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RE: (erielack) Named DL&W 10-1-2 Pullmans and More



Sleepers had different window arrangements depending on the types and
numbers of rooms they had. 

Devil's Lake, Bowman Lake, and Medicine Lake were all built by Pullman in
May 1924 to plan 3585, as 10 section-1 drawing room-2 compartment cars. (See
Tom Madden's excellent Car Construction Record database at
http://www.pullmanproject.com for more details). The Branchline Trains
models would be a good match. 

The Scenic series were rebuilt from the Peak series in 1937 as 12 section-1
drawing room-2 bedroom cars (plan 4074). The photos I have seen of Scenic
Falls (from George Elwood's site) appear to resemble the Bachman 12-1-2
sleepers, but I have not seen one up close and in person to be sure.

Michael Mang

Bill Botkin wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Branchline Trains has announced the availability of their 10-1-2 Pullmans
> "now" - page 83 October MR.  They are offering three different names for
> DL&W: "Devils Lake", "Bowman Lake", and "Medicine Lake".  I also
> understand that the DL&W had 10-1-2 Pullmans in the "Scenic" series,
> "Scenic Falls", "Scenic Slope", "Scenic Trail", and "Scenic Valley".
> 
> A while ago, Mike DelVecchio noted on this list that the Bachmann Pullmans
> were an exact model for the "Scenic" series DL&W cars.  Can anyone
> describe the differences, if any, between the "Lake" series and "Scenic"
> series?
> 

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