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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide

CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE CHATTANOOGA AND ST. LOUIS

UPDATED 14 JANUARY 2007
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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.

Other roads that participated in run-through service with the L&N also had cars of the same (or similar) designs.  These roads include the Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast, Pennsylvania Railroad, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway and the West Point Route.  (The River - series cars used in the PRR pool were painted in PRR colors with PRR-styled L&N lettering.  These cars were later repainted in L&N blue and yellow.)

It should be noted that the NC&StL was, in later years, a L&N subsidiary and in 1959 all of their cars became L&N property, with time being repainted and relettered.  Also, it should be noted that during the 1960s the C&EI was merged into the Missouri Pacific and then later divided between MoPac and the L&N.  While many of the cars were assigned MoPac numbers it is difficult to say how many of these cars actually received MoPac paint, while many did later receive L&N paint when cars were transferred.

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

American Limited Models	Eastern Seaboard Models Corp.	Union Station Products*
Brass Car Sides	Lazer Horizons	Walthers

NEW LISTINGS ARE NOTED IN GRAY LETTERING.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
C&EI Florida - series 1	P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect	USP 4196*	ACL pool; see Note 4.
C&EI Pine - series 1	P.S. 6 Sect - 4 DBR - 6 Rmt	LH L&N4183   USP 4196*	ACL pool   assigned MP 606 - 609

Louisville and Nashville

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
L&N Florida - series 2	P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect	USP 4196*	ACL pool
L&N Pine - series 2	P.S. 6 Sect - 4 DBR - 6 Rmt	LH L&N4183   USP 4196*
L&N River - series 2	P.S. 10 Rmt - 6 DBR	BCS 173-533   LH N-L&N4140   USP 4140   Walthers R-T-R	PRR pool   smooth sided; see note 5.
L&N River - series 2	P.S. 10 Rmt - 6 DBR	E.S.M.C. 3114   USP 4140	SOU pool - corrugated; see note 5.
L&N Royal - series 2	P.S. 5 DBR - buffet lounge observtaion	USP 4126*	SOU pool
L&N 42347	P.S. Train Inspection Car	LH N-L&NTIC	ex-C&EI; See Note 6.

Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
NC&StL Florida - series 3	P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect	USP 4196*	ACL pool; became L&N
NC&StL Pine - series 3	P.S. 6 Sect - 4 DBR - 6 Rmt	LH L&N4183   USP 4196*	became L&N

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

* - It should be noted that the Union Station Products are Craftsman-level kits.  Some clean-up of parts and assembly is required, and care must be exercised when assembling these sides because of the delicate parts.

Note 1:  The C&EI named their sleeper cars as follows.  (Note  When transferred to the MoPac, there was no change in name.):

The following names were assigned to the Florida - series P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect sleeper:
Florida Flowers   Florida Lakes

The following names were assigned to the Pine - series :

Loblolly Pine	Pitch Pine	Pond Pine	Slash Pine

Note 2:  The L&N named their sleeper cars as follows:

The following names were assigned to the Florida - series P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect sleeper:

Florida Flowers	Florida Sunset	Florida Surf	Florida Traveler

The following names were assigned to the Pine - series P.S. 6 Sect - 4 DBR - 6 Rmt:

Alabama Pine	Curly Pine	Louisiana Pine	Short Leaf Pine	White Pine
Holiday Pine	Kentucky Pine	Mississippi Pine	Southern Pine	Wild Pine
Deep Woods Pine	Light Pine	Mountain Pine	Tall Pine	Yellow Pine
Dixie Pine	Lonesome Pine	Plantation Pine	Towering Pine
Green Pine	Long Leaf Pine	Rocky Creek Pine	Whispering Pine

The following names were assigned to the River - series 10 Rmt - 6 DBR sleeper. (Car names in blue were PRR pool cars.):

Barren River	Green River	Kentucky River	Mobile River	Pearl River

The following names were assigned to the Royal - series 5 DBR - buffet lounge observation:  Royal Canal    Royal Street

Note 3:  The NC&StL named their sleeper cars as follows.  (Note  When transferred to the L&N there was no change in name.):

The following names were assigned to the Florida - series P.S. 4 Rmt - 5 DBR - 1 Comp - 4 Sect sleeper:
Florida Sunset    Florida Surf

The following names were assigned to the Pine - series :

Chicamauga Pine	Georgia Pine	Tennessee

Note 4:  All four of the C&EI Pine - series cars were transferred to the MoPac, and when the C&EI's assets were split with the L&N, all four cars were transferred to the L&N and renumbered 650 - 653 (without their names) and placed in service as dormitory cars.  After the creation of Amtrak L&N 652 (nee-C&EI Loblolly Pine) was rebuilt by AutoLiner and sold to the MoPac as their #2 (2^ND).

Note 5:  Either set of sides can be used to create the corrugated cars, with the USP P.S. corrugation for this detail (which comes in the USP kit).  It is not recommended that the Brass Car Sides set be used since it has the double beaded beltrail, which could interfere with the adding of this detail.

Note 6:  One C&EI Pine - series sleeper was rebuilt into a track inspection car, painted in L&N colors, with a "Family Lines" herald.  This car was destroyed in a derailment around 1982.

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