Bob, Your work is way over the top, especially with the passenger cars. Really well done. mere words do not seem to be enough. You really rock!
Luther "S"tephens --- In [email protected], Robert_Hogan <robert_hogan@...> wrote: > > 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 > ------------------------------------ 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/
