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Post by sdivtim on Nov 4, 2019 20:09:06 GMT
About 2 years ago, I started an excursion train program with the locos I own that are still in operation. I have 1225, 611 and 4449. 1218 is apart of this program as a what if it was restored. I currently have 8 NS cars, 7 SP cars and 7 “private cars” which are one of certain railroads. Now I would like to attempt to make short line open air cars. Most railroads use Gondolas like the Reading and Blue Mountain Northern and Roaring Camp, Santa Cruz beach train and skunk train. My question is has anyone done these before? How did you do it? What would be the best car to use? A video has been provided showing one method that has been done but I would like to see if anyone has done anything else. Thanks youtu.be/OMQoG3oLgJA |
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Post by ptc on Nov 4, 2019 20:55:35 GMT
Tim, I saw a conversion to an open air passenger car done by the guy who now lives in Maui (Don ?) and who hangs out on another forum. I believe it was for his Milwaukee Road collection. He did a super job with the conversion. Only one I have seen modeled in o-gauge.
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Post by laz57 on Nov 4, 2019 22:19:40 GMT
TIM,
R&N has the open gondola cars that they use on the Lehigh Gorge tours. They mainly use them to ferry bicycles up the river. I know they will put benches in the gondolas for the leaf looking tours too. If you get any info on this I would be too interested in this. R&N is my favorite RR. It’s only 50 miles away.
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Post by Traindiesel! on Nov 5, 2019 3:21:11 GMT
That's a great idea, Tim! I also have an excursion train that I've gathered over time for when my layout gets built, but I didn't think of open gondola cars. The Verde Canyon Railroad has them too that I've ridden in, they are pictured on their website. They just have benches for seating and enough room to walk around too, with a canopy over head to block out the relentless sunshine. My thinking is to get some O gauge or Plasticville park benches and paint them a desired color and just glue them to the floor of the gondola and add passengers. A canopy made out of construction paper could be easily added if desired. |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 5, 2019 4:48:32 GMT
Tim, I saw a conversion to an open air passenger car done by the guy who now lives in Maui (Don ?) and who hangs out on another forum. I believe it was for his Milwaukee Road collection. He did a super job with the conversion. Only one I have seen modeled in o-gauge. That poster's handle on OGR is scale rail (Don from Hawaii), who in my experience is a very nice guy to deal with. I don't recall him posting specifically about open air gondolas and a quick search didn't turn up anything but he has or had a fantastic Milwaukee Road layout. He might have put some photos of such cars on one of his threads. Traindiesel's advice seems right to me based on what I have seen of such cars (entirely in videos). Late breaking news: Here's one of Don's posts on this subject that I found: ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/post-a-picture-of-your-scratch-built-car?reply=4245430028592714#4245430028592714 |
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Post by ptc on Nov 5, 2019 11:49:21 GMT
Well, my memory in this case did serve me well, Andy. Don did a beautiful job with that conversion and it stuck with me. Nicest conversion of this kind I have seen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 15:12:32 GMT
I have plans to do an excursion run on my layout. My plans are to use the Thomas the train cars - remove the roof and repaint.
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