Undecorated Heavyweight Parlor Passenger Cars

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

Pullman

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

parlor

Doors:

Windows:

19/20

Builder Number:

3992

Length:

85'

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Notes:

These were all assigned to the Pennsylvania Railroad, and all named in the "Club" series.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Models by Miller

Gauge:

Introduced:

1961

Product Type:

brass & wood kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

Supplemental Part:

Archer Transfer 3D resin rivets

Supplemental Part:

Archer Transfer 3D resin rivets #2

Notes:

The kit consists of photo-engraved brass body parts (ends were soft metal in later runs), wood shapes for the clerestory roof, brass wire, and K brake components (which are not prototypically-correct for these cars).

In addition to building the model, Dick Karnes has added scratchbuilt underbody structural components made of styrene and ABS, as well as commercial components from Miller, B.T.S., Q-Car, and Prototype S Parts. The trucks are from S Scale Locomotive & Supply. The coupler housings are Super Scale. The roof vents are from Train Stuff. The kitchen ice hatch is a Walthers HO-scale part. This shows one side of the car.

This shows the other side of the completed car.

The model as built by Dick Karnes, showing one side of the car.

Showing the other side of the car.

Prototype Info

Era:

heavyweight

Car Type:

parlor

Doors:

Windows:

Road Name:

(undecorated)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Hi-Rail

Gauge:

Introduced:

1987

Product Type:

resin kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

not included

Lighted:

Notes:

This was a body-only kit. At the time of production, the company offered an American Flyer chassis, separately.

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 model.