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Rivarossi Diner
Updated 11/24/00
1457 at San Diego, J. Dobyne photo, Richard Hendrickson collection.
1458 at San Diego, W. C. Whittaker Photo; Richard Hendrickson collection
This car is not the 1418. It is from Plan 3391, Lot 4637, and carried the numbers 1456-1463. These 8 cars were built by Pullman in 1922.
To make your Rivarossi car match, you will need to remove the louvered vents on the sides at the dining room end and totally rework the roof and undercarriage to match your air conditioned or original version. The kitchen windows on the model have vertical dividers which should be removed. At some time around 1950 the upper portion of the large windows was plated over, as in the Whittaker photo above. The Santa Fe sill can be accented better as well.
Painting is more critical for this can than for most. All of the 1456 series except one was painted in the shadow-lined paint scheme during the late 40s. Hendrickson lists the following dates for change from coach green to shadow-lined to two-tone gray. See his book for greater painting details.
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Car |
Shadow Lined |
2 Tone Gray |
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1456 |
3-3-48 |
Late 51 |
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1457 |
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11-28-49 |
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1458 |
1-17-48 |
5-31-50 |
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1459 |
4-18-49 |
8-14-51 |
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1460 |
1-12-48 |
9-21-50 |
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1461 |
12-6-48 |
Mid 51 |
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1462 |
9-28-49 |
11-26-51 |
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1463 |
1-4-49 |
10-4-50 |
For those interested in the 1400-1418 series, Plan 7128 (1400-1413), 7128A (1414-1417) and 7128B (1418) are illustrated below. The Rivarossi car can serve as parts for scratch building these more common cars.
ATSF drawing 1400 -1418
Pullman photo 1414
The kitchen side of this plan had four sets of windows in the kitchen, not three, and they were spaced closer. Photos of the opposite side of 1418 appear as 1468 below.
Photo by Owen Leander, Robert J. Yanosey collection, from ATSF Color Guide.
On the corridor side, there was a single window near the vestibule end with the door moved more toward the middle of the car. The three windows on this end of the car also need to move more toward the middle.
Pullman records show the following steel dining cars constructed for the Santa Fe:
Lot 4253, 15 cars, (1442-1455), blt. 1914, Plan 2820 (two vestiblules)
Lot 4637, 8 cars, (1456-1463), blt. 1922, Plan 3391
Lot 4806, 1 car, (1464), blt. 1924, Plan 7059 (Full width kitchen)
Lot 4984, 9 cars, (1465-1473), blt. 1926, Plan 7059A (Full width kitchen)
Lot 6094, 2 cars (1400 & 1401), blt. 1927, Plan 7128
Lot 6118, 10 cars (1402 to 1411), blt. 1927, Plan 7128
Lot 6243, 2 cars (1412 & 1413), blt. 1928, Plan 7128
Lot 6344, 4 cars (1414 to 1417), blt. 1929, Plan 7128A
Lot 6344, 1 car (1418), blt. 1929, Plan 7128B
Photo of 1449, by W. C. Whittaker, Richard Hendrickson collection.
This plan has two vestibules.
Reference
Car and Locomotive Plans for Model Railroaders. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, 1953. This out of print publication has drawings of plan 7128.
Frailey, Fred W. A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists. Godfrey, IL: RPC Publications, 1974. Out of print. Page 29 has a photo of 1406, Pullman photo.
Hendrickson, Richard. Santa Fe Railway Painting and Lettering Guide. Santa Fe Modelers, 1998.
Passenger Train Consists – Jan. 1937. New York: Wayner Publications, nd. Has a photo on page 17 of 1468. Out of print.
Stagner, Lloyd E. ATSF Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1995. Page 26 has a color photo of 1468.
Santa Fe Diesels and Cars. New York: Wayner Publications, 1974. Page 31 shows car 1406, Pullman photo. Out of print.
Train Shed Cyclopedia #8 is the source of the above floor plan.
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