Micro Train Heavyweight Passenger Car update

[Puddington]

I have no interest in lights as I model the day time, but I did order a couple of the new Kato heavyweight trucks, they pick-up power just like a... Kato.

I model the daytime too....unless a custom paint job goes south then I model midnight to make myself feel better......they all look like a proffessional job in the dead of night ! ;D ;D ;D

[FrankCampagna]

No one has mentioned that RPO's are route specific. The U. S. Post Office had pretty stiff requirements for the service. If I recall mail space was paid for in terms of 15', 30', and 60' space in the car, depending on the volume of service. Only busier lines would have a full RPO. Some trains had more than one, but not very many.  Others would have a baggage/RPO combine, and this includes most branch lines and short lines. A full RPO would be of no use to me. And I suspect that the MT cars will come at a price that will cause me to cringe, at kitbashing, given my poor fine motor skills.

Frank

[asarge]

True Frank, But I thi nk it's cool to have these cars and baggage to model some of the mail trains that Pennsy used to have. I saw the Green Frog video and there were some interesting looking trains that came thru Ft. Wayne Crossing in the 50's and 60's.

[FrankCampagna]

I watched a NYC mail express once back in the sixties. What a sight. An FA and RS unit rather slowly hauling an endless string of RPO's, baggage cars, flexi-vans, express reefers, a couple of dirty streamlined coaches in the consist. As I watched, a fast passenger train overtook it and passed it. Unfortunately, I'm not modeling a mainline railroad. Might get an RPO for the connecting NYC train, though.

Frank