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1) Inside measurements of the prototype cars (incl coach, combine, baggage and RPO), and inside dimensions less vestibules for the coach and combine. (I am primarily a Santa Fe modeler- where a "70' chair car" is actually close to 78' overall, because SF didn't count vestibules)
3) I've heard that Soo had some coaches that were similar in size and configuration. Are there others?
6) Is there a timeframe for release?
Beyond idle curiosity, one of the projects I have been working on is a model of CEI RPO 107, which was one of their rebuilds in the 1950s and in this case was so extensive, it has the appearance of a streamlined car, but was built on the frame of a 40 year old baggage car. With the Atlas, announcement, I have held up this project (thinking I might be able to utilize the Atlas underframe and possibly trucks) along with a couple of projects to cut down MT baggage cars, hoping that the coming Atlas baggage car might be a better starting point. And looking at the Atlas baggage, I am also thinking I may try to lengthen a couple of them to model L&N 70' cars- which had matched sized, symmetrical doors.
Lehigh Valley operated Pullman "shorty" coaches and baggage cars alongside newer streamlined coaches.I'll have to dig up some references and see how these models compare. Ideally I can pitch the old B-mann cars from my stash... Frank
My interest in the Atlas cars stems from the fact that the Pacific Great Eastern acquired three ex-Lehigh Valley coaches and an ex- LV baggage car in 1947.
When I contacted them a number of years ago about possibly producing the etched sides in N-scale, their reply was that they had "no intention of ever doing anything in N-scale".