Railsmith GN Glacier sleepers

[nickelplate759]

Lowell Smith has announced the GN "Glacier" duplex sleeping cars, for the 1947 Empire Builder and Western Star.

https://lowellsmith.net/product/gn-glacier-sleeper-pair-47-builder/
https://lowellsmith.net/product/gn-glacier-sleeper-pair-western-star/

[Ike the BN Freak]

Wish he offered these as single cars, I only want one for a foobie business car

[nkalanaga]

I've asked him to make a single car, but haven't heard back.  I need at least one, as I saw three in Amtrak service.  All three that I saw were BSB, though, and the two he's offering were both repainted BSB.

I'll order them anyway, though, as it isn't hard to change the names, MSD's Empire Builder lettering is an almost perfect match.  And, if he doesn't offer BSB cars, it won't be hard to to paint one of these.

For those interested, here are the final colors for these, as determined from 1970s photos.  Amtrak didn't buy any, and supposedly didn't lease them, but must have "borrowed" them on occasion.  I saw 1170, 1172, and 1186 in Pasco, in the Empire Builder.  Pictures of these are rare, though, so I have no idea if some were repainted.

GN   1170   BSB   
GN   1171   BSB   
GN   1172   BSB   
GN   1173   BSB   
GN   1174   unknown   
GN   1175   unknown   
GN   1176   unknown   
GN   1177   unknown   
CB&Q 1178   EB?   
CB&Q 1179   EB   
BN   1181   BN hockey stick   
BN   1182   BN hockey stick   
GN   1183   BSB   
GN   1184   BSB   
GN   1185   unknown - no pictures   
GN   1186   BSB   
GN   1187   unknown - no pictures   
GN   1188   BSB   

 

[AlbertSpor]

1175 and 1177 were rebuilt to 8 Duplex-2 Bedroom-Buffet-Lounge cars 1198 and 1199 for the Winnipeg Limited in 1956.

[nkalanaga]

OK, thank you!  So I can remove them from my list.