On the "What did you do on your layout" posting, I mentioned kitbashing an Industrial Rail trolley into a gas electric. I have a stash of Walthers Gas Electric Kits, parts, and a couple of started scratchbuilds of other gas electrics (found two that may save me from building a body, but they need work). I also have some sets of Walthers metal sides, that have been found alone. The common Walthers kit has sides with an RPO door, two RPO windows next to it, a space, a baggage door, and then a line of passenger windows. While rooting around I found two unusual Walthers gas elect. sides, both with the RPO door, BUT three RPO windows spread out behind it, and NO baggage door. The bad thing is: these are not a pair but two, also different, right sides, one riveted as usual, the other completely smooth, no rivets, but the usual window indentations. Now, I know there was an HO kit built by Walthers that was not the usual C&NW, but, I think, GM&O?. I just wonder if they did offer that in O scale, too, but...why two versions of sides? (anybody have the left side of these?)
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