Hi all, longer time I am a member here but was not activ.I am back to my hobby and as a Rio Grande fan I in the process to build some passenger cars like prospector and hevyweight car for the Yampa Valley mail.So I am interressted to build a heavyweight baggage-mail car in Pullman green and Grande Gold.Does anyone had or can show of good shoots of this cars? Had found some picture on my websearch but no sideviews.All help are welcome. Many thanks Frank
Try here: http://passcarphotos.info/Indices/DRGW.htm Also consider doing a search on "DRGW prospector" and 'DRGW Yampa Valley" at Dener Public Library's Western Heritage/Genealogy Digital Collection
Also consider doing a search on "DRGW prospector" and 'DRGW Yampa Valley" at Dener Public Library's Western Heritage/Genealogy Digital Collection[/QUOTE] Many many thanks ,Jerry! Found here 3 good shots of cars that I am looking for.
Jackson Thode did a book called a Century of Passenger Trains (and then some) http://www.amazon.com/Century-Passe...&qid=1393256115&sr=8-3&keywords=jackson+thode that would be right up your alley. No Rio Grande modeler should be without Jim Eager's Color Guide: http://www.amazon.com/Grande-Color-...256239&sr=8-1&keywords=rio+grande+color+guide
Thank you! I had this car! I use it with a Kato PA and Intermountain Corrugatet Coach. But I am interessted for other Version of the Yampa Valley Mail.What I see on most pictures is a PA with a Heavyweight RPO and Heavyweight 4-axel Coach.
FrankR, I don't recall a dome observation car project--I was building a Wilson McCarthy business car, but alas, school took over and spare time is no more... It's on hold for a while.
http://www.rypn.org/forums/download/file.php?id=6414 http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/11151/rv/singleitem Building a coach like this would not be all that hard to do if you could get a hold of a J-n-J Trains coach. While the bathroom windows aren't right you would be closer to doing a coach like this vs. using another model. The cars have 11 paired windows instead of ten but it could be cut down and the small windows above the paired windows could be plated over much like what the Rio Grande did on these cars. The overall effect could be quite great!!! (And, wouldn't you know it... such a coach would be appropriate for an early era Western Pacific layout as well, with these cars being leased first to WP before being returned and the Rio Grande putting them to use before being sold to Algoma Central, several decades later.)
