The Bachmann Car is a model of a 10 section, 2 double bedrooms, 1 drawing room car. 12 cars had Scenic names. 4 were owned by DL&W, 4 by the LV and 3 by Erie. 2 Erie cars were converted to 4 sec, 6 roomette, 4 couble bedroom configuration. Walthers makes a 10 sec, 2 conpartment, 1 drawing room car which could be correct to Erie and Lackawanna Lake series cars Art Tross At 04:04 AM 3/2/07 -0500, you wrote: >Dear List, > >Boy, that first attempt seemed to get really garbled. Let's try this in >plain text this time. > >I have a modeling question that I have not been able to answer. I have the >Bachmann Spectrum Heavyweight Pullman passenger car (Santa Fe - Echo Lake). >I was told that this car model is appropriate for a car that ran on the >Lackawanna. I looked up this name on the Pullman Project website and found >that the Echo Lake was a plan 3585 car. When I cross referenced that plan >number over to the cars that served on the DL&W, I discovered that the plan >3585 cars were in the Lake series - Medicine Lake, Bowman Lake and Devils >Lake. Of course, Branchline has done those three cars with their excellent >Pullman models. The problem I have, however, is that when I compared the >Bachmann car to the Branchline car of the 3585 floor plan, they do not look >anything alike. First and most obvious, is that the Bachmann car has only >one vestibule. Window arrangements differ, roof lines differ, etc.... > >Do anyone have any idea if the Bachmann car would be a good representative >of any of the Pullman cars that ran on the Lackawanna? > >Here's a link to Bachmann's site where you can view the car that I have: > >http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/catalog/?function=detail&id=1035 > >If that doesn't work, try Bachmann's website www.bachmanntrains.com > >The item number is 89147 > >Thanks for your time and guidance. > >Tom Schmieder > >_________________________________________________________________ >With tax season right around the corner, make sure to follow these few >simple tips. >http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/PreparationTips/PreparationTips. aspx?icid=HMFebtagline > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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