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Rivarossi Pullman
This is the a 12-1 Pullman sleeping car. Even though 12-1's were the most common configuration sleeping cars in the Pullman stable (totaling 3957), this Plan 3410-B only fit 80 cars and were rare on the Santa Fe. When Pullman sold the cars in 1948, none of this plan went to ATSF. 12-1s worked regularly on the ATSF, but the 8-1-2 and 10-2 were more common.
The St. Croix was a 12-1 built in 1923, Plan 3410, Lot 4724. In 1948 it went to the New York Central.
Tom Madden reports: "In 1935 the Santa Fe installed SE A/C in 40 assorted 12-1 Pullmans at the Topeka Shops. They were all assigned to the Santa Fe, not to Pool service. Thirty one of them were converted to 14-section Tourist cars (9 in 1937 and 22 in 1940) and eventually painted TTG for the Scout. T.C. 3110 (ex-McDowell) was wrecked on the Santa Fe in 1945, but the nine remaining named 12-1's were still operating in 1950, quite possibly still assigned to the Santa Fe even though they were owned by Pullman. They were 3410's East Byars, East Cairo, McCallum, McClosky, McConaughy, McConnico, McKell and McWade, and 3410A Red Pheasant."
If you are modeling the 1935-55 period, you could add SE air and rename this car to one of the 9 listed above.
In 1953, Santa Fe converted 16 Point and Peak series 10-2 sleepers, 10 General series sleepers (10-lounge), and 7 of the 14 sec. tourist sleepers into coaches.
New England Rail Service makes conversion kits for the kitbasher to add air conditioning ducts to the Rivarossi cars and to convert the Rivarossi 12-1 Pullman to other Pullman configurations. Their kits include:
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10-2 |
Peak and Point series. |
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311 |
14 sec |
"Famous Men" series . |
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315 |
8-1-2 |
Cent… series. Most common HWT on ATSF |
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250 |
Pullman Air Conditioning Duct |
Branchline has announced the production of Peak and Point series and Cent… series cars for late 2000. (see separate sites.)
Reference;
Passenger Train Consists – Jan. 1937. New York: Wayner Publications, nd. Page 48 shows air conditioned McGavick but goes on to explain that it was not one which frequented the ATSF. A list of 47 12-1s which ran on the ATSF and the trains they served.
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, 1. Chesterfield, MO: RP CYC Pub., 1997. Includes a detailed article and photos, Plan 3410 12-1 Pullman Cars, Part 1. This series details how to rearrange the windows to produce other Pullman configurations.
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, 2. Chesterfield, MO: RP CYC Pub., 1998. Includes a detailed article and photos, Plan 3410 12-1 Pullman Cars, Part 2.
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