True the Athearn cars are 72’ long, not the prototype 85’. This was done to run on the sharp curves, ie 18”-22”, that were common on the sheet of plywood layouts when Athearn first issued these cars. Bev-Bel offered a lot of paint schemes on Athearn cars, because Athearn was about the only game in town for HO freight cars. Bev-Bel filled a nitch for folks looking for their favorite road names which Athearn did not offer. Prototype fidelity was not a concern back in the day, after all a boxcar was a boxcar was a boxcar. Or in this case a passenger car was a passenger car was a passenger car. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of John Trulson
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bev-Bel Blackhawk Car? I believe one of the main problems with the older Athearn passenger cars was they were to short compared to prototype. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bev-Bel Blackhawk Car? Bryan, Attached is a link to a good web site for Bev Bel info. Unfortunately, there are no Pullman photos under CB&Q stuff. Nolen Null
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From: Bryan Howell via Groups.Io <tubaman21=yahoo.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 7, 2019 9:14 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bev-Bel Blackhawk Car? Thanks for the information, Charlie. If it is close, I may just hold onto it for a background car. Yes, it is an Athearn car that was lettered by Bev-Bel. Are there any photos of the car? I wasn't able to find anything using Google, but I may not have used the right combo of keywords.
Bryan J. Howell
Superior, WI
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