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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide
 

SEABOARD AIR LINE

UPDATED 10 JAN 2007.

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 manufacturers featured on this page:
American Limited Models Eastern Seaboard Models Corp. Union Station Products*
NKP Car

NEW LISTINGS ARE SHOWN IN RED.
SERIES CAR TYPE Maker - ITEM # NOTES
  18 - 20 Beach-series 1
 		   5 DBR - buffet Sun Room lounge 2
 		   USP 4202*
 		   to SCL 6500 - 6502,
  Same names
  25 - 37 Named-series 1
 		   P.S. 10 Rmt - 6 DBR
  		  ESMC 3114
  USP 4140A* 3		   to SCL 6610-series 3,
  Same names
  60 - 62 Named-series 1
 		   5 DBR - 2 Comp - 2 DR
 		   USP 4201*
 		   to SCL 6520 - 6522,
  Same names
  70 - 75 Named-series 1   P.S. 11 DBR   USP 4198A*   to SCL 6100 - 6105, Same names
  6003 - 6005   Budd baggage - dorm - coach   USP 6001*   to SCL 5031, 5032
  6235 - 6241   P.S. 52-seat coach - lounge   USP 7650*   to SCL 5265 - 5271
  6242 - 6251
 		   P.S. 52-seat coach
 
 		   DPH/CCS
  NKP Car
  USP 7600*		   ex-C&O
  to SCL 5254 - 5263
 

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:  Sleeper cars of the SAL were named.  The following are the names within the specific series.  If you can help to match car names with roadnumbers please email me using the link above:

  • Beach-series 5 DBR - buffet Sun Room lounge cars had the following names:
      18 Miami Beach   19 Palm Beach   20 Hollywood Beach

  • P.S. sleeper cars numbered 25 - 37 carried the following names:
      25 Richmond   Birmingham   Columbia   Orlando   Portsmouth
      29 Raleigh   Charlotte   Jacksonville   Petersburg   Savannah
      35 Atlanta   Norfolk   Tampa

  • P.S. sleeper cars numbered 60 - 62 carried the following names:
      60 Boca Grande   Clearwater   Fort Lauderdale

  • P.S. sleeper cars having 70 - 75 carried the following names:
      71 Venice   Hialeah   Sebring
      74 Avon Park   Ocala   Tallahassee

    Note 2:  In addition to the USP car sides you will also need some way of creating the roof mounded windows.  If you have a suggestion about how to do these, please email me using the link above.

    Note 3:  The SAL's PS 10-6 sleepers were unique among the many that were built, as they were built with Budd-styled roofs to better match the various Budd-built cars that had already been rostered (a set of A.C.F.-built 10-6 sleepers also featured matching corrugation on not only the roof but on the letterboard area also).  It is left up to the modeler to determine if such would be used and how to add such a detail.  If you have a suggestion about how to do this, please email me using the link above.  These cars were renumbered for SCL 6610 - 6614, 6617 - 6620, 6623, 6625, 6626.

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