Upgrading a Lionel Southern Dome Car

[DaveJfr0]

I wrote up my notes on how I upgraded a Lionel plastic Vistavision dome car including adding Wasatch brass 41-CUDO trucks.

Hope you find it worth your time to read.

https://davejfr0.blogspot.com/2023/12/l ... -1613.html

[sleepmac]

Dave, very nice presentation on your blog.

Dan Weinhold

[up148]

Outstanding job Dave! It is all fantastic, but your paint and detail work is about the best I've seen. Great conversion.

[De Bruin]

Nice Dave! (as usual with all your project/blog subjects!)
Both of those former Wabash domes the CoG/Sou picked up from the N&W are hard ones to get an accurate example of. Yours looks really good and to me certainly the easier way to go than struggling with a Kemtron or the successor versions thereof. Very interesting as I have both that Kemtron ACF-plan version and an OK extruded P/S version, both are basket cases requiring a lot of "surgery" to get that lowered floor below the dome and window pattern correct .
Also can you post a good photo of the rear end(s) of the car body? (My biggest beef with Lionel.)
Great stuff!

[86TA355SR]

Beautiful work and really enjoy your website, thanks for taking the time to create enjoyment for us.

[E7]

Great stuff as always! Thanks for your posts.