Tom, Thanks for the input regarding the CGW cars. Mine is in the 92000
range and I also stand corrected--it doesn't have the Viking roof. I
had purchased one at the same time for a CNW car. Do you have a source
for the Pullman ends--Standard Railway ??
Bob Werre
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
