Richmond, Fredricksburg & Potomac
HO, N, S and O Scale Passenger Car Sides. Our sides are done with a white styrene outer side and a crystal clear plastic inner side that are to be glued together. The clear inner side is also used for window glazing. All sides are undecorated and require a core kit (roof, floor, ends) to make a car shell, or the use of a donor car, unless otherwise indicated. The diagrams shown are three or four colors: white lines are the outlines of the sides and doors (if the kit comes with separate doors), green lines are generally window openings, red and blue lines are details cut into the sides. Descriptions of the cars are of the prototype and usually tell the builder, number of cars made, the original owning railroad, and disposition of the cars. These descriptions are taken from the "Pullman-Standard Library" and the "Passenger Car Library" by RPC Publications, and are used with permission. All sides listed as fluted include fluting in the kit.
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6 ACL, 1 RF&P and 2 FEC cars were delivered in late '49 for use on the "Florida Special" and "West Coast Champion. The ACL cars were the "Beach" series; the RF&P was named "Colonial Beach;" FEC cars were "Magnolia" and "Oleander."
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6 PRR, 1 RF&P, 1 FEC and 2 PRR cars were delivered in early '50 for use on various trains. The cars were named in the "River"series except for FEC's named "Panama." The ACL cars were later rebuilt into 7 Bdrm-2DR cars in '61.
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These 24 cars were delivered from 12/48 to 4/49; 18 to PRR named in the "Rapids"series, 3 to N&W named in the "County" series, and 3 to RF&P named in the "King" series. 17 of the 18 PRR cars were scrapped. The N&W cars were sold to private owners, and of the RF&P cars, 1 went to Mexico and the other 2 went to Ringling Bros.
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These 16 cars were delivered from 5/49 to 6/49, 13 to SAL and 3 to RF&P, for use on the "Silver Meteor" and "Silver Comet." The SAL cars were named after cities on the route; the RF&P cars had county names. These cars were unusual in that they were ordered with a fluted Budd-Style roof. 14 of the cars went to Amtrak; 2 were wrecked.
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These 36 cars were delivered to ACL (25), FEC (7) and RF&P (4) in late '49 for use on the "Champions" and the "Florida Special." The ACL and RF&P cars were named in the "County" series. FEC had Caribbean names. The 7 FEC cars were bought by CN. Many of the cars went to Amtrak and to private owners.
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These 10 cars were delivered from 9/49 to 10/49 to ACL (5), FEC (2), PRR (2) and RF&P (1) for use on the "Champions" and the "Florida Special." They were named in the "Island" series. ACL car "Parris Island" was rebuilt to an 11 Bedroom and renamed "Magnolia Gardens" in '62. The RF&P car went to Auto Train in '76. The rest of the cars were either sold or scrapped.
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These 13 cars were delivered on 2/50 to 5/50 for use on the "Florida Special" and the "Champion" fleet.
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These 25 cars were delivered in 11/49 to 1/50 for use on the "Champion" fleet. All went to Amtrak in '71.
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These 9 cars were delivered in 11/55 to 12/55 for use on the "Silver Meteor." All went to Amtrak.
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These 28 cars were delivered in 1/47 to 4/47 for use in various "Silver Fleet" trains. Numbered: SAL 6215 to 6226; PRR 4058 to 4067; RF&P 850 to 857.