I recently purchased a Walthers heavyweight diner painted Pullman Green with ribbon lettering. There were 8 of these diners, with prototype numbers #170 - #177. The model does not include the car num
Glen I can't help with your substantive question and you haven't mentioned a target date but ...... Diners #170 and 173 were renumbered to 307-8 in 1952 and 8/63 respectively Exposition Flyer Burling
I'm not sure about the "correctness" of the numbers - this is a Southern prototype car. So, anything you do is going to be a compromise of sorts. I haven't really looked at one that close, so I'm not
Rupert: Thanks. Your information helps. My target is the mid-60's. I'm only trying for a reasonable replica as the Walthers cars is not a Q prototype. Based on your information, I will probably use #
Burlington steel dining cars are even more interesting than anyone thought!!!! It seems the CB&Q had a long-term relationship with the Florida roads and leased diners to them going back to the early