Brass Car Sides
Brass Sides - Pennsylvania

"Jeffersonian" Class P-85BR 44-Seat Lightweight Coach
Walthers Part # 173-32, p. 140 Walthers 2012 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $19.99, sold out at Walthers

 
Photo-etched brass sides for streamlined passenger cars. Window openings and grab iron holes are etched through, with additional etched details on the surface. Undecorated kit can be used with either Basic (#173-101) or Deluxe (#173-102) Body Kits, or the Rivarossi "1930" 85' streamlined coach or sleeper as an overlay conversion. Comes with instructions.
 
In June of 1945, the Pennsylvania Railroad commissioned its Altoona Shops to build what became a famous class of 70 long-haul lightweight coaches for service on that road's own trains, primarily between the East and Chicago and St. Louis. An order to ACF in January, 1946 added another 24 very similar cars, all of which were delivered by late 1947. Known as "Jeffersonian" coaches for their service on that train, they also ran on the "General", "Admiral", "Liberty Limited" and "Trail Blazer." According to various references, a rebuilding of PRR 4100 in 1965 revealed that the cars were in such poor condition that they were all retired and scrapped, without being renumbered for Penn Central in 1968.