NS Full Dome Delaware

Any extra NS cars?

I have 5 coming as that is what I had to guarantee Scott to get them done.  I had five people commit but I think some may have also ordered from Scott so I think I will have one or two.  You can email me at LMP@CENTRALVA.NET and I will let you know.

Ken

My Amtrak should be here is a couple of weeks!

I did realize he did Amtrak or are you having one custom painted?

I order an Amtrak full dome as was offered on the GGD website. My cc got dinged a week before Christmas so I am waiting to see what I got for the money.

For the price these cars cost, there's no way I would consider repainting it. One is better off repainting the Lionel unit instead. Note that I am 3 rail.

The full domes are brass wraps not cast so they should be beauties.

Would love to see a full review of the latest GGD releases, who's up for it?

Watching Bama-Georgia but saw some pics on 3RS Forum so copied them.  Check out the original post on other forum.

Do they come with foam cleaning pads to keep the track clean ans you run them????????

Bob

No, that is the padding that comes between the body and trucks to prevent damage during shipment.

I knew that.

Got the Amtrak “Great Dome” passenger car by UPS today. Being a brass car, it is noticeably heavier than the aluminum Santa Fe Hi-level cars but having the ball bearing journals, the cars roll smoothly, finding low spots on my table, even when left undisturbed, like my freight cars with Protocraft 100-ton trucks.

This is my second Golden Gate Depot passenger car & I must say that the passenger figures in my cars are dressed rather too nicely. Having dropped off friends & family at local Amtrak stations, I don’t remember seeing passengers dressed so well.

These are just my opinion,

Thanks,

Naveen

Any markers installed on the end bulkheads? That's what the picture shows in the announcement.

Congrats, VNG! They are beauts!

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Any markers installed on the end bulkheads? That's what the picture shows in the announcement.

If you were looking for marker lights at the ends of the Amtrak car, mine didn’t have them but I had come across photos of the prototype car with & without these.

If Scott would have kept the modern paint scheme, shown in the initial announcement, then these marker lights would have been mandatory. But I remember seeing online photos on this car from the 70’s without these lights but some from the late 90’s looked like they had these lights.

I would have preferred the as-announced newer paint scheme but it was not a deal-breaker for me. I just love double-decker cars. Maybe some or all of the other 5 hobbyists who convinced Scott to choose the older paint scheme to match the previous Amtrak offerings from Golden Gate Depot preferred this version without marker lights.

These are just my opinion,

Thanks,

Naveen

Sorry folks, with all the eyes on these designs marker lights never came up in the corrections.

Scott Mann

Beautiful!! Scott you did it again. I love what you do for us. 

Naveen, is your bottom interior correct by being even and straight? Mine arrived last night. I inspected the car this morning and left a message with GGD voice mail. My bottom interior is bowed up along with one of the roller bearings is not staying in it's side frame. 

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Naveen, is your bottom interior correct by being even and straight? Mine arrived last night. I inspected the car this morning and left a message with GGD voice mail. My bottom interior is bowed up along with one of the roller bearings is not staying in it's side frame. 

Mine is the 2-rail version & the bearings stay in the trucks & the lower level floor appears flat. This car met my expectations & I am happy with it.

These are just my opinion,

Thanks,

Naveen

Mark, I got your email. Sending pictures was the best thing that you could have done. I forwarded them to the production manager to ask what is the easiest way to fix the floor. As for a bearing that has popped out, we just push them back in with a flat blade. Sent you  return UPS tag for your damaged car.

Scott

Thanks Scott.  But just to inform you I have pushed the bearing in with a flat blade. By manually turning the axle, it just pops out. I think the truck has to be disassembled and JB weld maybe in order for this bearing fix. Otherwise I am impressed with these roller bearings! Maybe you should incorporate this feature in ALL your passenger cars! How much more expensive is it to do this?

I had the NS and AMTK domes reserved, but due to a mixup with my LHS, it seems that I lost the reservations. Would anyone know who would have these available? I'd prefer 3-rail, but would be willing to start collecting in 2-rail for these...

Other than GGD themselves or possibly Public Delivery Track, theses cars esp in the" unaccepted Amtrak scheme " are truly Built to Order! Good luck with your search! I feel for you as I would still like to get the Overland 3 rail Ferdinand Magellan- the Ronald Regan version.

Ken I just sent you an e-mail with as to my order to make arrangements for payment and shipping. The NS Delaware looks excellent and pleased to get one.

Phil

Back in the heyday of passenger travel, people dressed with suits and dresses when riding the rails. This lasted into the 60s

Here's mine just got them from Merlin thanks Scott great stuff not only the Santa Fe but also the Norfolk and Southern

That is a beautifully detailed car - thanks for sharing.  The photo of the GGD car coupled to the F unit points out how much better plating captures the look of stainless steel that paint does.  On other OGR threads there has been a discussion about cost and manufacturing issues related to using plating vice silver paint.  Perhaps someday technology advances will make plating standard practice.  I would gladly pay 10+% more to get the better appearance.  Plating aside, it's a very positive sign in the hobby that we continue to see commercially available rolling stock of this quality.

FYI: The GGD Cars are painted. Brass then painted a very convincing Silver. Convincing yes, plated no.

These cars are just magnificent wow Scott 

Here's a  pic of my GN car. Great job Scott !