Yes - and had many of the same issues.....
At 01:37 AM 9/11/2008, Aeolus3@aol.com wrote:
>Shoreham Shops, now Railway Classics did run the pre war coaches both
>undecorated and decorated....
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>In a message dated 9/10/2008 7:01:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>rgz17@comcast.net writes:
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>Unfortunately, if you model HO - the pre-war coach (any version)
>really isn't available. Whether missing the antenna, partial
>parlins, the cutout on the skirts, or various small details - or all
>of the above - the cars simply aren't available. Eagle Imports has
>one in their TZ set - but for $350+ you'd hope the car was right in
>the major sight attributes - yet they don't have the cutouts that
>make these cars so easy to discern in a train. Oriental's is a mix of
>versions, and it too is missing the cut outs. And of course, there
>are no plastic pre-war cars (in HO). Yeah, I know Charlie - they
>have them in N.
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>At 07:41 PM 9/10/2008, you wrote:
> >That might speak volumes though. The shorts coach going only so far
> >as GJ, as well as another. At some point, the pre-war cars had to
> >get their black roofs removed
> >- yet I've seen photos in the mid 50's at least where (at least) one
> >still had them.
> >It wasn't unusual to see the pre-war cars on the CZ; especially
> >before 1963-64. After that, they were typically used for
> >amplification of the "standard consist". BTW, being set out at GJ
> >typically meant the passengers went as far as Glenwood Springs (stop
> >for Aspen). The D&RGW occasionally added cars in Denver for that
> >segment as well, including one of the ex C&O dome coach-obs (made
> >into a mid-train car by virtue of a diaphragm fitted to the rear end).
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> >At 07:24 PM 9/10/2008, H H wrote:
> > >Bob,
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> > >It is interesting to see the pre-war flat top coach operating
> > >between Chicago and Grand Junction as the "set-out"
> > >coach. Interesting as well is to see Western Pacific Vista Dome
> > >Coach "Silver Thistle" operating between Chicago and Grand Jct., CO
> > >never quite making it to her home rails!
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> > >Good to see the CBQ #1291 "Mountain" Obs on the back of the second
> > >section of the DZ as well, heating up the rails across the
> > mid-west to Denver!
> > >
> > >Hubert
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>Bob Webber
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