<*>[Attachment(s) from Robert_Hogan included below] Done! I just finished the last of my 1939 SP coast Daylight cars (a 13 car train), the triple-unit diner, and wanted to share the images. Photos are attached for the articulated diner plus one of the articulated chair cars for comparison (last two photos). These are all cut-down AM 81' shells with The Supply Car sides, BTS, Mid-Century and Union Station Products detail parts added. Paint is Scale-Coat and the decals are O and HO Micro-Scale. I consider these cars proof that one can adapt the AM shells and The Supply Car sides to most any 1937-1956 prototype, regardless of prototype length.
This really makes a colorful addition to the Sierra Northern RR layout. With the PS fluted sides and multiple articulated cars, it is much more impressive than the smooth sided Shasta Daylight I built some 12 years ago. The Coast Daylight was operating for the NMRA Convention tour group last week (sans the triple-unit diners, natch) and drew good comments from our visitors. The new Coast Daylight streamliner was built by Pullman-Standard and introduced in 1937 to run between San Francisco and Los Angeles on a day time schedule with 9AM departures (The Lark made the all-Pullman night run) operating along the Espee's scenic Coast Division. The train was so popular that a second set of trains was ordered in 1939 and the 1937 train sets were then made into the new Noon Daylight running between the same two cities with departures at 12:00 Noon. The 1939 train was very much like the 1937 set, consisting primarily of twin-unit chair cars and a single car baggage/chair, parlor, tavern and parlor observation cars. The big difference was the addition of the all new triple-unit diners. These cars featured a 70' Coffee Shop car, 57' kitchen car (serving both dining cars) and a 70' formal Dining car in the trailing position. The diner was traditional with full menu, white table cloths and silver. The Coffee Shop car had full waiter service but no table cloths and a more casual menu. The model represent the 1939 train as it would have appeared in 1950 as built, but with the middle skirts and full-width diaphragms removed. By 1951 the kitchen car would be rebuilt to match the newer 1949 built Shasta Daylight triple-unit diner layout with double side doors and service elevators. As discussed earlier, the triple-unit diner uses 6 wheel Commonwealth style trucks at the articulation points with SP triple-bolster trucks at the two car ends. The articulated chair cars use the SP triple- bolster trucks throughout. Bob Hogan <*>Attachment(s) from Robert_Hogan: <*> 6 of 6 Photo(s) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/attachments/folder/232334145/item/list <*> DSC_0047.jpg <*> DSC_0051.jpg <*> DSC_0054.jpg <*> DSC_0057.jpg <*> DSC_0060.jpg <*> DSC_0063.jpg ------------------------------------ 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/
