Was that a mental lapse (goodness knows I have them increasingly frequently)?
Did you mean CLOSED-vestibule?
The open vestibule stock were based on B&M [mostly] commuter stock. And the
O&W "Great Splinter Fleet" were
primarily closed-vestibule equipment with the remaining open-end cars rapidly
becoming MOW equipment.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> The Kinsman wood kit, open vestibule cars were modeled after the NYNH&H
> cars.
> The O&W open end cars (prototype) were built in two different series by
> Jackson & Sharpe and Ohio Falls. The model recently scratchbuilt by Bill
> Monahagan are close to the O&W Jackson & Sharpe cars, except, short by one
> window.
> Jeff Sankus
>
> > The Kinsman cars were sold either open or closed vestibule. The open were
> > (as someone noted) B&M prototype, the closed vestibule are generally close
> > to New Haven and (I think) NYO&W cars.
> > Pieter E. Roos
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