What's a good passenger car match for an RF&P MTH Premier Berkshire?

Although I don't think RFP ran the berk with pax, why don't you try to find a set of the RFP smoothside pax cars which are Premier and are beautiful.  They were in the same catalog as the RFP E-8's.  Mine look great.

Thanks for the idea, Bill. I had discounted those streamlined cars for two reasons, but your comment has me reconsidering...

The reasons were:

1). Those cars (20-6577) were from the early-ish days of MTH, and my anecdotal experience (I own a Powhatan Arrow aluminum premier set from 1996) with cars of that vintage has been that they lack the detail of later MTH Premier and even Railking cars. I've since realized, however, that the RF&P cars are from 2001, and not 1996, so perhaps they are better than the Powhatan Arrow set.

2). Did the RF&P run Berkshires into the streamlined era? I had thought that it wouldn't be very prototypical to run streamlined cars behind an early 20th century steam locomotive.

Rafi

The Berks ran on the RF&P from 1943-1952.

Tom

The RF&P classified their Berks as freight engines.

Since the RF&P mainly served as a connection between the SAL and ACL at Richmond and the Pennsylvania at Potomac Yard in Northern Va, it was probably much more common to see SAL, ACL, FEC, and PRR passenger cars on the RF&P than actual RF&P passenger cars. There were a number of NY to Florida passenger trains that were jointly operated by the PRR, RF&P, ACL, SAL, and FEC.  There were cars from all those roads mixed in to several of the trains passing through the RF&P.

Ken

If you can find the passenger cars that you like, there are some forum members who might be able to custom paint them for you.  I know this is extra money, but it is an opinion.  Just my 2 cents worth.  Good luck.

Killian

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