Not arguing what the illustration is, but rather than an HO, they could have used the O scale Intermountain car, which is a good representation of an actual AAR prototype, and the NC&StL lettering scheme was one of the last offerings before they sold all the dies to Atlas. I have one and like it.
Since the PRS dies seem to be essentially scaled-down versions of the Intermountain boxcars and refrigerator cars, they would have been an obvious choice, had any been available for the project. Given the current bull market for PRS cars, especially the 40' ones, on the resale market, it would make sense if Ron Sebastian could re-run them--although perhaps there the bottleneck might be that he has sent the dies to the PRC to have production assembled there, and with the mess caused by greed there, his access to necessary skilled labor to assemble them has been cut off. And much as those of us who prefer kits would like to see SSA offer them unbuilt again, I suspect market forces indicate that profitability lies in selling them ready-to-run; if selling kits was a real money-maker it is probable PRS would not have sold the line. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > The NASG text says it's an AM car, the photo is of an HO Intermountain car, > and appears to have come from an Ebay auction (searching Google images turns > up the exact photo). > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-INTERMOUNTAIN-YESTERYEAR-40-BOX-CAR-NC-StL-18537-/380351169396 > > If it is a AM car, it will have different ends and roof as well as details. > This should be clearly stated on the convention car page... > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Fri, 8/19/11, Don Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Bill, > > Those sure look like PRS hand grabs as well as there > > a rectangular panel roof. I am sure Ron S. can helps > > us with this... > > Don > > > > On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:12 PM, scale S only wrote: > > > It looks to be an AM car. > > > > > > Have fun! > > > Bill W. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
