Brass Car Sides
Brass Sides - Pennsylvania

10-6 Sleeper; PRR, N&W, RF&P, L&N
Walthers Part # 173-33, p. 140 Walthers 2012 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $31.75, 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 1946, the Pennsylvania, the Norfolk & Western, Richmond Fredricksburg & Potomac, and the Louisville and Nashville ordered a total of 27 lightweight sleeping cars for New York-Richmond-Norfolk overnight trains and through-car services on the L&N to Louisville, Nashville, and Memphis. These cars contained 10 roomettes and 6 double bedrooms and were built to Plan 4140 in Lot 6792 and were delivered in late 1948 through April, 1950. The N&W cars were identified as Class S2.
 
Specific car names and numbers follow: PRR 8317 Octoraro Rapids through 8332 Will Rapids (16 cars) PRR 8343 Juniata Rapids and 8344 Mackinaw Rapids (2 cars) N&W McDowell County, Buchanan County, Sussex County RF&P King George, King William, King and Queen L&N 3410 Green River, 3411 Kentucky River, and 3412 Barren River
 
Cars built to this plan differ in window numbers and arrangement from similar PRR PS 10-6 cars in the Catawissa Rapids series built to Plan 4129, and PRR ACF 10-6 cars in the Huron Rapids series built to Pullman Plan 9008. It is this latter prototype that is represented by the Rivarossi "1930 Sleeper 85'" plastic model produced since the mid-1960s. The smoothside cars in Plan 4140 Lot 6792 also differ from other Plan 4140-4140B-4140C cars in various lots for FEC, SOU, PRR, L&N, ACL, SP and NP, which carried corrugated sides and/or minor window variations.