Hi Jim -- Don’t forget the B&O “Cincinnatian” with a 4-6-2 and five streamlined cars.... A rather snazzy little train set.
Bill Winans --------------------------- I tend to approach things more from a prototype POV. Sometimes you can actually look to the real world for examples! Not every 12 inch to the foot passenger train had 3+ locomotives and 12+ cars. My personal favorite, a train I'm modeling, is Rock Island's "Choctaw Rocket" - daily Memphis to Amarillo - E6a, RPO and three passenger cars. The "Nancy Hanks" and "Ann Rutledge" are two others that come to mind as short name trains. A quick look at some actual 1940's consists yielded Pennsy's "Liberty Limited" - 4-6-2 and 5 cars in December 1948. Two others that comprise a single locomotive and 4 or fewer cars were "The Gulf Coast Rebel" (GM&O) and the "Lookout" (NC&StL), again both in the 1940's. I believe MR, probably 20+ years ago, did a series on short passenger trains you can model for this very reason. Without the on-line all-time index I can't tell you which issue. Man do I miss that resource Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI
