Hi Bill; No arguing, I was not aware that LWS had made any cars in resin. The only boxcars I had seen from them were the styrene atrocities which came out for the Worcester NASG convention (I think). AM made their boxcar shortly after, and I think LWS left S scale about that time.
The ends on your model are definitely PS-1. Pullman made a small number of all welded lightweight cars in 1938-1940 period (I had to look that up) for a handful of railroads including NKP, CGW, UP and B&LE. Totals were in the 100s of cars. They had two variations of the Pullman "Car builders" end, like the SAL B-7 and some other cars; lightweight steel welded sides and a radial roof. Pullman Standard also produced thousands of cars to the standard riveted AAR design during the same period. In 1947 PS made the first PS-1 boxcar (the term PS-0 was coined by John Nehrich in the 1980's as shorthand for pre-war Pullman Standard light weight welded... the term was never used by Pullman Standard themselves). Most PS-1s were all welded, although C&NW at least had some riveted versions. Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 5/16/11, scale S only <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter -- > > Not to argue, but all I can say is that it came in a LWS > box from LWS. It > was a resin kit. It could also be a PS-1, > but I was under the impression > that all PS-1’s were welded, whereas the PS-0 was > riveted, which this car > is. I am not the > expert... In any case, it is an interesting > car, and > now that I have it out, I will do my best to find > underframe parts (on hand) > and get the details, paint and lettering done! > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > > > Nice model, but that's a PS-1, not a pre-war welded PS > boxcar ("PS-0" in > model RR terms). The pre-war car had the pointed ribs of > the PS "Car > builders" end, the same or very similar to the ends on the > SAL B-7 boxcar on > its way from SMMW. > > The car also looks more like a !@#$ Trainstuff model (cast > in Epoxy resin" > rather than the LWS cars which were injection molded in a > soapy styrene > plastic. > > Pieter E. Roos ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
