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Re:RE: (erielack) NEW BRANCHLINE HEAVYWEIGHT COACHES

Paul and all --

Count the windows.  If there are 20 in each side and 2 wider spaced at the ends, the car is quite common, being, among other roads, Erie 2250-series. Two survived ( at least on one side ) as coach/buffet/ lounges into EL.  DL&W -- no.

If there are 18 or so, the sides must be assymetrical to be Erie 1100's.

All of this is covered in the DIAMOND and has been available for long enough for the kits to be correct.

Randy Brown, ELHS#16
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They sure look like the 1100-series coaches the Erie had. "Similar," I'd say, but I'm sure, not exact. If that's true, then their multi-pack in EL is wrong, since there was only one (1105?) that received EL paint. (not surprising, Branchline doesn't seem to care for such minutae ;)

I don't think the DL&W had anything close. I'll let the passenger car experts (not me!) digress here...

    - Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net 
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of DLW1155@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: (erielack) NEW BRANCHLINE HEAVYWEIGHT COACHES
> 
> 
> Just got my January issue of Model Railroader with the big 
> two-page ad for 
> branchline's long-promised heavyweight coaches. Among the 
> long list of road 
> names are Lackawanna, Erie and E-L.
> 
> Now for the BIG question, just how accurate are they for our 
> three favorite 
> roads?
> 
> Al Holleuffer
> 

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