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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide

SPOKANE PORTLAND AND SEATTLE

UPDATED 31 DECEMBER 2006
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The S.P.&S. operated through service in conjunction with both the Great Northern and Northern Pacific.  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 manufacturers featured on this page:

American Limited Models	Brass Car Sides	M&R Models
Athabasca Scale Models		Union Station Products*

New items have yellow background.

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
31	P.S. baggage - mail	M&R 60-107	Empire Builder
32 1	P.S. corrugated baggage - mail	M&R 60-56   USP 1809*	M&R sides - STAND-IN;   ex-MKT 1
75	P.S. baggage - dorm	M&R 60-105   USP 7598*	Empire Builder
301 - 302	PS 56-seat coach	B.C.S. 173-530	301, 302 - Empire Builder
303 - 305	PS 56-seat coach	B.C.S. 173-530	303 - 305 SP&S paint 4
306 2	Budd dome - 4 Rmt - 4 SR - 4 DBR	BCS 173-524
307, 308 1	P.S. corrugated 56-seat coach	M&R 60-57   USP 7537*	ex-MKT
309 1	P.S. corrugated coach	M&R 60-62   USP 7648*	ex-MKT,   ex-coach - lounge
350 ( 1ST )	P.S. dining car	BCS 173-515   M&R 60-100	Empire Builder
350 ( 2ND )	P.S. 48-seat leg-rest coach	M&R 60-104   USP 7510*	Empire Builder
366 Portland	P.S. 6 Rmt - 4 DBR - 8 Dup Rmt sleeper	ASM 5801 3   M&R 60-89	North Coast Ltd
405 Columbia	P.S. diner - lounge	M&R 60-97   USP 7599*	Empire Builder
406 Willamette 1	P.S. corrugated dining car	M&R 60-58   USP 7540*	ex-MKT
600 Mount Hood   601 Mount St. Helens	P.S. 6 Rmt - 3 DBR sleeper - buffet lounge	M&R 60-95   USP 4163*	Empire Builder
701 Wapinitia Pass	P.S. 2 Comp - 5 BR - 6 Rmt sleeper	BCS 173-513	Empire Builder
702 Snake River	P.S. 1 Comp - 3 BR - 7 Dup Rmt - 4 Sect sleeper	B.C.S.

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:  SP&S 32, 307 - 309 and 406 are ex-MKT 1000, 1200, 1201, 1301 and 1100 respectively.  While the M&R car sides of the coaches and diner would help create a reasonable model of the car, though not fully accurate without modifications to the center skirt, the baggage - mail car lost some of its lower corrugation, with the sides being listed as a stand-in since the sides represent the car's original appearance on the M-K-T.  To create a more accurate model of car #32 some of the lower corrugation would have to be removed from the car side.

Note 2:  Intended for use on a Kato or Concor Budd corrugated dome - coach shell.

Note 3:  If the Athabasca Scale Models sides are used it will be necessary to add the Des Plaines Hobbies skirting to the bottom of the sides since these sides lack skirting, per the Canadian National prototype.

Note 4:  Originally coaches 303 - 305 were painted with Pullman green sides, black roof and four yellow stripes, one at the edge of the roof, one just above the window section, one just below the window section, and one at the bottom of the sides.  During the mid-to-late-60s the paint scheme was changed to having only a yellow window band in place of the four stripes.

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