Passenger cars for 783?

I would try the three-car set of Irvington series passenger cars. Like back in the 1950's that set was pulled by a Hudson too.  2625,2627,2628. Good luck

The size looks good, but as far as I know, they were never lettered for New York Central.  Can anyone tell me if I'm wrong?

 

You could also go with the two-tone gray 15" aluminum cars Lionel actually cataloged to match this Hudson in 1984.

I would look for a set of K-Line 15" cars.

Thank you, gentlemen.  I will look into all your suggestions.

 

Balshis: Don't know if you'd be interested or not, but I have a six car set of Williams "Replic-Kit" passenger cars lettered for NYC which I built back in the 80's that look good behind the scale Hudsons. 

If you are interested I can get some photos for you; the cars are Pullman green copies of the original Madison cars. Lettering is via dry transfers which I applied so the car numbers are different along with the car names.

I am not running them anymore and they need a good home.

Try the Williams 15" Madisons in 2 Tone gray.  Had this set along time ago behind a 783, looked super

Mike

Here are the Williams cars.

 

Williams NYC Cars

Ordered a 783?

Is somebody re-issuing or knocking off the Modern era 783 Hudson, or is the original poster writing about the 783 from 1984 (6-8406)

I'm sure he means he's ordered old stock from a dealer.

Correct.

 

Lionel has reissued the maroon Lionel Lines Madison/Irvington/Manhattan cars at least 4 times - in 1991, 1997, 2008, and 2011. These will look very good behind the 783 or any of the black semi-scale Hudsons. These cars also easily navigate O-31 diameter curves.

Lionel featured a set of NYC smooth sided aluminum passenger cars on the same page as the 784  in the Lionel Collector Series 1984 catalog. They were stock numbers 9594, 9495, 9596, 9597, and 9598.

A four car NYC standard "O" freight car set was also shown. I purchased the freight cars when they were current, long before I got the engine.

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Lionel has reissued the maroon Lionel Lines Madison/Irvington/Manhattan cars at least 4 times…

My problem with the Madison cars is that they're Lionel Lines, rather than NYC.  I don't think they're scale height/width, either, are they?

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Lionel featured a set of NYC smooth sided aluminum passenger cars on the same page as the 784  in the Lionel Collector Series 1984 catalog. They were stock numbers 9594, 9495, 9596, 9597, and 9598.

I had to look those numbers up.  They look pretty nice.


Thanks again to all who responded.  I've gotten some good leads, here.

Try this my friend,  World's Finest!- the Mighty "Hudson" Locos!  The set to have was a 1950's 773 with 2625 Irvington, 2627 Madison and 2628 Manhattan heavyweight pullmans with silhouettes.  Set # 2148WS.  The 773 was marked NYC!  You will be able to see the set in David Doyle book Lionel train sets 1945-1969. Good luck on your hunt, Bruce

Unfortunately, no they're not scale length, nor are the 9500 NYC aluminum cars. They match because the Hudson is not scale length either.

My posting about the 1984 catalog was an unintentional duplicate of information provided by PC9850.

Did anybody mention Williams cars?

At one time I had a five car set of Williams "Madison" cars decorated with a two tone grey NYC paint scheme. They were traditional length. They came in one large box, in Styrofoam, no individual boxes.

 

I don't need scale length.  It's scale height and width that I'm looking for:

 

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What I'd really like are cars that are short enough to go around the curves without ridiculous overhang, but still scale in height and width.

 

Just curious, what radius curves do you have?

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Now, I don't have a lot of room for my layout (curves are mainly 036, with a couple of 042)...

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I have a set of those cars available that came with the recent Lionel Conventional Classics Berkshire passenger set. They are exact remakes of the ones used on both the Berk and the 1950 Hudson.