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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1764

MarkFJ
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Speaking of decals: Mount Vernon Shops recently announced decal sets in N,HO, and O for Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines RDCs. This set includes the barricade orange/black stripping found on the front of Reading RDCs.

PRSL RDC decals

However, Walthers lists an updated HO scale P/R Seashore Lines RDC in their latest mailer catalog, so these decals might be unnecessary in that scale. I wonder why Walthers doesn’t offer a Reading RDC.

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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1765

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	back before Walthers bought the Proto line from Life-like, they released the RDC combine in Reading #9166 & 9168.
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1766

MarkFJ
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Yes, but have you tried finding one of those RDC-1s lately? Talk about “hen’s teeth”! I know they also released the RDC-2 & -3, but the -1 is most difficult to find.

On a separate note, in the same mailer catalog as the RDC, Walthers lists a 4-bay offset hopper decorated for Reading in their Trainline series. Has anyone bought this car? It looks similar in detail level to Atlas’ “Trainman” series (molded grab irons, ladders, brake detail, etc.). More a fleet builder than a show piece.

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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1767

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	but Reading never owned 4 bay offset hoppers. about 25 years ago, the Phila. division of the NMRA released the same style car in HO scale lettered for Upper Merion & Plymouth RR. and said they were former Reading cars the UMP purchased secondhand. needless to say I did not buy any of them.
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1768

JoannaBill OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 422 Thank you received: 63	The Reading did NOT have 4-bay, offset side hoppers. They did have some 4-bay ribbed hoppers, but offsets were all of the 2-bay 50 or 55-ton variety.
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 8 months ago #1769

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	starting to work on kitbashing HO scale roundhouse covered hoppers into Reading LOc covered hoppers.
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