those are just beautiful streamlined passenger cars, but how about some old fashioned clerestory coaches from the earlier periods of our hobby?  Here are some from my archives.

First is the Lionel 2328 from 1955-56 pulling 244x series pw cars.

French Hornby type OE electric engine of 1949  pulling a series of "M" coaches from 1948

American Flyer set #301 from the prewar period

English Hornby type 51 clockwork loco pulling type 31 coaches all from the 1950's

Marx "Joy Line" passenger set from about 1936

Lionel type 253 and matching cars from around 1925

Lionel red #248 and type 629/630 coaches available from 1924-1932

Lioel #256 pulling matching coaches available from 1924-1930

Passenger Trains for ever!!  Best wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

OK fellows, those are just beautiful streamlined passenger cars, but how about some old fashioned clerestory coaches from the earlier periods of our hobby?  Here are some from my archives.

First is the Lionel 2328 from 1955-56 pulling 244x series pw cars.

What a great colorful group of train photos Don.  Couldn't stop smiling . 

Thanks for sharing.

@Mark Holmgren 110217 posted:

I just have a 7-car Superliner consist. I need an Amtrak locomotive to pull them. I would also like a Northern Pacific passenger consist.

Hey Mark - I have a set of Weaver NP cars that are aluminum and 21" in length if you'd be interested. You have no contact info in your profile...

@c.sam posted:

Hey Mark - I have a set of Weaver NP cars that are aluminum and 21" in length if you'd be interested. You have no contact info in your profile...

That looks beautiful, but unfortunately would not be compatible with my O-31 curves.  Beautiful cars, though!  And thanks for the heads-up on contact info, I put my email address in my profile.

@Dallas Joseph - Thanks for the compliment Dallas.  Best Wishes

Don

@Apples55 posted:

And here’s a few newer additions to the fleet…

And I know there are a couple of others (the original Acela, 21” Alaska, another NH, another D&H, and a 21” NYC set on order from the last catalog ). I’m beginning to think I need a bigger basement

And the musical was great too. 

Saw it twice.

John

I like passenger cars from Santa Fe's Super Chief and Union Pacific's Yellowstone Special.

I'd be a bit nervous to go down and start counting, but I know I have several sets.  I love passenger cars so it's easy to like this thread.

Most of mine are 18."  I have some of the newer Lionel 21" cars and those will track on my 0-54 layout.  I have Lionel and MTH cars.  I was interested in the Atlas Zephyr cars and some of the GGD sets but those end up being 0-72.  

i sold of my K-line aluminum Santa Fe cars a few years ago.  Those were gorgeous.

John

This is a Lionel Set 6-11712 The Great Lakes Express from 1990 had 9 years second time out of box, bought sealed. Engine is going back in the box, thinking will let grand daughter be the first to run.

@Sitka -  Hey neat set and a re-use of the green/yellow livery like my 2400,2401& 2402 from the late 40's.  I LOVE that "Mt. Clemens" car, they never made a combination car in the 24xx series, will have to keep a look out for that one for sure.

Don

I bought that same set years ago, but use my Williams 681 turbine instead of the Lionel loco:  at first glance, it looks like it just leaped from the ‘48 catalog

@Pre-War Steve posted:

I bought that same set years ago, but use my Williams 681 turbine instead of the Lionel loco:  at first glance, it looks like it just leaped from the ‘48 catalog

Thanks, had the same idea have a PW Lionel Turbine bought for repair, repainted and was going to use that turbine to have the honors to move this set around the layout. Mark

@Sitka posted:

This is a Lionel Set 6-11712 The Great Lakes Express from 1990 had 9 years second time out of box, bought sealed. Engine is going back in the box, thinking will let grand daughter be the first to run.

Beautiful Kughn Era set, Mark! I'm jealous! Being a Chicago native, I love everything pertaining to the Great Lakes. The steamer looks like the PW 2037/2018 Adriatic with more detailed running gear. Kughn did a great job bringing back so many of the PW and MPC offerings with detail and technical improvements and MADE IN USA!

The passenger wall….

Peter

@Bill Swatos posted:

Beautiful Kughn Era set, Mark! I'm jealous! Being a Chicago native, I love everything pertaining to the Great Lakes. The steamer looks like the PW 2037/2018 Adriatic with more detailed running gear. Kughn did a great job bringing back so many of the PW and MPC offerings with detail and technical improvements and MADE IN USA!

Thanks Bill, second time out of the box and first time on the rails. Yes Lionel did dress up the side rods to give it a better look. They should have placed a whistle inside that tender! I put the engine away will run it with my S-2 or K4. God Speed keep those rails shinning Bill

@Putnam Division posted:

The passenger wall….

Peter

Great collection, Peter… I am jealous of your wall space!!!

I must like them too. I just counted my inventory. I have 178 passenger cars. Here are some of my favorites.

@Tom Morris posted:

I must like them too. I just counted my inventory. I have 178 passenger cars. Here are some of my favorites.

Nice. I have a 21" Walthers obs that is lettered for L&N and named "DIPLOMAT"; I have no idea if it is correctly named, but I do like the car.