S-2 sleepers by Walthers

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Jim, thanks for the great info. Particularly the part about sleepers not
being useful for excursions! :-) not sure how I overlooked that.
Mike Rector

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 12:38 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> The S2's were delivered in the fall of 1948. The S1's came in late 1949
> and early 1950. As delivered, the S2's were not assigned a class. When the
> Budd cars were assigned class S1, it was decided to give the Pullman cars a
> class also, but S1 was already used, so they became S2. Idon't know when
> they endered the general pool, but eventually an S1 would show up on the
> Shenandoah Valley trains, replacing the Buchanan County on that run. With
> cut backs, N&W had too many sleepers, so the S2's were leased to the IC,
> who repainted them in IC colors. (probably in the early 1960's) With the
> sale of the S1's in 1964, N&W got the S2's back, and the Buchanan County
> (at least) was painted red again (possibly N&W tuscan), but got the PRR
> style stripes back.
> I would not expect to see sleepers in a 1959 excursion. Anyway, they were
> still in regular service at that time.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 01:34:23 PM CDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Jim, thanks for the very useful info on these cars.
> I model late 50's. (dictated by existence of Iaeger/Auville coaling
> station which was completed in '56 I believe).  I would use these cars for
> excursion trains that were in Auville in Nov 59 (I think ?)
>
> *Will you please give us an educated guess on the following questions*
> Approximately, when were S2's delivered?
> Approximately, when were the S1's delivered and the S2's assigned to the
> general pool?
> (side question, why did S1s arrive after S2s - did they order more, or
> were they maybe ordered at same time and S2's arrived earlier)
> Approximately when were the S2's repainted in N&W tuscan red?
>
> Mike Rector
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:09 AM NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> The initial assignments of the S2's were as follows: Buchanan County on
> trains 1&2 Raonoke-New York, McDowell County New York-Williamson on 15 and
> 16, Sussex County on the Cannonball NewYork-Norfolk. They were paired with
> an identical PRR car. On the New York-Williamson run it was the Juniata
> Rapids. Later, after the S1's were delivered, they became part of the
> general pool.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 08:56:18 AM CDT, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> I believe they were purchased for use on trains 1 & 2 up the Shenandoah
> Valley line between New York and Roanoke, but may have also served on
> either the Pocahontas or Cavalier between Roanoke and other stations.
>
> Marty Flick
>
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>
> We’re the three S-2’s used on specific trains, or were they used system
> wide?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dutch Thompson
>
>
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