What to pull? A little input, please.

Take a Look a the SP passenger cars in their catalog.

Check out either; www.westerndepot.com or www.trainworld.com for some good deals on left over Williams passenger sets. 

DOn't buy directly from Bachmann/Williams as you will pay 40% more on most items compared to an internet vendor.

 

Lee Fritz

If you already have some rolling stock, regardless of type (freight or passenger), size, and roadname, I'd say use that, at least for now.  Something is better than nothing.  I originally wanted separate coach sets for each of my passenger engines, but anymore, I'm content to just let them all share my Pennsy Flyer O27 coach set.

Once again, "It's your layout..." responses are not helpful. Opinions were requested.

I don't  -have- any on the subject, but I think he knows that he is sovereign on his

layout.

15" Williams Daylight passenger cars should look just fine and probably offer you the least amount of dollars to get them.

Don't bring that up in there forum either it will get deleted and in my case I was deleted also lol. 

You got a great deal on those locos! Congrats.

 

I'll second Passenger Train Collector's idea of 15" Williams daylight passenger cars. I'd add that any brand 15" passenger cars bought used would be the best deal going.

 

Enjoy!

 

I believe the "Black Widow" paint scheme was SP's freight guise; tripleo's set is in Daylight colors.  Regardless, I think it would look just fine in freight or passenger service.

If you want passenger cars keep your eyes open on the bay and make sure you get a lot of pics from seller but I remember not that long ago I got a set of rail-king passenger cars with interior for about the same price I was looking at Williams with just the strips of people in the windows. also to be fair the Williams where like 80' and these where 60' I think anyway there as about a inch and a half difference in length but being able to add people to the cars really made the difference. 

Thanks for the input (and the output) 

 

Kind of watching a five car MTH passenger set on Ebay. We'll see how that goes. 18" cars, which should look fairly decent, especially when the layout I'm building consists of two long stretches of straight track with one 90 degree curve and reversing loops on the ends. I'm in no hurry, though, because it will take awhile to get the thing constructed.  I'm constructing it in sections so I can sneak in and install it in the dead of night then make my getaway - hopefully getting it done before the employees come in to open up in the morning.

I second the recommendation of 15" Williams cars.

-Greg

I like MTH Premier sets, too. In 1998 a set of 5 (20-6523) had smooth sides. They were complemented with a 2-car Sleeper and Diner Add-On (20-6623) and a full-length Vista Dome (a.k.a. "Super Dome") in 1999 (20-6717).

 

In l999 MTH made ribbed cars: 20-6529; 20-6629; 20-6719, respectively.

 

These cars can be taken apart to add passengers.

 

In the Gold (Dealers') Hall at the York Meet I see color window strips for Williams postwar 15" aluminum streamliners and 60' Madison heavyweight cars. I installed them and they really look good.

 

Some modelers put photos of family members, friends and pets on window strips. Thye look good, too.

The one I'm kind of keeping an eye on is the 20-6529. I like the idea of "open" windows, but am not adverse to using those with window strips at all.

 

So, which do you think would look better in the long run - 15 or 18 inch cars. I've designed the reverse loops to each have approximately 220 inches of track. Doubt that I well ever run a train that long on this layout, but it's nice to know it's there if I ever need it.