Passenger Trains Index

[Sokramiketes]

Maybe it's time for a passenger train index thread. 

One of the great things that RailSmith does is share the information on how to build a train.  It's easy to buy freight cars.  It's harder to put together a believable passenger train.  I also love Fred Klein's site, for his efforts to document prototypes for N scale models and to show full consist information to make believable trains.

   RailSmith Build-A-Trains: https://lowellsmith.net/railsmith/
   Fred Klein's Epic Site:  http://www.trainweb.org/fredatsf/

And here on Railwire, there's been lots of examples too.  I started to scour my bookmarks.  I'll add to this as time goes on. 

Passenger Train Threads of Interest

CB&Q Twin Cities Zephyr (keeper, Sok, Skytop35) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54494.0
Great Northern Badger/Gopher (Keeper) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=30195.0
Missouri Pacific Colorado Eagle (Sokramiketes) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54734.0
MKT Texas Special Discussion (thomasjdavis) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=45247.0
North Coast Limited - Loewy (hegstad1) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49365.0
NYC Train #43 - Christmas Eve 1955 (Sokramiketes) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=53971.0
ONR Polar Bear Express (Craigolio) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49580.0
PRR's The East Wind (nickelplate759) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=52659.0
PRR's The General (Sokramiketes) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54860.0
Rockey Mountaineer (Craigolio) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=56214.0
SSW Morning Star (Sokramiketes) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=55044.0
Wabash Blue Bird (Sokramiketes) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54894.0
Wabash Canonball Discussion (MTL) (nickleplate759) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54188.msg743061#msg743061
Wabash Detroit Limited / St Louis Limited (nickelplate759) https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=53986.0

[nkalanaga]

The only problem with Fred's site is that he doesn't seem to have updated it recently, or at least the model pages don't have some of the newer manufacturers.

[nickelplate759]

It's true the passenger car portion of Fred's site doesn't include the newest models, but he has another section on passenger trains where he shows how he has approximated quite a few famous trains.  Neat stuff!

[keeper]

I think this link index is a good idea, because the original posts are spread on different boards.
So yeah.

 

[C855B]

Union Pacific: https://utahrails.net/pass/other-trains.php

[learmoia]

The Canadian Southern site has some great resources for New York Central consists.



Specifically (for train makeups):
https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/passenger-consists.htm

https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/passenger-consists-092549-westbound.pdf

[keeper]

The Canadian Southern site has some great resources for New York Central consists.



Specifically (for train makeups):
https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/passenger-consists.htm

https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/passenger-consists-092549-westbound.pdf

That pdf file is quite interesting. I never heard about a Newspaper car and searched a bit but found nothing. Is it looking different than eg. a baggage car?

Thomas

[learmoia]

That pdf file is quite interesting. I never heard about a Newspaper car and searched a bit but found nothing. Is it looking different than eg. a baggage car?

Thomas

I would assume its a baggage or express box (maybe RPO/Baggage?) assigned to newspaper service.

~Ian

[thomasjmdavis]

I would assume its a baggage or express box (maybe RPO/Baggage?) assigned to newspaper service.

~Ian

Santa Fe used to occasionally use express reefers for magazine or newspaper service- especially during harvest seasons when lots of produce was moving west to east, and they didn't want the reefers to return to the west empty.

[thomasjmdavis]

Lots and lots of Santa Fe consists from circa 1937 up to Amtrak here:

https://santafe.gmbus.com/

[pjm20]

That pdf file is quite interesting. I never heard about a Newspaper car and searched a bit but found nothing. Is it looking different than eg. a baggage car?

Thomas

The PRR had dedicated cars for newspaper traffic, usually X29s or R50bs. A lot of that service came via the Wilkes Barre gateway at Buttonwood with some days up to 5 cars assigned.

[learmoia]

No trying to promote subject change, but is there any kind of a list of regional or national newspapers of the day that would have traveled in those cars?

I would assume New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angles Times, but I'm sure there are others in the day.

[pjm20]

No trying to promote subject change, but is there any kind of a list of regional or national newspapers of the day that would have traveled in those cars?

I would assume New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angles Times, but I'm sure there are others in the day.

One of the PRR cars was just for Life Magazine, circa 1952 from Stegmaier's book.

[Sokramiketes]

Added link to the East Wind thread @nickelplate759

[Lemosteam]

Vote here to turn this thread into a pinned thread. Anybody second?

Although not prototype, my Polar Express could go here too.

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=34628.0