The difference between O and S is that there are several manufacturers of good looking and running 21" passenger cars serving the O gauge market. No one makes equivalent 80' passenger cars in S, it was Sunset or none. Apparently those of us in S gauge who want full 80' scale cars are not plentiful enough to fill in the order book at $300/car. Scott even offered 70' shorties as an alternative for those with 20"R track but the price was the same.
About the only option for 85' streamlined passenger cars in S is locating the old AM 85 footers:
Rusty
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I have that set in PRR livery. I bought it about four months ago, very lucky to have found it. I purchased some full scale sleepers and diners from AM. Ron just called to tell me he was shipping them tomorrow along with the rerun of the green New Haven heavyweights.
I always liked the brown, orange and yellow of the IC.
Here are three of the PRR cars, the other two were still unfinished, I was modifying the coupler arms and installing LED lighting.
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@Rusty Traque posted:About the only option for 85' streamlined passenger cars in S is locating the old AM 85 footers:
Rusty
They look good enough to me. The Sunset cars looked amazing - but pretty financially inaccessible for most people. That's why everyone's in HO. 
