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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 09:53:16 PM »
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Extreme hawtness.  I can't wait!!!

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 10:06:25 PM »
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Sweet!  I've got them and the E8 ordered.  Looking forward to their arrival.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 10:15:23 PM »
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Awwww man!
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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2010, 10:31:49 AM »
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Any shots of the Amtrak set? I ordered 2 sets from my wholesaler and am now temped for 2 more.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2010, 10:51:07 AM »
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Those look extremly nice :o

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2010, 10:55:18 AM »
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And in all the PennCentral schemes no less.  Easy to make a realy PC mix-n-match paint train that way.
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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2010, 03:06:14 PM »
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And in all the PennCentral schemes no less.  Easy to make a realy PC mix-n-match paint train that way.

As long as you want the specific mix-n-match selection that Kato deemed us worthy to pay them to have.

Yes, I'm still bitter about their bullshit with the Amfleets.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2010, 03:23:47 PM »
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I dunno, those cars look too good.  Where are the rust holes and the roaches?  ;D  Seriously, I hope Kato does well with these.  They'll serve PC and possibly Amtrak fans in the rainbow era well.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 04:00:12 PM »
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If the cars looked that good when PC was running passenger service, maybe a few more folk would have ventured to ride them and the crews might have taken some pride in their work and made patrons feel welcome and attempted to provide service to match the timetables.

These might be a good opening for KATO to factory weather cars considering the history of the prototype.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 04:10:59 PM »
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Those DO look good.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 04:14:31 PM »
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I have the PC set with loco on order. With a few of Walthers cars in PRR and NYC, will make a couple of short trains. Typical of upstate NY.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2011, 09:51:47 PM »
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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2011, 10:53:43 PM »
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The Kato booth at the WGHOT show in Edison, New Jersey had the silver and Tuscan car.  I am no PC or AMTRAP fan, but I do remember riding in similar cars in that era, so they caught my eye at the booth.  They looked pretty good.

One of the things that I always liked about these particular  shows was the presence of the Manufacturers' Representatives and that they were usually pretty talkative.  At this show, the Manufacturers' Representatives did not seem too talkative and were uninformed.  The show seemed to have taken on a circus atmosphere, as well, that I do not recall being present at previous shows like this.  You usually found many different vendors at these particular shows, but there were mostly the same GREEDberg vendors at this one.  There were a few that I had not seen, but more GREEDberg vendors than I remember from previous shows.

But anyhow, those Kato PC cars looked pretty good and you PC and 1970s modellers should be happy with them.

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Re: PC passenger car preproduction photos
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2011, 11:24:54 PM »
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As long as you want the specific mix-n-match selection that Kato deemed us worthy to pay them to have.

Yes, I'm still bitter about their bullshit with the Amfleets.

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