> 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. The Athearn car is out, but the lettering (in my opinion) is quite a bit off. The large "ERIE LACKAWANNA" is pretty bad, IMHO. The MRPO lettering on this is dead-on accurate. The only fault I can find on the MRPO lettering is the number font, which is off by a little bit, but well within the level of acceptability I usually look for. > 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. MRPO still has both 4-door and 8-door cars (though I think the number of 4-door cars is small). The BCR color is what Athearn sprays them with; they only print up the lettering. > 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. This is especially true for those 11 elusive 8-door cars. I don't think any online EL customer used 8-door cars, which explains the small number of cars in that series... - Paul ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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