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StevefromPA posted:
chug posted:

 

French Hornby  O gauge Orient Express passenger cars. Only 2 cars are pictured, but I actually acquired 4. I have been trying to find these cars for some time to go behind my NORD 4-4-2. Now I need to find replacement wheel sets for the cars as zinc pest has attacked the original wheels.

Eric

TCA, LCCA, Ives Train Society

Speaking of love,  I love Passenger cars, plus yours are from the famous Orient Express, so bump up there! 

The Hornby blue CIWL restaurant and sleeper car and the matching Nord 4-4-2 were called the "Riviera Blue Train" by Hornby. This train ("Le Train Bleu" in French) was at least as famous as the Oriënt Express in the thirties and brought rich English people for their holidays from Paris to the Cote d'Azur.  It was the first train to have the luxurious type LX sleeping car which only held 10 passengers and this train was  more luxurious then the Oriënt Express.

Regards

Fred

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

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