@CAPPilot posted:A couple of Pennsy's transcontinental sleepers.
The Pennsy "Imperial Terrace" 4 double-4 compartment-2 drawing room sleeper was one of two transcontinental cars that were part of the Golden State train from Los Angeles to Chicago. Again, the Pennsy ran the cars between Chicago to NYC. The Pennsy joined the GS in 1946 and the cars were painted the colors in the photo in 1948. Pennsy's participation ended in 1951. This is a Lionel 21" car.
Ron,
I really like your Lionel "Imperial Terrace". I have the K-Line 18" version, and it just feels out of place in my otherwise scale length fleet of streamlined sleepers. I'll have to see if I can track that one down.
A few photos I don't think I've posted before to this thread of my Walthers Kit built "Harbor Cove". Not nearly as challenging as the heavyweight builds, but still a bit of work. I used K-Line trucks under it with some bolster modifications and later swapped the wheels from the stock K-Line 33" wheels to GGD 36" wheels. A big improvement. Not as refined as a more modern model rendition of this unique car from the Broadway Limited, but I'm still pleased with it.