New Atlas O Osgood Bradley New Haven Coaches

Wish they made 18" versions of these.  Great looking coaches!

Here's the KCS Version..... 3 left.... 

I hope they offer these in Penn Central.

Above rendering is Rapido HO

I didn’t know they did these in New Haven! I always wanted a set of these.... and an I5 Hudson to pull them, lol

a friend bought the LIRR and showed them to me last night. They look beautiful. Very well made!!

Always loved the style and proportions of these (nicknamed) "American Flyer" cars. I have one from their original incarnation as Weaver products tooling. It is a GM&O version, and of course the GM&O never had any of these, but did have some cars which favored them.  

Now you just need to find a 3rd Rail FL9 to pull them with!    In all seriousness great looking cars that match the prototype.  I wasn't able to buy these under Weaver or Atlas, but some day I'd enjoy finding a set in two rail when funds permit.

Enjoy you cars!!!!

Jim S posted:

Wish they made 18" versions of these.  Great looking coaches!

I do too or 16", I had a set of the Weaver green NH and had to let them go because they were just to long.

VistaDomeScott posted:

I hope they offer these in Penn Central.

Above rendering is Rapido HO

 

I would order those

I've been looking for the NH version; most of the usual purveyors have none. Has anyone seen the NH Bradleys on offer?

Jan

HiramO posted:

I've been looking for the NH version; most of the usual purveyors have none. Has anyone seen the NH Bradleys on offer?

Jan

Jan;

I ordered a set from Nicholas Smith Trains last evening... got my order confirmation, but haven’t received a shipping notice yet - they still show as in stock on their website.

Paul: I ordered the cars; thank you!

Jan

HiramO posted:

Paul: I ordered the cars; thank you!

Jan

Mine came today... they look fabulous. I plan to run them with my 3rd Rail green New Haven PA. Unfortunately, I won’t be home for a few weeks to try them out.

GG1 4877 posted:

Now you just need to find a 3rd Rail FL9 to pull them with!    In all seriousness great looking cars that match the prototype.  I wasn't able to buy these under Weaver or Atlas, but some day I'd enjoy finding a set in two rail when funds permit.

Enjoy you cars!!!!

I think Public Delivery Track still has these in stock. I'm considering a pair myself...

Jeff C

I have shipper notification that mine are on the way. For a while I've regretted not acquiring the Weaver models. Problem solved!

biscuitag97 posted:

 Here are the new Atlas O Bradley Coaches. I have 3 of 4 on the track because one is shorting out right out of the box. They are great looking cars and are a great addition to the collection.

 

 

Biscuit;

I have the exact same problem as you - one of the four cars out of the box shorts the track. Were you able to determine what was causing your problem, and if so could you share the fix???

Thanks.

Why do some folks call them Pullman Bradley and other folks call them Osgood Bradley?

At the time these cars were built during the 1930s in Worcester, Massachusetts, the name of the manufacturer was Osgood Bradley. Later on, I believe it was after World War 2, the business was acquired by Pullman and the name became Pullman-Bradley.

MELGAR

 Not sure how Atlas mounts the coupler. Weaver used a long metal bracket that the coupler pivoted on that was fastened to the metal chassis. These can be tweaked in shipping causing the thumbtack to ride to close to the center rail. Causing a short.  The length of these cars really shows where your track may have some dips. The problem will also surface on grades. A careful bend of the bracket should fix it.

Apples55 posted:

biscuitag97 posted:

 Here are the new Atlas O Bradley Coaches. I have 3 of 4 on the track because one is shorting out right out of the box. They are great looking cars and are a great addition to the collection.

 

 

Biscuit;

I have the exact same problem as you - one of the four cars out of the box shorts the track. Were you able to determine what was causing your problem, and if so could you share the fix???

Thanks.

Hi Paul, after some light investigative work I saw that the wire leads to the trucks were switched on one truck. Check the color of the wires attached to the pickup rollers. Also make sure the wire leads aren’t touching eachother because they are close together. I was able to simply disassemble the truck and switch the leads to the correct connection points. Look at the trucks on your other cars to verify, I’d assume someone on the assembly line simply confused which leads go where. Hopefully this helps, and oh yeah it could be the coupler tab touching the middle rail. Best of luck!

biscuitag97 posted:

Apples55 posted:

biscuitag97 posted:

 Here are the new Atlas O Bradley Coaches. I have 3 of 4 on the track because one is shorting out right out of the box. They are great looking cars and are a great addition to the collection.

 

 

 

Biscuit;

I have the exact same problem as you - one of the four cars out of the box shorts the track. Were you able to determine what was causing your problem, and if so could you share the fix???

Thanks.

Hi Paul, after some light investigative work I saw that the wire leads to the trucks were switched on one truck. Check the color of the wires attached to the pickup rollers. Also make sure the wire leads aren’t touching eachother because they are close together. I was able to simply disassemble the truck and switch the leads to the correct connection points. Look at the trucks on your other cars to verify, I’d assume someone on the assembly line simply confused which leads go where. Hopefully this helps, and oh yeah it could be the coupler tab touching the middle rail. Best of luck!

Thanks Biscuit. I did notice that the wires were incredibly close... unfortunately, I won’t get back home for a couple of weeks, but you’ve given me a good start. Thanks again.

Seems like the wiring was kinda complicated or just routed weird when I took my 2 apart to convert into the ones Seaboard owned.  Seaboard's coaches had a set of windows reversed and they had a combine.  I was very hesitant about cutting on mine but I'm glad I did:

MELGAR posted:

At the time these cars were built during the 1930s in Worcester, Massachusetts, the name of the manufacturer was Osgood Bradley. Later on, I believe it was after World War 2, the business was acquired by Pullman and the name became Pullman-Bradley.

MELGAR

Thank you.

I have a few of these and was wondering whether the prototypes were usually pulled by late steam engines, early diesels, or both?

David

@David98 posted:

I have a few of these and was wondering whether the prototypes were usually pulled by late steam engines, early diesels, or both?

David

Seeing they were first built in the 1930's, the answer would be yes.

Rusty

The New Haven Railroad's Osgood-Bradley lightweight "American Flyer" passenger cars were constructed beginning around 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the same year that the I-5 Hudson steam engines were delivered from Baldwin. They ran behind the I-5s between New Haven and Boston during World War 2 and into New York City behind electric motors. The I-5s were removed from service by the early 1950s when the New Haven dieselized. The cars remained on the route and were pulled behind ALCo DL-109s and PAs during the 1950s.

MELGAR

@VistaDomeScott posted:

I hope they offer these in Penn Central.

Ditto! It would be fantastic if Atlas made a some more Penn Central cars, I'd get them. They made one in green but I am not a huge fan of it. If they made more PC cars in different schemes, over a few years, one could make a nice consist.

Bryce

This is one of the original Osgood-Bradley New Haven passenger cars made by Weaver Models.

MELGAR

I just found two of these Weaver new haven on eBay new in sealed boxes.  I am thrilled.  Going to run behind my Dl-109 new haven Cranberry

I really like mine, they're very well made cars.  Here's mine behind SAL motorcar 2028:

I believe Atlas is producing another run of these as we speak. There will be a New Haven Mcginnis “Black Knight” scheme. I have 2 on order and will post photos when they arrive.

I would like a set of cars to run behind my PC and NH FL9s.  Not real high on my priority list, but these locomotives do need a set of cars!

did they make any LIRR ones? I thought I saw an all gray version

I just received the two weaver coaches I mentioned in prior post. Both new in sealed boxes. After about 5 minutes of running on my layout I heard a pop and my Mth DCS explorer cut of power like I had a short. Looks like the capacitor on lighting board blew up. Later same thing happened to second coach. Any suggestion whAt could have happened ?  With lighting boards now removed the coaches are not tripping power supply

They are big... but look GREAT!   (Just noticed that this post started three years ago.)