Just wanted to add another vote for doing these in HO scale.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Vlk [SMTP:charlie@k...]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 3:54 PM
> To: BRHSlist@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Budd Car Consists
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> Roger-
> Both the Con-Cor and Kato cars ran on the Q until the end of passenger
> service and many went into Amtrak service.
> Con-Cor chose the California Zephyr cars....with modifications such as a
> full length smooth letterboard instead of corrugated with name panels and
> cutouts in the trucks above the trucks to clear swing on curves.
> Also, the dome-observation repeats an error made on the first set of brass
> CZ cars in that the observation end roof is the same height as the front
> end
> of the car instead of being higher like the CZ prototype.
> The genealogy of the cars Kato modeled are explained on our website. They
> were generally pool service cars (except for the Twin Cities Zephyr dome
> car
> and the DZ / NCL pool Slumbercoaches which had more or less fixed
> assignments). They
> didn't show up on the WP as the CZ was a dedicated trainset. The 10-6
> Pullman is the exception...it is from the second order of cars for the CZ
> and in fact one of our cars carries the CZ name on the letterboard. The
> dome could pass as a CZ car if you want the Kato model for your train.
> The two brands of cars look okay together and you can mix and match them.
> Charlie
> BRHS Member and
> Kato USA R&D
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bnsf6340@h...>
> To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 3:23 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Budd Car Consists
>
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> > I'm probably going to get flooded with responses, but I have to know:
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> > Kato produced the Budd Car series in N-Scale. So did Con Cor. Are
> > both series correct and for what era's? Did these cars ever run mixed
> > in consists on any Zephyr (particular emphasis on WP)? What was the
> > normal number of cars in a consist and their type? Finally, what was
> > the most number cars run in the consists?
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> > I'm primarily a GN/NP modeler, but I have not overlooked the CB&Q
> > connection (I also model BN/BNSF).
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> > TIA for any help,
> > Roger Dedrick
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