Domed passenger cars

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Believe it or not, the prototype for the AHM dome cars IS  the Pullman 
Standard-built cars  operated by the Union Pacific and Wabash  in the "City of St. 
Louis."  No, the tuscan red isn't correct, but the car  is.  The Wabash car 
(#203) became 1613 on the N&W and ran in  the "Pocahontas" for a short time, I 
believe.  It's pictured on page 17 of  Jim Nichols' "...Color Guide..." book.  
Car 1602 is pictured on page  16.  Although very similar in appearance at a 
casual glance, it's actually  an ex MoPac car (albeit also P-S) bought by Wabash 
to supplement "Blue Bird"  service, per Jim.  The design of 1602's dome window 
framing is a  little different (more like the Budd cars); it's not the 
prototype for the AHM  car.  
 
Dave Phelps
 
In a message dated 12/15/2006 3:16:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

The  Pullman Standard dome car in tuscan red sold by AHM is mostly a figment
of  their imagination. N&W did briefly own a smooth side dome car,  #1602,
which was an ex Wabash car acquired with that line in 1964. This car  was
never in red, though it did get painted in the "Pevler" dark blue  before it
was sold to the Southern  where it was assigned to the  Asheville train. The
other dome cars were Budd lightweights, also ex  Wabash. These were
stainless steel with blue letterboards and were used in  the 1969 upgrading
of the "Pocahontas". I don't think any of the domes ever  ran on the
"Arrow", at least not on any regular basis. Dan.

Dan and  Nina Mulhearn; Pipestem WV
dannina1 at earthlink.net
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