O scale VGN Battleship Gons

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Jim S Understand where you are coming from. I'm thinking they will just do one car body and letter it for both railroads. If it is close to the Virginian gons that will work for me. I just want something to look reasonably well behind my EL2B set. I don't have any of the Yoder's, but I'm familiar with them (8 cars?! Bless your wife!). The suggested price is in line with what I would expect to pay for a car like that. Over the decades I have counted enough rivets and picked enough nits and have little to show for it (no working layout), except a bunch of boxes and totes containing cars I never run. A reasonably good looking battleship (Frank B hates that term) gon with correct lettering will work for me. Jim Kehn  -----Original Message-----
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Jim K and others
I would be cautious about jumping in with reservations until we can get more information from Scott Mann.  
There are multiple classes of VGN gons; all are somewhat similar.  However the C&O car is structurally different, has different dimensions in length width, and height.   It also has completely different trucks and brake arrangement.  
Rich Yoder made all the VGN versions in brass.  IF the C&O car had been even close to them, they would have been imported at the same time.  The Yoder cars are exquisite, my wife bought at least 8.  I understand that the GGD price is about 30% of a single RYM model. 
I am very concerned that we will presented with a "generic" car that does not accurately represent ANY of the prototype cars. 

Sent from my digital telegraph keyJim S
On Apr 29, 2019, at 19:36, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Jim Thanks much! I'm going to be in deep doo doo financially now! Jim Kehn  -----Original Message-----
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They are listed under O scale Reservations on the Golden Gate Depot website.  This is Sunset's plastic model division. 
http://www.goldengatedepot.com/reservation.html

Sent from my digital telegraph keyJim Stapleton
On Apr 29, 2019, at 11:01, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Jimmy I just checked and I don't see it. Wonderful news if they do. Jim  -----Original Message-----
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Heads up VGNers,
     3rd Rail/Sunset has announced that they will be doing VGN/C&O 
Battleship gondolas. Plastic cars w/diecast trucks. Check their web site 
to reserve.

Jimmy Lisle

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