Can I mix them with body mounted couplers? Some versions had plastic wheels and axles and all had small diameter wheels. I'll just add that a few years back I modified my Rivarossi Budds with metal wheels and filled the cavities in the underframe with BB pellets which were covered with glue. Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives, I looked at these cars with interest. The GN, for example, in heavyweight days seems to have used 'pullman green' for the sides of the cars, and 'dark green truck enamel' (whatever THAT was) for the underbody and trucks. 2022 Vintage HO Athearn Santa Fe SW-1 Switcher Loco . As doctorwayne has shown, they can be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like. http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-Rivarossi-Passenger-Car-Set-Santa-Fe-600229_W0QQitemZ220195710250QQihZ012QQcategoryZ19129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. if not, you can always use them to upgrade some freight cars. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used. The short combine and coaches were used on locals - look at some of the C&NW picture books that are out. * Era starts with repaint to Tri-Color scheme and ends with Amtrak, if not sooner. But even more recently, a resurrected Rivarossi (under new outside control), has brought back the coach and combine as a limited run item (see ads in MR). "I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!". The RPOs and baggage cars were more ubiquitous and are probablylike cars rostered by ATSF and CB&Q. Free shipping for many products! Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). I've riden on similar ex-Rock Island commuter cars in the last few years at the Osceola and St.Croix RR, part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum's scenic train line. I bought a set of these from Trainworld last year and they are beauties. Where I disagree is that their diesels weren't any good. No 61 Flesh - Matt 2.69. 2) ''Modern'' or''OldTime''passenger cars? The C420 sold by Rivarossi was the old MRC/Lima one, and did run well. Yves The Pocher factory was in Turino, Italy and the RivaRossi factory in Como, Italy. The RPO and Baggage were also approximate 60' size. Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are? All photos I recall of similar ATSF cars were "Pullman" green, as were CB&Q cars through WWII. After upgrades, they look good and run well on my layouts. Bid Live on Lot 4105 in the Model Train Sale Auction from Vectis Auctions Ltd. . Horn-hook couplers were truck mounted on long bars for trainset curves. As far as the Sleepers, Diners and Observations, I could be wrong, but I believe that the 60' passenger cars were more commuter and branch line use, where you wouldn't see Sleepers, Diners and Observations, like you would on a mainline passenger train. So if your layout has sharp curves, the MDC cars would be a better choice. More weight (depending how much) will make the cars ''track'' better. Between these cars and the upcoming Branchline coaches (actually shownat the RPM meet in Cocoa Beach last weekend! I have one 2-8-8-2 that has headed up a group of 237 coal cars at a local show. HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi (5) Passenger Cars "Baltimore & Ohio" Lot#1246. The only issue is that with wheels that are 5"bigger in diameter you do tend to raise the car height up a bit. For those, I used sheet styrene to create interior walls and partitions, and added RIX/PikeStuff seats'. really, they roll great. The stock waslimited and sold out rather quickly. I've since replaced them with KDs. I weakened and bought a boat tail observation car because it was cool, not because the B&M ever owned one. Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. As mentioned earlier, these were produced by American manufacturer Athearn and remained in the catalog until 1963. Riva Rossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft. passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920S through the early 1950S. I run them both straight out of the box with their horn hook couplers, and also heavily detailed and modified to include body mounted Kadee couplers. In coaches in the 70ft 0in size range is series 2395 to 2399 inclusive where are diagrammed as 60ft 4.5 in interior length, 61ft 2in over end sills, 69ft 0in over platforms, & 70ft 3 and 3/4 inches over buffers. . Thanks Doug. It is always Fun to meet other modelers, the invite to Visit the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club is always good, let me know if it ever works out for You. Add paints to basket These are CNW prototypes, but similar cars were widely used, especially the baggage and rpo. . all with clerestory roofs. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R. it is your call, but i would try the 33 inch wheel sets in one car and see if i was happy with that. Underbody detail is cast in place, so upgrading that is harder, but hopefully you'll not be viewing them belly-up too often! Big dog's bark is definitely worse than his bite ( never bit anyone that I know of, but he is intimidating, if you don't know him) Plan on lots of time in there, after you wander around awhile, LeRoy will talk your ears off. We'll follow up with any questions or to make an offer. And since the "Crescent" is not a part of my railroads, it is a "shelf queen". Are they underscale? I was informed that they did up a few sets for Union Pacific and Great Northern apparently in partnership with Walthers. The cars are brand new old stock. Kadee HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi Conversion Coupler, 4-Wheel Brand: Kadee 10 ratings $967 See more About this item Includes highly-detailed pieces. The depression was in full swing then, and any servicable equipment would be used as long as possible. The dealer claims they can run on 18 inch radius. Tender wheels I just replace. The RPO was placed in service on the mainline mail train and lettered for that. I was thrilled to see that they were Santa Fe also. I just wanted to confirm that Hornby now owns Rivarossi and you won't find Athearn in the Walthers catalog or website anymore as Horizon & Walthers are competetive distributors now and don't sell each others' products. ), it's going to be a loteasier to make up some decent-looking typical heavyweight consists thatdon't look as much like a boxed set. 3) What kind of couplers are on them now? A railroad had to be> mighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specific> train. . Rivarossi was very innovative and the Pocher brand (Luxury car kits at 1/8 scale) are also issued from the same Italian factory. Offered primarily in the 1970s, "The Golden West" was one of two TYCO train sets to employ 1860s and 1890s offerings from the company's line. Rivarossi introduced its line of quality 60' cars (baggage, RPO, combine, coach) a few years ago.just prior to going into some serious financial straights. Close, maybe, Really correct, no. In addition to Rivarossi, there's a company embarking on Boston & Maine 60/66 foot Coaches, and Combines in Resin. From Pasco, go North on US 395 to Mile post 32, turn left (West) on Sagemoor Rd, across the tracks, turn right (north) on Ione Rd. This item is out of print and is limited to the quantity on hand. Most of them are rivarossi. Deutsche-Bahn Eisenbahn modeling Oberbayern, western Austria, and eastern Switzerland. Others may vary. Cooking. down hill naturally !! If so, sounds great. There were short mail cars and combines but few if any short coaches. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
A big difference is the old cars had cast on grabirons and railings; the 60' cars I believe required you drill tiny holes to add these as metal add-on parts. Again DON'T judge them from the road. The Rivarossi cars are fairly light, so I add custom-cast lead weights, usually hidden in the washrooms, but I also place them in the car's clerestory roof when necessary.I usually add a few details, such as grabirons and, on baggage cars, sill steps. Regardless of railroad. A forum community dedicated to model train owners and enthusiasts. Two new Union Pacific streamlined passenger cars of the 1950s have been released by Rivarossi. Excellent. I am a truck driver, and my company has a resident driver based in Fife. Rivarossi steam was about the best you could get in the 70's and 80's for plastic steam, other choices were Mantua and Bowser diecast engines that took lots of detailing to make them look nice, or Brass engines. On the 18" line I did run them forward and backward and no problem, I also ran them through one turnout. #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters Be the first to review this product $5.99 Availability: In stock 287 in stock SKU 508 Add to Cart #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters is available to buy in increments of 1 Details #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters 1pr. They appear to be updates of the 40, The short combine and coaches were used on locals - look at some of the C&NW, > 2) Was the ATSF version [prototype] and the Burlington version, On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:21:44 UTC, "Christian" <. I've just recently started work on converting some Rivarossi Pullmans, coaches, and diners, along with some MDC and Walthers coach roofs, into 17 or 18 wooden head-end cars (baggage/express/postal cars, along with a battery charging car. If you look around Walthers also had a 3 coach set bundled with a passenger set. I recently bought an eight car, Rivarossi streamline train in CNW on ebay. Rivarossi Southern Pacific HO Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi Union Pacific Railroad HO Model Railroad Locomotives, I glommed onto a bunch of IHC (Rivarossi as sold in North America) back a few years, actually quite a few years ago. It's a bit hard to see in the pics if they're celestory or not but they seem to be rounded. Sometimes the metal wheels found their way on to the unlighted cars. They come with basic interiors, and I've seen three car sets (baggage, 2 coaches) available NIB in the local LHS recently, $50 give or take. Prices for these sets seem to range from $40.00 to $110.00 depending upon how many bidders there were. I painted the red stripe thru the windows using a rattle can. I will have a lot more questions soon. I've been doing some reading and have learned that most people replace the wheels and or trucks. Thank goodness I was home to see your post right away. No 60 Scarlet - Matt 2.69. $60.00 + $17.00 shipping. COLOR HO RIVAROSSI OBSERVATION TAIL CAR INTERIOR #9051 1930's AHM IHC Passenger Brand New C $38.76 or Best Offer +C $28.89 shipping from United States 18 sold Sponsored HO TRAIN RIVAROSSI TWO 1920 HW PASSENGER CAR INTERIORS COACH & PULLMAN Brand New C $57.40 Buy It Now +C $19.69 shipping from United States Sponsored HO Scale Baltimore Ohio Royal Blue Passenger Set B - RIVAROSSI 6909, Knuckle Cpl. It was a mixture of lamp black (carbon) and YELLOW. This was a problem as the needlepoint axle ends wore into the soft plastic truck sideframes. RIVAROSSI HO SCALE U25C DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE (#266188039026) d***r (61) - Feedback left by buyer d***r . I did change-out the undersize Rivarossi wheelsets, and replaced them with Kadee 36" wheelsets.Some of these cars have truck-mounted couplers, some body-mounted, but I do have fairly generous curves, so very few problems with derailments. They had no lighting and only a bare set of interior seats. They have springy diaphrams on the end doors. This is Rivarossi's postal/express baggage car, altered a bit to better ressemble a CNR prototype. I just bought them. I can't wait until my set arrives. I do think the IHC cars are a "bit of this bit of that" generic, b ut I have seen online lists which purport to show the exact prototype of the Rivarossi/AHM heavyweights. Dimensions: 600mm. Thanks Don! Most of them are made to negotiate smaller radii. While the models' detailing may match nobody's actual car, the 60 foot length certainly does - for instance, the floor plan I'm looking at right now for L&N "Mail cars 1106 to 1112 including 1114". Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives . I never liked the truck mounted couplers and replaced mine with body mounts. Equipment would be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like a shelf! 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