odd...Neill's stuff?

[bob turner]

I saw a string of arch bar "Ball Jar" ice cars in Pensacola in 1955. Wish I had been a camera freak.

[bob turner]

By the way, Mr. Poplar has expanded his offerings, including lots of fragments. He splits up boilers and details, then combines unrelated castings. Still, of interest to me, at current prices.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

By the way, Mr. Poplar has expanded his offerings, including lots of fragments. He splits up boilers and details, then combines unrelated castings. Still, of interest to me, at current prices.

Normal. He bought some of those really big lots that were not sorted into matched parts and is guessing what goes with what. Just as you say though, some are of interest regardless.

[E7]

Yes - pretty sure PRR used those ugly one-spring trucks under most cabin cars. I would put arch bars on an N6a or N6b.

They were banned from interchange after 1939.

How many PRR cabin cars ever interchanged?

90,481,776,083,917.27 give or take!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They were banned from interchange after 1939.

How many PRR cabin cars ever interchanged?

90,481,776,083,917.27 give or take!

Right.........I can see all the photos of those N5's running over the UP right now.

[E7]

That's nice, but I was referring to arch bar trucks.

[bob turner]

Difficult to interchange the trucks without the caboose? I think quite a few arch bar-equipped cabin cars lasted into the 1950s.

[E7]

Difficult to interchange the trucks without the caboose? I think quite a few arch bar-equipped cabin cars lasted into the 1950s.

I don't recall seeing a PRR cabin with arch bars (real or model), but then I didn't see them all. You just turned the BIG 8-0. That would have made you 10 years old in 1950. Were you out looking for arch bar trucks on PRR cabins at age 10?

[E7]

I saw a string of arch bar "Ball Jar" ice cars in Pensacola in 1955. Wish I had been a camera freak.

'55 would have made you about 15 years old. I have a hard time remembering what I did 65 minutes ago let alone 65 years....you wouldn't be shining us on a bit?

[E7]

I never had the pleasure of meeting Neil, but he seemed like a nice enough fellow from what I "saw" of him via this forum. Looking at his stuff in the Stout auction, I couldn't discern any particular theme or interest. We ALL have our own little peccadilloes. Just wondering if Jim (Maroon) or someone who knew him, would care to comment on his modeling passions?

RIP

[rogruth]

I saw a string of arch bar "Ball Jar" ice cars in Pensacola in 1955. Wish I had been a camera freak.

'55 would have made you about 15 years old. I have a hard time remembering what I did 65 minutes ago let alone 65 years....you wouldn't be shining us on a bit?

I'm 86 and remember qui[e a lot of my school days time. At least by high school, possibly sooner, I did look for the difference in car trucks.

[Dennis Holler]

So, was this a Saginaw E6 or a mixture? I was watching it but fell asleep and missed it at $86... Probably not missing much lol.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-SCALE-2-RAIL ... 7675.l2557

[Carey Williams]

Hello all ..

yes the cast E6 is a Saginaw ...Bill Lenoir 1941 ..

Steve Neil was a collector /buyer / researcher ..loved vintage O scale ...had plans to building a very large layout ... set up framing / tables for the layout ..but never began laying track.

Steve was always kind to share what knowledge he had about the vintage pieces.

Cheers Carey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Steve was always kind to share what knowledge he had about the vintage pieces.

True! I looked forward to meeting with him in Chicago.