Let’s see your observation cars and drumheads; real and models

Rusty

Super Chief, El Capitan, and The Chief.

Regards

Fred

My drumhead from the amusement park train I used to run.

John and Janet on board the Hickory Creek in the Joliet Rocket, 2017

Williams heavyweight observation

New Haven #1

New Haven #2

New Haven #4 after sale to Tulsa - Sapula Union Railway

Monon private varnish Lynn,  May be in southern Indiana for restoration.

K-Line Fairlane repainted to Santa Fe Chief Red Cloud.  Interior with tables, seats, passengers and overhead lighting.

Monon observation car 71.

John in Lansing, ILL

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I guess the suppliers never heard of the SCL, a major passenger carrier to Florida 

There’s lots at the national rr museum in Greenbay

The Blue Comet.

The Blue Comet and the Nellie Bly (No drumhead) prepare for departure from Atlantic City on their "race" to the NY City area.

Great Northern Oriental  limited.

Here are some of my varnish drumheads.

Bruce

A "reworked" k-Line Coors business car into Rio Grande Ski Train's Kansas

Them was the days.  Too bad l am modeling a Podunk short line operating gas cars and combines.  Some gas cars may have used them.  I'd like to see that and those of obscure shortline tail cars if any used them.

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What did you do to the window strips on this Lionel car? Did you add an interior or just change the window strips?

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What did you do to the window strips on this Lionel car? Did you add an interior or just change the window strips?

                                                     Black strip of taped in construction paper for the shades.  

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Just a few

No caption needed.

Regards

FRed

Scraps from my wife's quilting  -

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Lou1985 posted:

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What did you do to the window strips on this Lionel car? Did you add an interior or just change the window strips?

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Ah. Looks good. I've been considering removing the silhouette strips and installing frosted light green plastic in their place.

A few more...

CB&Q Blackhawk

UP Streamline

Here is a picture of my homemade "IKE" drumhead.  Did not have room for "I Like Ike" but have the figure of President IKE and VP Nixon.  The drumhead looks better in real than this picture and it is washed out from too much drum head light.

It fits in with my 1950s time period layout.

Charlie

Here's my "Open Air" Milwaukee Road observation. It was kit bashed from a La Belle wood kit. Don

Our trip from Oakland to Reno and back on these wonderful cars. Love them. Don

I just went thru 3 of the Keilty "doodlebug" books, and found not a single rear-ended view that showed a drumhead (of hundreds of railcars, including RDC's, there are few rear views).  But l bet there were multi-car RDC trains and gas electric hookups such as the long GM&O, and IC trains that must have had them.  GE and McKeen cars seem ideal for drumheads with rounded ends.

Note the size of the LED between the red and blue wires. 

Mike CT, always fun to “roll ur own” so to speak.  Great tip.

I use these for upgrade to led in passenger cars.

Old shot from outside

Rusty

Arttista make out couple and conductor added to observation