Hello again to all...somewhat related to my previous post:
Are there any decent references out ther on CP passenger equipment?
Dale Wilson’s “From Abbey to Zorra via Bagdad” is worth getting. It has lots
of photos of cars from the time period you’re interested in. The only downside
is it is a difficult book to find. Other than that there are a few Morning Sun
books that have photos of trains but there is no general reference guide for
CPR passenger cars like there is for CN. There are people working on
definitive CPR passenger car reference book there is no ETA on when it will be
ready. In the meantime ask the list.
Again, I'm looking to put together a late 40's-early '50's passenger
train in HO, probably a secondary train as power will be a G-3g. I've
The G3g class is a mainline engine and would be found at the front of almost
anything. The G3g class was delivered in both freight and passenger livery -
engines 2388-2399 were passenger service Tuscan red and gold leaf lettering;
engines 2400-2417 in freight black panels and gold paint lettering. The
passenger service engines were reassigned to freight service in the winter of
1941. Those engines would eventually have been eventually repainted to freight
lettering.
looked at the Rapido cars, but understand that they are correct only
for CN, but just how incorrect are they? I've looked at pics of the
Depends on how accurate you want to be. The CN cars are 85’-4½” over buffers
compared to 83’-10½”. Regardless of what the VH model looks like the CPR car’s
side is curved. The only flat area on the side is the window frame area. The
CPR cars ride on different trucks and there are numerous other details that are
different. When you know how to spot the CPR car you’ll be able to pick them
out pretty easily.
Jeff
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