Roundhouse Bill posted:Rusty, you are partly correct. I was the person who initially contacted Ron after I talked with Ryan Kunkle at Lionel to confirm that Lionel wasn't going to make the cars. Later, I also got the paint numbers from Ryan because Ron wanted them, but then didn't really match the paint.
Mark and I partnered in convincing Ron to build the cars. Mark also provided lots of information on the cars Frisco used with names for each type and the number of wheels on each truck.
When I got the article in the S Gaugian we used photos of the train from Mark's layout. It was a partnership.
I am wondering if we could get Ron to make passenger coaches for coming Legacy Berkshire Golden Spike Limited that is being produced. That was the special train to celebrate 100th year of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1969. It is the blue one in the catalog. I have one ordered.
Anybody Interested???
That was so disappointing to get them and have them not match the loco. I never run them anymore because of that; I am tired of people asking "Why doesn't the paint match?" They'll land on ebay soon.
Brendan
