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If this fails, then I'll be calling on a friend of mine who may be able to print some out with his old ALPS printer, but I'd rather find high quality decals and just buy 'em if I can.
You say that as if Alps decals were poor quality. Alps printers (old or new - they all work the same way) can print lettering as good as any silk-screened decal. The only possible problem is getting certain colors to match.
Isn't the KATO 10-6 from the Broadway Limited set the same car type?
Oddly, this car never comes up as a solution to the Rapids series problem with the Kato COLA consist. Maybe it's because it would involve breaking up a Broadway Limited set, stripping, repainting and then still having to come up with red Pennsy decals????? I did some research and it appears the Kato Rapids series of Pennsy sleepers (Shuylkill Rapids, Turtle Rapids, Octoraro Rapids, Raccoon Rapids) have the correct vestibule-end small window centered correctly top to bottom, and the skirting appears to be the same as Doug's photo of the Buffalo Rapids.Of course, since they're Kato passenger cars, they've got that nice chrome window edging, which is a real bonus IMO. However, they evidently are RARE, as my search of the internet and eBay yielded exactly zero results for any presently for sale, and only one Broadway Limited set on eBay.Anybody here have one or two extras they'd be willing to sell for me to strip and repaint? Hmmmm???Also, I became aware that the 10-6 Rapids series of Pennsy sleepers were manufactured by both Pullman and ACL, which accounts for the missing vestibule-end window in Doug's Buffalo Rapids photo, which is evidently an ACL built car. It'd be fairly easy to plug that window opening on the Kato car to get a proper Buffalo Rapids since it's got to be stripped and repainted anyway.I also found several color and B&W photos of the NYC "River" series of 10-6 sleepers, and I am beginning to suspect that the Passaic River NYC car was one that ran in Transcon service with the COLA. NYC had at least one more River series 10-6 sleeper for Transcon service, but I haven't been able to find a name yet, but at least one is a good start!ONWARD!Cheerio!Bob GilmoreBob Gilmore