@Rusty Traque posted:Frankly, If Ron were to run the passenger cars just lettered Reading, consider yourself lucky. I don't think he'd tool up a new roof for them. There's always Pre-Size for roofs.
I managed to get AM 80 footers around 33" radius with body mounted 802's. I tapered the sides of the coupler box openings to allow for a tad more swing for the couplers. Also made sure the little casting nub on the shank was removed.
Any easements I had were purely unintentional...
Rusty
The heavyweights with the clerestory roofs are prototypically correct. The 72’ length is also correct for Reading coaches. I have some pictures of them with G1 Pacifics and P7 Atlantics. The P7 is the prototype for the AC Gilbert Atlantics. It would be a good match. And as Rusty pointed out, Pre-Size has the round roofs and Garland vents.
My easements are out of John Armstrong’s book, which is why the 80’-ers make it around on the 33”R.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
