Looks good!
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Looks good!
Another question: How did you fabricate and install the railing seen in the windows?
TA, if you provided this info already in one of your previous threads on this project, just point me in the right direction and I'll find what I need.
Thank you for the information and the research you obviously spent some time in completing. I first became aware of the existence of Wabash UP cars when visiting my son in Los Angeles a few years ago. We went to the Allied Model Train store (it was still open) where many of the Hollywood stars purchase trains for their hobby. Frank Sinatra was one customer that comes to mind.
While in the store I noticed an O gauge metal (presumably aluminum, but possibly brass) consist of UP cars, one of which had the "Wabash" in UP red over the entrance door of the car. I didn't check the name on the side of the car and was going to talk with the clerk concerning manufacturer details. However, we got caught up in other searches and left without gaining additional information.
Martin
Pingman posted:Another question: How did you fabricate and install the railing seen in the windows?
TA, if you provided this info already in one of your previous threads on this project, just point me in the right direction and I'll find what I need.
Hi Pingman,
I used a 1/32" solid brass rod from the hobby store. Painted the rod silver and then attached it to the the inside of the K-Line shell. Based on my photos from outside the cars, it looked like the handrail should be mounted about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the window.
Some of the photos from inside the cars included the pulldown shade so I could not use these images for measuring the handrail location.
I like how this handrail looks from the outside of my sleeping cars. When I have time I will go back through my diner, coach and observation dome lounge car to add this extra handrail detail in their hallways.
Thanks for the info; it is a very nice detail.
Martin Dougherty posted:Thank you for the information and the research you obviously spent some time in completing. I first became aware of the existence of Wabash UP cars when visiting my son in Los Angeles a few years ago. We went to the Allied Model Train store (it was still open) where many of the Hollywood stars purchase trains for their hobby. Frank Sinatra was one customer that comes to mind.
While in the store I noticed an O gauge metal (presumably aluminum, but possibly brass) consist of UP cars, one of which had the "Wabash" in UP red over the entrance door of the car. I didn't check the name on the side of the car and was going to talk with the clerk concerning manufacturer details. However, we got caught up in other searches and left without gaining additional information.
Martin
Hi Martin,
For more information about your joint Wabash/Union Pacific City of St.Louis train I would recommend getting this 35 page magazine from the TRRA-HTS.
According to their website "This issues examined the birth of the "City of St. Louis" streamliner, a joint Wabash/Union Pacific train between St. Louis-Kansas City-Denver and Pacific coast points. The train was inaugurated from St. Louis Union Station in 1946 with much fanfare. Included in the feature are photos of equipment, including the dome lounge-observation car with its rare "City of St. Louis-Domeliner" neon tail sign, maps, timetable information, operational notes and equipment lists. Naturally, a good bit of the magazine is devoted to the operation of the train in and out of St. Louis Union Station and the headaches that were caused when the long train had to be doubled over on two tracks when arriving. Special contributors include William F. Howes, Jr., Steve Parsons, Frederick Gamst, William Warren and early 1947 era photos from the collection of Joe Collias."
Here is a link to the TRRA website: http://trra-hts.railfan.net/issue3738.html If they dont have anymore of this 1996 issue for sale maybe they can tell you where to purchase one.
This issue is 24 years old, has black and white photos and information about your train like:
Thanks,
Just peering at the cover of that book, and not to hijack the thread, it’s interesting to see that UP Erie-built Fairbanks-Morse diesel pictured. It looks like it was used to pull the City of St. Louis but I can’t recall that engine being made in 3rail O scale.
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