Former N&W Business Cars in Norfolk Southern Service

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Just as a follow-up on the N&W/NS business cars discussion, if anyone
has any contacts with a plastic model train manufacturer or wants to
offer suggestions to one like Walthers or Broadway Limited, N&W
business car #100 is an interesting choice because it can be painted
correctly for 3 roadnames in multiple paint schemes:
N&W #100 1950s tuscan, no stripesN&W #100 1970s tuscan with stripesN&W
#100 "POCAHONTAS" 1970s/80s tuscan with stripesNorfolk Southern #7
"POCAHONTAS" 1980sConrail #5 dark green 1990sNorfolk Southern #7
"PENNSYLVANIA" 2000s
I do not recall seeing pictures of it in N&W blue nor Conrail blue,
but I suppose those are also possibilities. The basic look of the car
hasn't changed much since it was rebuilt by N&W to give it a
streamlined appearance, so a single tooling would likely work for all
3 railroads.
Marty Flick

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Subject: Former N&W Business Cars in Norfolk Southern Service

  Fred Hill at the Coach Yard is thinking about producing Norfolk
Southern Office cars in HO scale brass. 
 I only model the Norfolk and Western. I do not model the Norfolk
Southern. 
 If he is going to produce Norfolk Southern Office cars, I will ask if
he could consider making any earlier N&W versions. 
 Unfortunately, I have absolutely no knowledge of Norfolk Southern
Office cars or if any were former N&W business cars. For all I know
the Norfolk Southern Office cars used on inspection trips came from
the Southern Railway and have no N&W heritage. Or maybe they were
acquired from other sources well after 1982. At least I do know that
the diesel cab units powering the NS inspection trains have no Norfolk
and Western DNA. 
 I sure could use a list of Norfolk Southern Office cars and their
previous N&W number. Pictures would also be great. 
 Thanks in advance. 
 Bill King Arlington, Virginia 


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