Dave and Anyone Else Who Cares,
The Chester cars and the JC Models cars that followed them, along with
several other bits of S Scale history (Mid Gauge?) are best used to model cars
from Pullman Standard or ACF prototypes because of the smooth roofs. By
smooth I mean that they didn't
Dave, I hope someone more knowledgeable than I will be able to report on
what railroad prototype was used for making the Chester or JC Models cars.
But I doubt they were based on the Southern Crescent cars.
Chester and JC Models cars have ACF fluting. I have seen them described
as
I have surmised for many years that the old Chester streamlined cars with the
stamped aluminum sides were patterned after the cars of the SOU's Southern
Crescent passenger train. Are there any known exceptions to this?
Dave Engle
