Hello Bob,
Trying to reach you off list but with this new format can't seem to find the right keystrokes. Can someone educate me how you send private emails with this new format or Bob you can contact me off list at (up148 at yahoo dot com).
Thanks,
Butch Holtgrieve
--- In [email protected], <lcs464@...> wrote:
Bob, Your work is way over the top, especially with the passenger cars. Really well done. mere words do not seem to be enough. You really rock!
Luther "S"tephens
--- In [email protected], Robert_Hogan <robert_hogan@...> wrote:
>
> Done! I just finished the last of my 1939 SP coast Daylight cars (a
> 13 car train), the triple-unit diner, and wanted to share the images.
> Photos are attached for the articulated diner plus one of the
> articulated chair cars for comparison (last two photos). These are
> all cut-down AM 81' shells with The Supply Car sides, BTS, Mid-Century
> and Union Station Products detail parts added. Paint is Scale-Coat
> and the decals are O and HO Micro-Scale. I consider these cars proof
> that one can adapt the AM shells and The Supply Car sides to most any
> 1937-1956 prototype, regardless of prototype length.
>
> This really makes a colorful addition to the Sierra Northern RR
> layout. With the PS fluted sides and multiple articulated cars, it is
> much more impressive than the smooth sided Shasta Daylight I built
> some 12 years ago. The Coast Daylight was operating for the NMRA
> Convention tour group last week (sans the triple-unit diners, natch)
> and drew good comments from our visitors.
>
> The new Coast Daylight streamliner was built by Pullman-Standard and
> introduced in 1937 to run between San Francisco and Los Angeles on a
> day time schedule with 9AM departures (The Lark made the all-Pullman
> night run) operating along the Espee's scenic Coast Division. The
> train was so popular that a second set of trains was ordered in 1939
> and the 1937 train sets were then made into the new Noon Daylight
> running between the same two cities with departures at 12:00 Noon.
> The 1939 train was very much like the 1937 set, consisting primarily
> of twin-unit chair cars and a single car baggage/chair, parlor, tavern
> and parlor observation cars. The big difference was the addition of
> the all new triple-unit diners. These cars featured a 70' Coffee Shop
> car, 57' kitchen car (serving both dining cars) and a 70' formal
> Dining car in the trailing position. The diner was traditional with
> full menu, white table cloths and silver. The Coffee Shop car had
> full waiter service but no table cloths and a more casual menu. The
> model represent the 1939 train as it would have appeared in 1950 as
> built, but with the middle skirts and full-width diaphragms removed.
> By 1951 the kitchen car would be rebuilt to match the newer 1949 built
> Shasta Daylight triple-unit diner layout with double side doors and
> service elevators.
>
> As discussed earlier, the triple-unit diner uses 6 wheel Commonwealth
> style trucks at the articulation points with SP triple-bolster trucks
> at the two car ends. The articulated chair cars use the SP triple-
> bolster trucks throughout.
>
> Bob Hogan
>
Luther "S"tephens
--- In [email protected], Robert_Hogan <robert_hogan@...> wrote:
>
> Done! I just finished the last of my 1939 SP coast Daylight cars (a
> 13 car train), the triple-unit diner, and wanted to share the images.
> Photos are attached for the articulated diner plus one of the
> articulated chair cars for comparison (last two photos). These are
> all cut-down AM 81' shells with The Supply Car sides, BTS, Mid-Century
> and Union Station Products detail parts added. Paint is Scale-Coat
> and the decals are O and HO Micro-Scale. I consider these cars proof
> that one can adapt the AM shells and The Supply Car sides to most any
> 1937-1956 prototype, regardless of prototype length.
>
> This really makes a colorful addition to the Sierra Northern RR
> layout. With the PS fluted sides and multiple articulated cars, it is
> much more impressive than the smooth sided Shasta Daylight I built
> some 12 years ago. The Coast Daylight was operating for the NMRA
> Convention tour group last week (sans the triple-unit diners, natch)
> and drew good comments from our visitors.
>
> The new Coast Daylight streamliner was built by Pullman-Standard and
> introduced in 1937 to run between San Francisco and Los Angeles on a
> day time schedule with 9AM departures (The Lark made the all-Pullman
> night run) operating along the Espee's scenic Coast Division. The
> train was so popular that a second set of trains was ordered in 1939
> and the 1937 train sets were then made into the new Noon Daylight
> running between the same two cities with departures at 12:00 Noon.
> The 1939 train was very much like the 1937 set, consisting primarily
> of twin-unit chair cars and a single car baggage/chair, parlor, tavern
> and parlor observation cars. The big difference was the addition of
> the all new triple-unit diners. These cars featured a 70' Coffee Shop
> car, 57' kitchen car (serving both dining cars) and a 70' formal
> Dining car in the trailing position. The diner was traditional with
> full menu, white table cloths and silver. The Coffee Shop car had
> full waiter service but no table cloths and a more casual menu. The
> model represent the 1939 train as it would have appeared in 1950 as
> built, but with the middle skirts and full-width diaphragms removed.
> By 1951 the kitchen car would be rebuilt to match the newer 1949 built
> Shasta Daylight triple-unit diner layout with double side doors and
> service elevators.
>
> As discussed earlier, the triple-unit diner uses 6 wheel Commonwealth
> style trucks at the articulation points with SP triple-bolster trucks
> at the two car ends. The articulated chair cars use the SP triple-
> bolster trucks throughout.
>
> Bob Hogan
>
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