Bob, Looks like you won the bet, outstanding!
Bud Rindfleisch
--- In [email protected], Robert_Hogan <robert_hogan@...> wrote:
>
> Attached (HOPEFULLY) are photos of a trio of just completed CB&Q BUDD
> Gallery commute cars (Chicago Bi-levels). As the story goes, the
> Friendly Espee borrowed the set of BUDD cars from the CB&Q to compare
> with their own Pullman-Standard built Gallery Cars. The SP's aged
> arch-roofed commute cars were in need of replacement and this set was
> sent west from Chicago and over Donner pass for Espee management to
> inspect and test before placing an order for more Gallery Cars. The
> FM Train Master (normal power on the Bay Area commutes) did the head-
> end honors on the dead-head trip west over Donner Pass while later the
> FM HH-12-44 switched the cars out for inspection.
>
> These are three custom-built cars that I just finished building using
> "stacked" AM body shells and "special order" The Supply Car BUDD
> passenger car kits. I'm guessing that these are the only BUDD Gallery
> cars ever built in S scale. They were built on kind of a bet that,
> most of my S friends thinking they couldn't be done. These cars are
> proof that a little creative thinking goes a long way in S scale.
>
> Bob Hogan
>
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