The sets were in 2 different 4 car sets, the sets had kaydee type couplers, sprung metal wheel sets, were also weighted and had interior finish and lighting as well. Item Add to Wish List. Those coaches look short. I have 3 coaches and a baggage car. I have obtained a few of these sets off of e-bay. 8) Any grades if anyare in your track work? Buyers choice. All the replacement axles I've tried are too tight and introduce significant friction. You can see where the one axle was rubbing on the coupler mounting boss. MDC Roundhouse made some 60 ft. Harriman passenger cars. A forum community dedicated to model train owners and enthusiasts. But it did take on a greenish cast under some weathering and lighting conditions. Rivarossi introduced its line of quality 60' cars (baggage, RPO, combine, coach) a few years ago.just prior to going into some serious financial straights. $120.90 #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters Be the first to review this product $5.99 Availability: In stock 287 in stock SKU 508 Add to Cart #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters is available to buy in increments of 1 Details #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters 1pr. I looked at these cars with interest. I have one 2-8-8-2 that has headed up a group of 237 coal cars at a local show. As far as the Sleepers, Diners and Observations, I could be wrong, but I believe that the 60' passenger cars were more commuter and branch line use, where you wouldn't see Sleepers, Diners and Observations, like you would on a mainline passenger train. But even more recently, a resurrected Rivarossi (under new outside control), has brought back the coach and combine as a limited run item (see ads in MR). Mine were lettered for the Burlington but I removed that and relettered them for my fictional branchline. In coaches in the 70ft 0in size range is series 2395 to 2399 inclusive where are diagrammed as 60ft 4.5 in interior length, 61ft 2in over end sills, 69ft 0in over platforms, & 70ft 3 and 3/4 inches over buffers. Not inexpensive, $130 IIRC. If your layout has fairly wide curves, you can also use body-mounted couplers. Thank you for any help you may offer. at the best online prices at eBay! What's WORSE, paint formula records indicate that real 'pullman green' wasn't GREEN at all. Add a couple of traction tires to each of the 8-wheel engines and you have a locomotive that can pull a ton of cars. I ordered metal wheels to fit the IHC trucks. But even in the late 50's and early 60's, I remember a couple Q steam fan trips where they were still able to assemble a complete green heavyweight train - my few photos from those trips where my "people filter" was really working look just like old Lucius Beebe steam portraits. rivarossi rivarossi HO Rivarossi IHC EIGHT Union Pacific 2 Color Gray Passenger Cars Boxed (121RX) August 16, 2022 This listing is for a HO gauge Rivarossi set of 8 smooth side passenger cars in two tone gray. IMHO, mid-grade. They were 60ft 10 1/4 inches over the end sills and 60ft 1inch interior length. And since the "Crescent" is not a part of my railroads, it is a "shelf queen". One of the baggage rpo cars and the duplex sleeper were definitely PRR. The depression was in full swing then, and any servicable equipment would be used as long as possible. Rivarossi 60' HO Passenger Car Set Unboxing & Review 2,291 views May 1, 2020 49 Dislike Share Save Trainman440 1.25K subscribers Hi guys! I also have 83 passenger cars. The Set A and Set B are OK cars. Apr 15, 2023 10:00 AM EDT. These are based on ATSF cars, but are fairly generic and could be used for many other railroads. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used. Hi. Depending on the age the wheels might have the large wheel flanges, and can be plastic or metal. The Set A and Set B are OK cars. There is a newer set of 4 cars that are 60' long. Note: All prices in US Dollars Billboard Posters 1940-1960 Price Thecoaches ranfine, I then ran them on my mainline which is 22" radius and of course they ran perfectly. Painted Daylight 1941 for the San Joaquin. Horn-hook couplers were truck mounted on long bars for trainset curves. There were also 60 ft heavyweight sets packaged in both the Walthers and Rivarossi labels, the 60' cars came in a wide variety of railroad names as well. Railway: DB. The Rivarossi cars imported by AHM roughly 1960's-1980's, and later sold here under the Rivarossi name until about 2000, are not the same cars sold 10-20 years ago under the IHC name (the ones in the bright blue boxes). Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are? You must log in or register to reply here. I don't know how they are going to look behind a cab forward or something like that but a nice 4-6-0 or 4-4-2 would look right at home pulling them. The only issue is that with wheels that are 5"bigger in diameter you do tend to raise the car height up a bit. Where I disagree is that their diesels weren't any good. At one time, I had four sets of four Rivarossi 60' passenger cars. PRR had so much stuff there may be some hope there. In the early years Rivarossi catered to children because Alessandro was producing trains with speeds in a more realistic ratio to scale. But, running those cars in reverse by backing up the motive power? Sometimes the metal wheels found their way on to the unlighted cars. Between these cars and the upcoming Branchline coaches (actually shownat the RPM meet in Cocoa Beach last weekend! This product has been discontinued by the manufacturer and is limited to the quantity on hand. By 59CA, all painted Daylight with 5217-8 assigned to SJ Daylight and 5219 assigned to Trains 57-58. These were not really prototypical. Rivarossi Southern Pacific HO Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi Union Pacific Railroad HO Model Railroad Locomotives, A big difference is the old cars had cast on grabirons and railings; the 60' cars I believe required you drill tiny holes to add these as metal add-on parts. On those, I have replaced the trucks with Walthers passenger trucks. Typically RPO and Baggage cars were shorter than regular passenger cars. I would be interesting in knowing which cars you were getting - the 1960's era AHM/Rivarossi 70-80' cars, or the 2000's era Rivarossi/Walthers/etc. Years ago I simply replaced the Riv's wheels with Kadees as that was all that was available. A major reference work for all Rivarossi Collectors, the text. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for O SCALE AHM RIVAROSSI PASSENGER CAR SET DE-BOXED-C-9-used-LN-ORIGINAL BOXES!! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Enjoy your new engine. (BTW I believe the Athearn ones are 63' and 67' respectively.) ), it's going to be a loteasier to make up some decent-looking typical heavyweight consists thatdon't look as much like a boxed set. I'll just add that a few years back I modified my Rivarossi Budds with metal wheels and filled the cavities in the underframe with BB pellets which were covered with glue. Picture . This example shows the very old wheel design used by Rivarossi. I have been having trouble with Con-Cor horn-hook couplers. Dimensions: 600mm. It is always Fun to meet other modelers, the invite to Visit the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club is always good, let me know if it ever works out for You. Sold for $60 4 Bids. Product Notes: 1. I would guess that due to the weight of the cars with all the hardwood construction, no more than 5 or 6 were ever in a single train. They have springy diaphrams on the end doors. Previous topic - Next topic. If you look around Walthers also had a 3 coach set bundled with a passenger set. As doctorwayne has shown, they can be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like. Saw some late in the day at the Timonium train show. The address in the header of this message is deliberately bogus tofoil address-harvesters. Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. with that kind of power, any wheels that do not want to roll will just slide along although none do. Everyday trains got Pullman Green./Partly/ because that green was the official color for Pullman which ownedand operated most sleeping cars until after WWII. $60.00 + $17.00 shipping. Add To Wish List. HO 1880's-1920's Old Time Passenger Cars; HO Modern Mail Handling Box Cars - On Sale! I did change-out the undersize Rivarossi wheelsets, and replaced them with Kadee 36" wheelsets.Some of these cars have truck-mounted couplers, some body-mounted, but I do have fairly generous curves, so very few problems with derailments. My. Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). Pennsylvania Railroad's 1960s The General -- Deluxe Edition Consist #2 - 13 Cars 920-829 Advanced Reservation Availability: Sold Out Expected: 01-Feb-2024 HO Scale $1,535.00 View Product Add to Wishlist HO Scale WalthersProto Pennsylvania Railroad's 1960s The General -- Deluxe Edition Washington Section - 3 Cars 920-830 Advanced Reservation There were more recent runs of Rivarossi 72' cars that have a completely different design, more in line with what Walthers uses on their Proto line, probably both made by Hornby which purchased the assets of Rivarossi a few years back. I could ask you 25 questions about your cars andtrackand still not have a good answer for you. Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. They were kind of spartan when I bought them. The seats are available in a variety of colours, with seats in blocks of six although I usually cut them apart to match each car's window spacing, and then paint them. http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=141874#post141874, Tourist Railroad and Railway Museum Directory. They combine plastic and various metal parts and turn into gorgeous museum quality models, with a lot of care. After upgrades, they look good and run well on my layouts. It has everything except smoke. JavaScript is disabled. O SCALE AHM RIVAROSSI 4 CAR BOXED PASSENGER CAR SET-C-9-used-Original Boxes! I bought some a while ago and they have given me nothing but problems to deal with. Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. Perfect for the tight curves on my branchline. 9) Will you need to back the car on to another track or through a turnout/switch or will the cars only go forward? When installed on IHC and Rivarossi passenger cars, these diaphragms will fill that 'non-scale' space between passenger cars without affecting their 18" turning radius. There's one for the heavyweight cars with 6-wheel trucks and another for the lightweight car's with four-wheel trucks. While the cars do have some fairly decent underbody details, I usually add more details there, too. it is your call, but i would try the 33 inch wheel sets in one car and see if i was happy with that. While I've never bought one new, I have quite a few bought off the "used" table at a now long-gone hobbyshop.I think that the detail is decent, although the wheels are undersize, and have flanges which are deeper than most HO scale wheels. Rivarossi 2709 US Passenger Car New York Central Gauge H0 Unrecorded Boxed | Collectables, Model Railways & Trains, Railways & Trains | eBay! On the 22" line and they ran through a number of turnouts fine both forward and backward. Many railroads used multiple colors, or types of paint on the same car. They come with basic interiors, and I've seen three car sets (baggage, 2 coaches) available NIB in the local LHS recently, $50 give or take. The wood coaches would not be out of place if you are modeling the '30's-40's. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Rivarossi HO RTR Southern Pacific Heavyweight 4-Car Set, Used, VG at the best online prices at eBay! I bought a set from the same vendor a couple of weeks ago. Back then I was able to order interiors for all of them. David Starr PRR had so much stuff> there may be some hope there. These were the last cars made by Rivarossi before they went bankrupt, too bad as they were well finished and tracked well. http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-Rivarossi-Passenger-Car-Set-Santa-Fe-600229_W0QQitemZ220195710250QQihZ012QQcategoryZ19129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. They are generic designs and not specific to any the prototype. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. Bought my set from Walthers 18 months ago, "limited quantity" etc, but no problems, they arrived in short order and good shape. Butadd more resistance which may not be a good thing. Over the last 17 years, I've acquired over 100 Rivarossi/IHC/AHM passenger cars which are all pretty similar. Walthers Mainline is ranked #1 out of 12 ho scale model train passenger cars manufacturers, followed by Bachmann, and Rapido Trains Inc.. Products of HO Scale Model Train Passenger Cars 1-20 of 600 Sort by: Popularity 1860-1880 Coach Painted Unlettered No 61 Flesh - Matt 2.69. Thank you. This is Rivarossi's postal/express baggage car, altered a bit to better ressemble a CNR prototype. Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, Fetters and Alco worked together to develop . If you get a chance to look around, Walthers packaged a set of three coaches with trainsets. 1377 Rivarossi HO Locomotive Steam 4-6-2. These were all around 80 feet long but the coaches were nearer 70 feet. He says it is HO. Off the top of my head, the RPO is a match or near-match for RPOs thatthe C&O and the Wabash used, and I /think/ the B&O, Southern and L&N. About that time, four 60' heavyweight cars (RPO, Baggage, Combine, Coach) all based on CNW prototypes came out. I own many of them. Although all four Riv 60' cars are based on real 60' long cars, the RPO and Baggage cars were much more common at that length. gauge lines were steel. While I do add weight to pretty-well everything that runs on the rails, I experimented with making my Rivarossi "heavyweight" cars into true heavyweights. I've since replaced them with KDs. I did a cursory look through a bunch of my GN and PRR materials and could not find a believable match for any of them. I think it was Don that said no problem, even on 18" curves, which doesn't surprise me. Regardless of railroad. the whole point is moot since i pull them with either a pair of P2K E units or a couple of boiler equipped P2K geeps. I will look to add a single car of each style to the Fast Freight Express that we are assembling. The smooth-side diner is based on a UP 4800-series diner (built circa 1949) The original smooth-side coach was supposedly based on a CN car, in Rivarossis last few years they produced a nice version of a UP 5450-series 44-seat coach (1953-vintage) that was also similar to some other UP coaches. Usually the metal ones came on cars that were "iluminated", but not always. HO Scale Riverossi Passenger Car LED Lighting Installation with "Floating Brass" pickups.www.modeltrainman.comwww.modeltraintechnology.com If I add enought weight will they stay on the rails? I believe the many of the RPOs and baggage cars survived into the 1960s. . 2) ''Modern'' or''OldTime''passenger cars? Just an educated guess. * Era starts with repaint to Tri-Color scheme and ends with Amtrak, if not sooner. In later years (more the lightweight era) MANY railroads had a color they often referred to as "pullman green', and these were often some kind of dark olive green. They are true horses. Rivarossi; N Freight Trucks; N Passenger Car Trucks; Gas Turbine; U-50; N Raintree Products - Hood Shells; . www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com. The combine and diner matched ATSF prototypes, the pullman was a standard type, as was the observattion. Jeff. I have to wonder why yours are derailing. A railroad had to be> mighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specific> train. May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails. I will have a lot more questions soon. Rivarossi 60' RPO car. We'll follow up with any questions or to make an offer. All the cars are in their original boxes. So some bolster modifications are in order (obviously easier to add a shim or washer than to shave away. /Partly/ because that green was the official color for Pullman which owned and operated most sleeping cars until after WWII. I replaced the original wheels, which I think are 31", with nominally correct 36" wheels from Kadee. As I understand it, the new Rivarossi company owned by Hornby has the old Rivarossi molds so I think there is a good chance the entire line might get reintroduced. Body mounting any 60' car should not be much problem once 'coupler height' has been dealt with. it all worked out well with the smaller wheels. This is a unit I metalized and weathered. Notes: * In the 50th Anniversary (1988) Rivarossi Catalog a model 9902 3 Pack is also listed. Shop . Rivarossi /IHC & AHM Passenger car NMRA horn hook coupler Lot Of 12 Couplers new. I just wanted to confirm that Hornby now owns Rivarossi and you won't find Athearn in the Walthers catalog or website anymore as Horizon & Walthers are competetive distributors now and don't sell each others' products. 00 and the Y6b retailed for $29. The new Rivarossi cars appear to be based on the same C&NW prototypes as the old Walthers cars - full RPOs in the 9413-33 series, baggage cars in various 87xx series, combines in various batches in the 74xx series, and coaches in several groups numbered between 3088 and 3306 (the photos and car listing indicate Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). If anyone wants I can share some pictures but I won't worry about it otherwise. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Before the latest "era" in model railroading, Rivarossi "Red Box" steamers were about as good as one could get. The window material is inset so they are "flush" with the exterior wall of the car. CNW used some as smokers on commuter trains for example. While I have deep-sixed most of the remaining Rivarossi in exchange for Walthers, Rapido, and BLI, I still have a few cars. You have to go to theHorizonwebsite to find what's available. $21.50 + $17.70 shipping. cars. Rivarossi is decent, although most if not all of their models have a small level of inaccuracy or missing some detail (which detail parts can fix). Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, -fm Perpetrator of the Haggis Decal Project, at, On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:21:44 UTC, "Christian" wrote: 2000. The first would be the set A and set B, that are full length cars of the AHM era type. . So you could run say a 60' Baggage with a 70' Rivarossi (if you can find one) or 72' Athearn coach or two in a train. I did remove some of the excess weight, but will be replacing the trucks with ones from Walthers, and will likely re-up the weights. Every pic I've seen of the Rivarossis on ebay, etc. I also added metal wheels. The interiors an be purchased separately. The HO versions were the same cars. There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipmentin many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment. I'm looking forward to these cars, specifically the RPO and the baggage. Rivarossi began to produce its own HO scale American style Heavy Weight 1920's era passenger coaches in 1964. . Hey Don, thank you VERY much! Thanks to everyone who has chimed in. I have ten Rivarossi heavyweight passenger cars I run with a A/B set of Athearn PAs. There were also 60 ft heavyweight sets packaged in both the Walthers and Rivarossi labels, the 60' cars came in a wide variety of railroad names as well. The Rivarossiheavyweight cars are mostly Santa Fe prototypes, though the Pullman sleeper and coach are common to many railroads. Are other than coach cars forthcoming? You just select which one your prototype used. Did you back 'em up too? Most of the Horizon stuff I've seen in the Athearn name is RTR and IMO, Overpriced. I bought the NP set in the two tone green. New layout and passenger cars; New layout and passenger cars. Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives, They were very good quality for the 60's and 70's. On the 18" line I did run them forward and backward and no problem, I also ran them through one turnout. The cars I bought have already had body mounted couplers added so I don't need to do that. His passion for trains began when he was a child. My cars came with couplers body mounted in swing boxes, so the cars are rated to take the 18-inch curves on my layout. My cars have couplers that are body mounted in extra swing boxes so they can do those curves. The MDC 1900 woodies are good looking, especially with a little paint and detail, but the axles are underscale and they derail frequently. On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seemto have had differing door locations, and the coaches all havevestibules on BOTH ends. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used primarily (perhaps exclusively) in Chicago commuter service. $59.95 + $14.82 shipping. I was thrilled to see that they were Santa Fe also. Reg Price: $60.99. 8% positiveSeller 99. 4) Do you plan to run those four cars together in one train or split them up between two or three trainsand then addother brands of passenger cars with truck or body mount couplers to make up a train or two or three of eight cars eachmore or less? Jeffers, thanks very much for the details on the MDC/Roundhouse cars. The Rivarossi cars are fairly light, so I add custom-cast lead weights, usually hidden in the washrooms, but I also place them in the car's clerestory roof when necessary.I usually add a few details, such as grabirons and, on baggage cars, sill steps. I looked with the search function but that thing is harder to get results than it use to be and that's sayin' something! In addition, until fairly recently Train World had been advertising full sets and then partial setsof these cars in a few road names. all with clerestory roofs. I'm not super concerned with the level of detail, I just want to know how the cars are overall. 2017 Rivarossi/Athearn PRR HO Scale Passenger Train See Sold Price. Either will serve your railroad well. I recently bought an eight car, Rivarossi streamline train in CNW on ebay. HO SCALE RIVAROSSI UNION PACIFIC PASSENGER CAR LOT OF (6) READ! Rivarossi is a European company so the earlier stuff isn't built to American standards (but when they realized the steamer market in the states, they quickly changed) . Mike. HO Scale Baltimore Ohio Royal Blue Passenger Set B - RIVAROSSI 6909, Knuckle Cpl. I do think the IHC cars are a "bit of this bit of that" generic, b ut I have seen online lists which purport to show the exact prototype of the Rivarossi/AHM heavyweights. It's a bit hard to see in the pics if they're celestory or not but they seem to be rounded. I field tested this set with a Spectrum 4-4-0 on 18" EZ track. Rivarossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920s through the early 1950s. To my knowledge, these cars arearound 54' between the vestibules, or about 64' between the coupler faces. Two new Union Pacific streamlined passenger cars of the 1950s have been released by Rivarossi. All photos I recall of similar ATSF cars were "Pullman" green, as were CB&Q cars through WWII. . Walthers 910-31101 HO scale 60' Thrall Material Handling Car MHC-2 Amtrak #1541. Something went wrong. I painted the red stripe thru the windows using a rattle can. I don't use diaphragms, and they didn't come with any. . 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