Undecorated Heavyweight Coach Passenger Cars

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Exacta Scale Models

Manufacturer ID:

100

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1946

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Length:

60'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Class:

60-C-4

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

SouthWind Models

Manufacturer ID:

SWHH 14

Factory:

Sae-Hyung Model Co., Korea

Gauge:

S

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

This version has the double-wide windows.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Year:

1906

Length:

70'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Class:

60-C-5

Road Number(s):

457

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

SouthWind Models

Manufacturer ID:

SWHH 18

Factory:

Sae-Hyung Model Co., Korea

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

This version has the paired windows.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Year:

1906

Length:

70'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Class:

60-C-5

Road Number(s):

457

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

SouthWind Models

Manufacturer ID:

SWHH 19

Factory:

Sae-Hyung Model Co., Korea

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

This version has the paired windows. Available with open or closed vestibules.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

1

Windows:

7

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Hi-Rail

Gauge:

AF

Introduced:

1987

Product Type:

resin kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

This was the 1995 Fall S Fest car.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

11

Length:

60'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Class:

60-C-4

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

SouthWind Models

Manufacturer ID:

SWHH 15

Factory:

Sae-Hyung Model Co., Korea

Gauge:

S

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

This version has the double-wide windows. Available with open or closed vestibules.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

18

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Hi-Rail

Gauge:

AF

Introduced:

1987

Product Type:

resin kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

The 1994 catalog photo scanned by Eric Reis.

Early in American Hi-Rail's production their shells were imprinted with the Instrument Design, Inc., the owner's parent company. Holt Apgar bought his with the separately-available chassis. Bob Comstock painted and lettered the model. Holt later painted the gold stripes. This car represents a PRR P70 heavyweight coach in its mid-1950s appearance.

This was the 1997 Fall S Fest car.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

20

Length:

70'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

HW8000

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1995

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Lighted:

yes

Supplemental Info:

Disassemble; Couplers

Supplemental Part:

Weight Set

Notes:

Part of a 5-car set. Tuscan body color. An additional car was available separately (part #HW8200).

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

20

Length:

70'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

HW8013

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1992

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Lighted:

yes

Supplemental Info:

Disassemble; Couplers

Supplemental Part:

Weight Set

Notes:

Part of a 5-car set. Pullman green body color. An additional car was available separately (part #HW8213).

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

20

Length:

61'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Kinsman Scale Models

Manufacturer ID:

P-1

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1969

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Supplemental Info:

Instruction Sheets (1 & 2 of 4)

Supplemental Info:

Instruction Sheets (3 & 4 of 4)

Notes:

The model could be built with open platforms, vestibule platforms, or fully enclosed ends. There was some confusion as to who actually produced these cars. The cars shown here were made by Kinsman in 1969, which was after owner Bob Blois stopped working for Northeastern Scale Models. Northeastern also produced these cars, but only in HO-scale and they are slightly different from the ones that Kinsman made (Northeastern's cars had a portal window instead of the frosted-glass window; Ambroid sold these HO-scale NE kits).

This model is an example of the vestibule version. It rides on American Models trucks.

This model is an example of the closed-end version. It rides on SouthWind Models trucks.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

20

Length:

65'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Scenery Unlimited

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1988

Product Type:

resin kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

Early production runs had a wooden roof, but they were later replaced with a resin version. The kit builds the body and the basic frame. It includes a few details.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

21

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Nixon Model Co

Gauge:

S

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

The kit is comprised of aluminum body parts, white-metal ends, and wooden floor and roof.

Dick Karnes added the Walthers HO-scale lavatory vents, hand-carved wooden Ward vents, SouthWind Commonwealth trucks, Super Scale steps, some Super Scale and some scratch-built underbody parts, wire grabs, Monroe Hobby Products diaphragms, Champ decals, and S-scale Kadee couplers.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

22

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Exacta Scale Models

Manufacturer ID:

502

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1946

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Notes:

This version has 10-paired windows and 2 single windows. The body parts were made out of electro-deposition of copper coated with solder. The roof and floor were made out of wood. White-metal details included the bolsters, vents, under-body details, and coupler pockets. Brass wire was included for the grab irons and handholds.

Dick Karnes built this car using Nixon Model Co. (Nimco) arch roof stock to resemble an Osgood-Bradley commuter coach. The trucks are from American Models. The seats inside are old SSL&S lead castings, making this model weigh more than a pound.

Jamie Bothwell photographed this model which was part of an estate-liquidation sale.

Bob Hogan finally got around to building his model (in 2025), shown here at the end of the construction phase. He used an American Models roof, and added underbody details by Pre-Size Model Specialties, B.T.S. and the former Train Stuff.

Note that the American Models roof is just slightly too long for the Exacta model. You will see in Bob's completed-model photos that he cut out a section of the roof's center to adjust its overall length (about half an inch).

These photos show Bob Hogan's completed model, which included adding the diaphragms, after painting.

Bob used American Models 6-wheel trucks.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

22

Length:

80'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Strafford Scale Models

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1940s

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

At the time of photography, this model was owned by Jack Troxell.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

coach

Doors:

2

Windows:

24

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Exacta Scale Models

Manufacturer ID:

503

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1946

Product Type:

wood & metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

no

Magazine Article:

S Scale Resource, Oct 2023, pg. 25

Notes:

This version has 11-paired windows and 2 single windows. The body parts were made out of electro-deposition of copper coated with solder. The roof and floor were made out of wood. White-metal details included the bolsters, vents, under-body details, and coupler pockets. Brass wire was included for the grab irons and handholds.