Advice on 1800 passenger cars

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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I would like your advice on late 19th century style passenger cars. What would be appropriate and readily available?

Thanks
Jon

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In ready to run? Nothing is available.

RailKing makes shorty 1850’s coaches; Labelle makes 1890s passenger cars in wood kit form.

And unfortunately, that’s all.

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MTH makes the Overton style cars in several different road names and colors

here is a link to the MTH site

http://www.mth-railking.com/list3.asp?qwest=0&cat=any&cla=any&lin=any&naam=overton&rn=&cab=&goob=Search+with+Advanced+Search

Lionel also has made some, but they are lacking much of the detail that MTH has, and I have only seen them sold in sets with the engine, unless you pick them up at a train show.

tom

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The Lionel and the MTH cars are 1850s - 1860s prototypes–not “late 19th century” passenger cars. This branch of railroading is utterly lacking. And while MTH has announced an allegedly 19th century 4-4-0 American, there are no readily available passenger cars that can be used with this engine.

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Thanks Tom, I found a couple of sets that I’m interested in. I’ve emailed the dealers and will wait for their replies. I’ve got just the area on my layout for these cars.

Jon