Any one know what cars were made by Con-cor for the California Zephyr?
The car names, and the Con-cor catalog#. IE 0001-424112 is a dome car named Silver Sage.
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ConCors Budd cars are pretty good representations of Budd cars, but not California Zephyr specific They offered their entire Budd line in Zephyr lettering
Their baggage car, dome car, sleeper, dining car, and dome observation are very close to correct for Zephyr cars with only minor detail differences (for instance the panels above the windows on the real Zephyr were fluted on the ConCor cars they are smooth). The only car type missing is the 16-section sleeper.
Most of the names on the ConCor cars are fictional and if they are correct names may not be on the correct car type.
The Kato Zephyr set is a much more accurate representation of the train.
Still a pretty good stand in could be made using ConCor cars: baggage, 4 domes, 2 sleepers, diner, coach to represent the 16-section sleeper (there were no coaches on the real California Zephyr), sleeper, dome observation. 11 cars total.