PRR Dynamometer car

Thats about the size of an MTH bobber caboose. With the ends of the car looking very caboose-like, I'd say it's going to take a caboose and a passenger car to make that happen. Combo of a madison coach and a bobber?
Its an interesting car for sure.

Yes, I see what you are getting at. A steel side cabin car with passenger windows and a heavyweight roof or a shortened heavyweight parlor car with cabin car ends. In any event, it appears at least one passenger coach or parlor car. This will take more thinking. Thank you.

A cut down scale passenger coach and the running gear from an MTH bobber.
It is a cool project. When you start take pictures.

What's a Dynamometer car?

It's abit longer than a boober caboose.

I would say a Gloorcraft Boober kit with a westbrook 1880's passenger car kit cut down would do the trick.

OR the lionel MPc Mighty Max 4 wheeled boxcar with the box cut off as a base then add the modified wesbrook passenger car body

Looks like a "PEEP" candidate to me.
BTW, that looks like a very early type of dynamometer car. I don't think it would be able to stand up to the rigors of Pennsy's big steam.

It looks like you need to find a PRR PD class passenger car and cut it down. SMR Trains is making on in brass, but cutting one down seams a bit extreme. Model Pics

A second choice but more affordable would be to take a MTH wood-sided passenger car. It won't have the proper roof line.

Jan

I would suggest that you look at some LaBelle kits and use bobber trucks as per Harley House's suggestion. Looks like a cool project.....DO take pix as you go....Merry Christmas!!! Tom in Picksburgh

Looks like the RMT PEEP...



Merry Christmas.

Walter M. Matuch/RMT

www.readymadetoys.com

Must be an echo in here (pun intended).

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What's a Dynamometer car?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamometer_car
BLT

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Originally posted by Jan:
It looks like you need to find a PRR PD class passenger car and cut it down. SMR Trains is making on in brass, but cutting one down seams a bit extreme. Model Pics

A second choice but more affordable would be to take a MTH wood-sided passenger car. It won't have the proper roof line.

Jan

You know the car you suggest is really spot on for the project, but that is an expensive and beautiful car to experiment on. I am a rather modest modeler and am not the most patient either. This is a long term down the road project as I have several ahead of it.

Thanks to you and the others for all the suggestions. If you have more don't hesitate.

Dang!
Walter feeds you one up on a silver platter and yer still looking!
Plus they're on sale!
Merry Christmas!

M aybe the time has come for a DIY project.  RMT has announced the Beep Madison passenger cars.

 

Take a bobber underbody with wheels and you would be a long way to achieving your goal.

 

Jan