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Rivarossi Combine
Stan Kistler Photo, 2606, from Head End Cars.
ATSF Photo, 2602
These models are based on Santa Fe Rider cars 2602-08. 2602 is now at the Orange Empire Museum in Perris, CA. This car was not a Railway Post Office car, therefore the US Mail is incorrect marking. This car and its sisters worked exclusively on the Fast Mail #7/8. They were never air conditioned. The windows were divided into an upper and lower portion. At some point, probably in the early 1950s, the upper portion was plated over as in the Kistler photo above. They received roller bearing trucks later in life.
Minor work can make this into a highly detailed car.
Reference:
Car and Locomotive Plans for Model Railroaders. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, 1953. (Out of Print) Contains drawing.
Ellington, Frank M., and Joe. W. Shine. Head End Cars: Santa Fe Railway: Passenger Car Reference Series – Volume one. Highlands Ranch, CO: Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, 1999. Page 144-145 describes these cars with photos.
Frailey, Fred W. A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists. Godfrey, IL: RPC Publications, 1974. (Out of Print) Contains drawing on page 43, photos and floor plans on page 40.
Passenger Train Consists – Jan. 1937. New York: Wayner Publications, nd. (Out of Print) Santa Fe above from page 21.
Stagner, Lloyd E. ATSF Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1995. Color of 2603 on page 21.
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