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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN

UPDATED 31 December 2006.
Click here to visit Fred Klein's excellent N-scale Passenger Car website  
The following are cars that can be accurately modeled currently in N-scale using available car sides, kits and R-T-R models.  The list below are recommendations only, based on the best information that I have on-hand.  If you know of additions or corrections that need to be made, or know of suitable decals for lettering these cars, please email me by Clicking Here.

Below is a list of links for the manufacturers featured on this page:

American Limited Models	Athabasca Scale Models	Laser Horizons
	Kato USA

**NEW LISTINGS ARE IN GOLD.

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
898 Diamond Lake   899 Silver Lake	P.S. buffet lounge - parlor	ASM 5401	to CN (1971).
1346	P.S. 40-seat dining car	ASM 5205	to CN (1971).
4800 - 4806	ACF 74-seat coach 1	Kato R-T-R   LH N-UP5450	ex-UP (1968)   commuter service after 1971
4807 - 4817	P.S. 74-seat coach 1	Kato R-T-R   LH N-UP5400	ex-UP (1968)   commuter service after 1971
4884 - 4888 2	P.S. 76-seat coach	ASM 5402	to CN, 1971.
4884, 4885 2	P.S. buffet lounge	ASM 5235	to CN, 1971.
**9081 - 9084	ACF 70' baggage - express	LH N-NY2910	to CN, 1971.

Abbreviations:

	A.C.F. - American Car and Foundry	DBR - double bedroom	obs. - observation
	BE - blunt end	DR - drawing room	P.S. - Pullman - Standard
	Comp - compartment	Dup - duplex	Sect - section
	Dorm - dormitory	HW - heavyweight	SR - single room

Note 1:  These cars were acquired from Union Pacific in 1968 as 48-seat leg-rest coaches, and were rebuilt to 74-seats by the GTW without any external changes.  All were transferred to SEMTA in 1977, retired 1978.

Note 2:  Cars 4884 and 4885 were rebuilt to 16-seat buffet/24-seat lounge cars after the former UP cars were placed into service.

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