GG1 4877 posted:The CNJ cars built in the late 20's were not paired windows. If you look closely at all mass produced O scale coaches with the exception of the Atlas Trainman commuter cars the windows are paired. In other words the divider between the windows had a single row of rivets for each pair of windows and then a double row of rivets, which is wider, between separate pairs of windows. The effect is a wide, skinny, wide, skinny pattern across the cars for the dividers between windows. CNJ and many east coast commuter cars instead are evenly spaced single windows.
While some may not be concerned about this detail, it is pretty noticeable if you know about it. Having grown up around these cars and then been in several in tourist service its a detail that matters to me.
Hope that helps. I don't have access to my images at the office at the moment!
Jonathan,
I noticed that this MTH Premier New York Central Madison car (18-inch) has equally-spaced windows with two rows of rivets - but 3-axle trucks.
MELGAR
