Who made this car?

Scratch-built?

bob2 posted:

Scratch-built?

Thats my hunch, but not sure

Holgate and Reynolds who then sold it to John Keil of Keil line Products. Cast ends and doors silk screened sides. We have the masters for the ends and doors.

Scale City Designs posted:

Holgate and Reynolds who then sold it to John Keil of Keil line Products. Cast ends and doors silk screened sides. We have the masters for the ends and doors.

Thanks!   I knew it wouldnt take long to find the answer here!

I'm amazed by the things that wash ashore on this site. Very good to know that Scale City got those ends and doors, do you know where the truck castings wound up? Wheels aside the side-frames in particular were fairly good for the prototype if a tad crude and a little soft; I'd want to sleeve the axle pockets for scale wheels sets.

I have three pairs of the 60' H&R C&NW sides, two used and one new if anyone here is interested; yours for the postage. Two are cab car sides, the other a straight coach.

I also have a similar single 80' set of nicely silks-screened sides in the two-tone grey SP Harriman as-delivered scheme. I wish I knew more about their origin as I'd like to find some more of them. I've been tempted by the Des Planes version; they're beautiful but I can't $wing more than one.

Pete

 

 

We might have the side frames. can anyone post a pic as if we have them we can make them as well. Our side frames are much stronger as we are using a jewelers pewter and NO ZINC to eliminate zinc rot. Is there any interest in these cars with a more detailed unpainted sides.

Do l interpret in the above comments that somebody could be able to make the sideframes for trucks for the LaBelle C&NW coach-built kit?

Coach-caboose kit...

SCD-  Here's some examples of the H&R truck. Obviously I'm primarily interested in the sideframes and bolster castings and not the wheel sets. If you can produce these in a sturdier alloy that would be great.

 

Scale City Designs posted:

Holgate and Reynolds who then sold it to John Keil of Keil line Products. Cast ends and doors silk screened sides. We have the masters for the ends and doors.

I used a lot of H&R HO sheet brick back in the day. As soon as I saw that Bi-level it reminded me of the HO version H&R did......that'd been my guess.....

Altpete thanks for posting the pic of the trucks, I will look to see if we have them. As i stated before our castings are a much harder metal than the HT trucks as he was primarily a doll house miniature supplier plus we supply brass bushings with our truck kits.

Colorado Hirailer we offer the Sierra truck for these cars here is a link:

http://www.scalecitydesigns.co...s-O-Scale_p_244.html

AMC DAVE you are correct HR did O and HO CN&W bilevel cars. I have the artwork for both.