Lionel is offering some new N5B cabin cars in the latest and just prior catalogs. Price for each will keep me from purchasing all of them. Are there any PRR experts who could give a brief overview of those offered-so, for example, which are most likely to go with their early/later steam engines, early vs. later diesels, region/area differences, etc.. My limited off the top-of-my-head knowledge is that the first ones had " PENNSYLVANIA" with a white line over that word, then " PENNSYLVANIA" only ( not sure when that change was made) only, in the mid-50s the PRR keystone was added, then the " PENNSYLVANIA" logo was eliminated in 1961-finally ( I think) they were painted orange in 1965. I dont know which had their truck sided painted tuscan, when antennas were added, or when changes were made, whether all their cabin cars were changed vs. only the newer ones. But knowing more would help in the selection of the most representative model. Thanks in advance, turtle7
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