Bob, I think I purchased two of those cars from PRS back when, and I noticed that at the Chattanooga, Ron still had a batch of the cars for sale. Two problems with the cars he did: One car was lettered in the 90000-series. Problem is that the 90000-series consisted of 50 cars that were so-called PS-0s, had radial roofs, Pullman proprietary ends, and nine welded panels on each side of the door. The cars Ron had numbered in the 91 or 92000-series are closer to correct. Problem there was that those cars also had Pullman proprietary ends, rather than the standard 4/5 dreadnaught. No CGW steel car ever had a Viking roof, and the two cars I purchased did not have that feature in the kits either. The car I have in the 90000-series I will simply renumber into the 91 or 92000-series. The other one I have built and will leave the ends. It's not real close but one cannot fuss about everything. If it were not for Ron we would not have much of what we have.
Tom Baker From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Werre Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Pacific Rail Shops? DesPlains did a run of PRS cars for the CGW that had the Viking roof. That was still when PRS was still in business. I need to build mine someday. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > > Other than the CASG 2010 S Fest EJ&E 40' boxcars this past June, I beleive > the C&EI 40 footers are the only recent box cars. > > You have to remember, DPH/SSA also got booted out by Sanda Kan and has to > reestablish their operations elsewhere. > > Rich G(ajnak) > > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, "etuson" > <etuson@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, "gsc3" > > <gsc3@> wrote: > > > To be precise, doesn't Des Plaines only offer some of the reefers and > > > covered hoppers, but none of the boxcars presently? This might be > > > important for newcomers to know if it is the case. > > > > Ron did release a C&EI box car since taking on the PRS product line. I am > > not aware of other new roadnames on the box cars. > > > > Earl Tuson > > >
