Reply to "Pullman Std C&O/D&RGW/D&H"

Thanks to everyone so far for the very helpful replies. I have followed up by contacting Ted Brebeck of OK Streamliners in Mohawk, NY. Mr. Brebeck custom makes aluminum PS and Budd passenger equipment as O-scale and HO-scale kits.

I shared my thoughts with Mr. Brebeck about what the kits should look like and will repeat it here:

" Two years ago, I made the mistake of buying a 5-car D&H passenger set from Weaver Models that was very non-prototypical. My goal is to build a 1968 D&H Laurentian passenger train with equipment that once ran on the Rio Grande's "Royal Gorge" train, with the exception that, in 1968, the D&H did not use any domed coaches or sleepers:
 
http://www.drgw.org/data/passenger/RoyalGorge.htm
 
The window and door arrangements may be viewed here:
 
http://unionstationproducts.com/deleware_hudson.html
 
Photos of the prototypes may be viewed here:
 
http://passcarphotos.info/Indices/D&H.htm

...I am still trying to figure out how many of each type of car the Laurentian consist would have had. I assume it had one RPO/Baggage, one Baggage, one Diner/Lounge, one Lunch/Buffet, and at least two D&H coaches, plus whatever equipment the NYC would have attached to it in Albany. I'll worry about the NYC stuff later."

I can probably cannibalize the Weaver D&H set if Mr. Brebeck's kits lack trucks, pickups, etc.

For anyone else wishing to have Mr. Brebeck make custom PS or Budd kits, he can be reached at okengines@aol.com and his website is www.okengines.com.

I will let you know more when he responds to my email. Thanks again for your suggestions. This is a very helpful forum.