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Reply to "027 trains are still fun! Photos of my own creations... more added 12/27/20"

Nice work Bill. It looks like you put some kind of interiors into the cars, or maybe it's some kind of framing or treatment to the windows. 

We often see posts addressed to the train companies, when are you going to make this? Then people assume the train companies don't listen or don't care. Wrong. They have to have enough demand for a product, so that they can make a quantity that will cover the production costs. Or tooling and R&D if it's a totally new item. A lot of money these days especially given the small production run numbers that I am aware of.

So how long would it have taken for one of the train makers to make Spokane Portland & Seattle passenger cars of any kind? Never mind tinplate. It's the same question I've often asked myself, about the 027 products I'd like to see made, which is why I do what I do.

Maybe repaints don't have much value (unless it is something that someone specifically wants), but I highly doubt the original badly rusted cars Bill T. started off with had much value either, other than possibly sentimental, if even that. One thing for certain: I'm sure the cars look far better now than they did when Bill got them. And he has something he wanted in a road name he likes. Sounds like a win/win to me.

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