LGB Passenger Car Size Question
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Tim Brien said:
Yes, but are the width and height the same as a typical LGB full length wood coach? My reason for asking is that I have just purchased two Pennsylvania full length coaches and was thinking of using the shorty baggage car for my battery car behind the loco. I would like if the proportions were correct.
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i gots em
WPY shorty baggages.-
They look to match my full size WPY passenger cars. Have I measured? No.
They have an ever so slightly wider roof and body. You cannot interchange body parts.
Height of body appears to be the same. While I haven't measured, Dan, I eyeballed these for you prior to responding. They are really close. So close id say they are the same, visually. Identical to the mm? I cant say. But maybe a mm difference, if any.
Do they look really close when run together, in width and height? Absolutely.
Could you splice two shortys to make a single double door baggage? Probably.
They are so close, that they look like they are from the series, imho.
hope that helps
WPY shorty baggages.-
They look to match my full size WPY passenger cars. Have I measured? No.
They have an ever so slightly wider roof and body. You cannot interchange body parts.
Height of body appears to be the same. While I haven't measured, Dan, I eyeballed these for you prior to responding. They are really close. So close id say they are the same, visually. Identical to the mm? I cant say. But maybe a mm difference, if any.
Do they look really close when run together, in width and height? Absolutely.
Could you splice two shortys to make a single double door baggage? Probably.
They are so close, that they look like they are from the series, imho.
hope that helps
Madman
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Tim,
I do have some starter coaches, but of the European type. I can see in the photos of the coaches I am looking at on Ebay, that the clearstory seems to be more pronounced on the shorty coaches. I am waiting for the two full length coaches to arrive, so I won't have anything solid to go by until they do. All of this may go away if the price of the shorty baggage car gets out of hand.
I do have some starter coaches, but of the European type. I can see in the photos of the coaches I am looking at on Ebay, that the clearstory seems to be more pronounced on the shorty coaches. I am waiting for the two full length coaches to arrive, so I won't have anything solid to go by until they do. All of this may go away if the price of the shorty baggage car gets out of hand.
Dan,
personally, I would not mix and match the shorter baggage car with the 'full length' cars. The shorty cars are a caricature/cartoonish type offering. They look great when run together.
I remember when the shorty baggage cars were well over $100.00 and far more in price than a typical full length coach. I believe that their production numbers and thus supply was very limited, thus explaining the high price.
When surplus LGB American Christmas coaches were plentiful and cheap ($24,99 at Ridge Road) I purchased numerous cars and converted my four wheel "Lake George & Boulder" coaches to the 'American' clerestory look, complete with shorty baggage cars. I had a six car rake of both yellow cars and red cars. In 1993 LGB released the red Lake George & Boulder coach with the clerestory roof moulding but a typical Euro four wheel underframe.
Oh and what happened to my leftover Christmas coach bodies? Well, the Euro parts salvage from the Lake George & Boulder cars were fitted to the Christmas coach bodies and then flogged off on eBay, thus recouping my expenses in full.
personally, I would not mix and match the shorter baggage car with the 'full length' cars. The shorty cars are a caricature/cartoonish type offering. They look great when run together.
I remember when the shorty baggage cars were well over $100.00 and far more in price than a typical full length coach. I believe that their production numbers and thus supply was very limited, thus explaining the high price.
When surplus LGB American Christmas coaches were plentiful and cheap ($24,99 at Ridge Road) I purchased numerous cars and converted my four wheel "Lake George & Boulder" coaches to the 'American' clerestory look, complete with shorty baggage cars. I had a six car rake of both yellow cars and red cars. In 1993 LGB released the red Lake George & Boulder coach with the clerestory roof moulding but a typical Euro four wheel underframe.
Oh and what happened to my leftover Christmas coach bodies? Well, the Euro parts salvage from the Lake George & Boulder cars were fitted to the Christmas coach bodies and then flogged off on eBay, thus recouping my expenses in full.
steve parberry
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Just needs to be that wide so you could get more baggage in it (aka batteries) 
, also shorter vehicles can sometimes be wider in real life as you get less centre through on corners.
, also shorter vehicles can sometimes be wider in real life as you get less centre through on corners.