I acquired a Weaver Models Lehigh Valley "Black Diamond" pacific, with the streamlining and pinstriping, on the bay, and I wanted to find some prototypically-accurate coaches, etc., to match it. So, I ordered a set of Weaver's 2-rail Pullman Bradley "A.F." coaches, only to discover that they are really the Boston & Maine 22-window arrangement with 84-seats, instead of the LV's 24 windows per side with either 82 or 92 seats. Also, the prototype LV coaches had square ends instead of the sloping ends found on all other A.F.-style coaches. Also no skirts or pinstriping. Conclusion: the manufacturer had a run of B&M coaches, but sold some as LV. The maroon paint is the same, so if I ever get into B&M, all I need to do is erase the LV lettering and replace it with B&M. Aside from the fact that I got stuck with the wrong coaches, I have to say that they are really amazing. I normally don't like plastic trains, but Weaver Models did a really nice job on these.
I removed a vestibule and compared the cross section with one of my Kasiner smooth-sided P-S blanks and discovered that the A.F. roof profile is much more rounded. I checked Union Station Products, but he has nothing in an A.F.-style. I also compared the MTH & GGD heavyweights against the LV roster (nice paint, but wrong windows, wrong length, etc.) Maybe I'll try to find an O-scale A.F. aluminum extrusion.
Does anyone know if A.F.-style coaches have been made in O-scale aluminum, or brass?