Re: (erielack) EL 86 Foot Hi Cube?

["Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">]

Have seen and held the Athearn 4-door car and it looks good, as typical of
the recent Athearn products.   Problem with all those custom decorated cars
is they showed Athearn that they could jack the price up and still sell,
and they finally did just that -

Bill K.

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> From: Schuyler G. Larrabee <"SGL2_@_ix.netcom.com">
> To: chas cacioppo <"cacioppo_@_planet.net">; erielack@internexus.net
> Subject: Re: (erielack) EL 86 Foot Hi Cube?
> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 11:40 PM
> 
> That "shop" is Model Railroad Post Office, aka MRPO.  These are pretty
well
> done (very, actually) and are a whole lot better (or at least that's the
> rumor) than the upcoming (or are they out yet??) Athearn versions.
> 
> I have a 4-door that I could be persuaded to part with, I suppose, if
> someone wants to talk to me about it.  But you should call MRPO up and
see
> if they still have them first.  I'm pretty sure that they still have the
> 8-doors.  The BCR color is a bit dark on these but otherwise quite well
> done.
> 
> The EL did have these cars - see pages 98, 99 & 100 in Larry DeYoung's
> book.  Note his comments.  You could be completely correct that you
didn't
> see them on the EL - they operated largely off-line in equipment pools.
> 
> SGL
> 
> ----------
> > From: chas cacioppo <"cacioppo_@_planet.net">
> > To: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> > Subject: (erielack) EL 86 Foot Hi Cube?
> > Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 8:33 PM
> > 
> > 
> > I was looking through RMC from Oct 1995 and came across a shop
> > selling Athearn 86' EL Hi cube 4 and 8 DOOR box cars??
> > 
> > Can anyone supply an more info on these monsters, when they ran and
where
> they
> > were used.
> > 
> > I dont recall ever seeing a 8 DOOR box car in use on the EL.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Charlie
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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