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Prototypes for N scale
passenger cars, and some complete trains
by Fred Klein
Part 1: Wood
and Heavyweight steel cars; purpose of this effort; books
Part 2:
Streamlined lightweight corrugated cars: Arnold-Concor
Part 3:
Streamlined lightweight corrugated cars: Kato
Part 4:
Streamlined lightweight corrugated cars: Model power-Rowa; JnJ
Part 5:
Streamlined lightweight smooth side cars
Part 6: Amtrak (under reconstruction with new models)
Train models with
prototypical consists
Each part is 1-2 megabytes of
text, models and matching prototype photos.
I suggest reading the introduction (purpose) in part 1 first. Pages were
mostly done in 2005 (with minor revisions in 2011). Most N scale passenger cars
(except the generic cars from Con cor) issued after
2005 are prototypically accurate for the roads in which they are decorated
(from companies like Kato, Intermountain, Wheels of time, Micro-trains, and to
a lesser extent Walthers). Even though the “part” pages
have not been updated, they are useful for many available passenger cars. The
train model pages have many more recent models with indications of how close to
prototypical they are, but without companion prototype photos.
The train models pages are an
attempt to model specific streamlined trains, car for car, using both
off-the-shelf and customized cars. New
trains will be added as I complete them.
Pages revised 2010.
I generated these htm pages with Microsoft Word.
I’ve enjoyed researching and
writing this. I know many modelers can
help improve these pages because they know more than I do, and have different
books. I have identified at least one
prototype for most cars, but would like to know of additional railroads that
ran the same car. Please send any new
prototype information, comments or scans of photographs. I will include you and your information in
future releases. This is a work in
progress, and information is better when it’s shared.
Email Fred at klein.fred@comcast.net
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