If you can overlook the absence of one window, the All Nation 62' "N&W" coach looks good, done up for CNJ. The combine can be altered to also match a CNJ car, but one needs to extend the roof and floor for the baggage end vestibule.
What I did was cut the combine sides near the coach area windows and flip them left for right side. That placed the baggage area side window in its proper location. A pair of baggage end vestibule doors were made from aluminum roofer's flashing. The roof was extended from a scrap piece I had that matched as my kit had a Northeastern milled wood roof. Earlier AN kits had a milled roof unique to the AN line of kits. The floor was likewise extended with an additional piece of flooring glued on. The center sill strip helps strengthen that joint.
The two CNJ coaches shown below date from when I was a teen and have been rebuilt twice since. Champ decals were used to letter one of them. It has slanted letters which CNJ only used for a short while. Above the car number there is a "CNJ" note, indicating ownership /registry. The second coach with vertical lettering has a "CRP' note. For a few years in the early 1950's Jersey Central transferred some of its rolling stock to the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, which it owned, to reduce its State of New Jersey taxes.
I have one more CNJ car to do, the club car 'plainfield' which I saw a few times at the Jersey City Terminal. Yes, CNJ did not put a capital "P" on the name in the 1950's. The junker AN car I found to do this is the longer 72' coach, which is one window too long for a CNJ car! But I could shorten it to the correct number of windows, also trim back the roof and floor to match. Someday!
S. Islander
