Brass Car Sides
Brass Sides - L&N, C&EI, NC&StL

6-6-4 "Pine" Series Sleeper
Walthers Part # 173-35, p. 140 Walthers 2012 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $31.75, currently in stock 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.
 
Somewhat late in the post-war evolution of streamlined cars, Pullman-Standard returned to the 6-6-4 combination of spaces that it had first introduced in its pre-war "American" sleepers as Plan 4099. In the more modern arrangement, the four bedrooms were located in the center of the car, with the roomettes moved to the vestibule end. The small upper berth windows for the sections also disappeared. The C&EI/L&N/NC&StL cars (29 cars built to Plan 4183 in early 1953) had one additional window for the toilet annex at the section end of the car and were ordered for service on the Georgian, Hummingbird, and Dixie Fleet trains.
 
Specific car names and numbers were: C&EI 900-903 "Slash Pine, Pitch Pine, Loblolly Pine, and Pond Pine" (4 cars) L&N 3450-3471"Alabama Pine" through "Yellow Pine" (22 cars) NC&StL 200-201 "Chickamauga Pine", "Georgia Pine", "Tennessee Pine" (3 cars)