Walthers B60 Baggage cars
Would any one know if the Un- Decorated B60 item 5870 will have Post War Porthole Doors or Pre War Square Window Doors ? Walthers Website shows Doors open on Model.
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Please keep the classes straight as they're quite different!Ben Hom
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Just contacted Walthers, looks like the un-decorated B60b will include both the Pre-war and Postwar ( Port hole ) Doors. So you can model both cars. Since only the " Messenger" version will be offered...
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perhaps someone can clarify the situation...these are all rumors...BCW was said to be doing a B60a, presumably a built version in conjunction with IntermountainBCW was said to be going to distribute...
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Diesell48: BCW has a couple of B60a kits on their website, also say one on e-Bay today. No news of any RTR B60a models, that I heard of.See:www.bethlehemcarworks.com...man438.jpgOther than the Roof...
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The BCW B60A is currently available in HO as kit #s 438 and 439:www.bethlehemcarworks.com...index.htmlwww.bethlehemcarworks.com...man438.jpgwww.bethlehemcarworks.com...man439.jpgThese are KITS...
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Class B60A has an end door:prr.railfan.net/diagrams/...&sz=sm&fr=Class B60B does not:prr.railfan.net/diagrams/...&sz=sm&fr=Ben Hom
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did ALL B60as have end doors?The panelling and underbody appliance layout looked different than a B60b in the one good picture I have seen...I wasn't confusing the runs, I guess the info that I heard...
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Would anyone know how long the Pennsy ran the B60a cars with the Side Windows ? Would Kit 439 be correct for the 1950's ?See Photo:www.bethlehemcarworks.com...man439.jpg
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I'll look at the 1 other photo I have. The car is in a train in Delaware, I think the "Blue something or other". It's not a well id'ed pix...the whole train was shot (a few cars) and the B60a(?) is...
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Can we get some clarification here on the particular subject as well as the PRR Classification system in general? The original posting refers to a PRR Class B60b, with a lower case "b". Then we have...
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I honestly don't know if that should or should not be capitalized. WHat the tracings Ben referenced show are cars of different lengths for the a and b variants. And different truck spacing. But they...
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WKW shows one in Long Island get-up. Did the LI cars ever get off-line? I would be interested specifically in Harrisburg and points west. I spent a lot of time trackside as a kid in the late 1950s and...
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The car type and subclasses are capital letters; however, informal enthusiast usage has resulted in the use of lower case letters for the subclass. The reason behind this is that the PRR spec for car...
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diesell48 wrote "If anybody has the facilities to reproduce and post this photo of 6262 end loader, B60 presumed to be a (or A?)I will send it to you. The cost would be 'return the picture'."Odd that...
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