While I've never bought one new, I have quite a few bought off the "used" table at a now long-gone hobbyshop.I think that the detail is decent, although the wheels are undersize, and have flanges which are deeper than most HO scale wheels. I thought they only were produced with Chicago & NW and Pennsy road names. You live in Skagit County and are calling FIFE SCENIC? 3) What kind of couplers are on them now? The Rivarossi 60's are Clerestory roofed Heavy weights, not the round roofed, at least all mine are. They've been sold under several names since, including Rivarossi. Walthers 910-31101 HO scale 60' Thrall Material Handling Car MHC-2 Amtrak #1541. In stock : Ships in 1 Business Day! So called, "Pullman Green" was the most common color on passenger cars fromthe turn of the century until after WWII. On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seem> to have had differing door locations, and the coaches all have> vestibules on BOTH ends.> > They LOOK like nice cars, but where can they, reasonably correctly, be used?> > There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipment> in many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment.> > Dan Mitchell> ==========, These are CNW prototypes, but similar cars were widely used, especially thebaggage and rpo.-- Brian Ehni, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, A few quick questions regarding the NEW Rivarossi 60' passenger cars [as, I looked at these cars with interest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters Be the first to review this product $5.99 Availability: In stock 287 in stock SKU 508 Add to Cart #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters is available to buy in increments of 1 Details #508 HO Scale AHM Rivarossi 4 wheel Coupler Conversion Bolsters 1pr. I'll have to dig up some four-wheel trucks for these. My. I'm trying to avoid modifying how the truck attaches to the frame. These are CNW prototypes, but similar cars were widely used, especially the baggage and rpo. Two new Union Pacific streamlined passenger cars of the 1950s have been released by Rivarossi. The RPO and Baggage were also approximate 60' size. At one time, I had four sets of four Rivarossi 60' passenger cars. These were the last cars made by Rivarossi before they went bankrupt, too bad as they were well finished and tracked well. Mid-grade? On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seem to have had differing door locations, and the coaches all have vestibules on BOTH ends. Shop online for over 600 ho scale model train passenger cars at discounts up to 38%. -- I don't care for stripping cars, but I'll need to before I paint up one in Wabash. As I understand it, the new Rivarossi company owned by Hornby has the old Rivarossi molds so I think there is a good chance the entire line might get reintroduced. They seem to be a bit scarce now that Walthers doesn't stock them. . I have a trio of 2-8-8-2 Mallets. I bought some a while ago and they have given me nothing but problems to deal with. Pennsylvania Railroad's 1960s The General -- Deluxe Edition Consist #2 - 13 Cars 920-829 Advanced Reservation Availability: Sold Out Expected: 01-Feb-2024 HO Scale $1,535.00 View Product Add to Wishlist HO Scale WalthersProto Pennsylvania Railroad's 1960s The General -- Deluxe Edition Washington Section - 3 Cars 920-830 Advanced Reservation You might find a few wood passenger cars in the thirties/forties but it would be very rare. These sets occasionally appear now on eBay, with 4 car sets often going for around $100. Walthers bought out Rivarossi's remaining stock of these cars and sold them under their TrainLine banner for a year or two. The roofs may, or may not, have been either black, 'pullman green', or 'dark green truck enamel'. I'm not super concerned with the level of detail, I just want to know how the cars are overall. Walthers Mainline is ranked #1 out of 12 ho scale model train passenger cars manufacturers, followed by Bachmann, and Rapido Trains Inc.. Products of HO Scale Model Train Passenger Cars 1-20 of 600 Sort by: Popularity 1860-1880 Coach Painted Unlettered $60.38. I did a cursory look through a bunch of my GN and PRR materials and could not find a believable match for any of them. Everything is in excellent condition. No 60 Scarlet - Matt 2.69. I can't wait until my set arrives. Coaches 2097, 2098, 2099, were similarly sized and equipped.So there's 8 passenger cars in the 70ft overall length range, certainly not a fleet but yet more than the odd singleton. They seemed to have dropped Athearn pass cars from the catalog all together. Free shipping for many products! . ), it's going to be a loteasier to make up some decent-looking typical heavyweight consists thatdon't look as much like a boxed set. I also have a set of the "Southern Crescent". I was running quite slow backwards if that makes any difference. Hi Jeff. Description. Perfect for the tight curves on my branchline. http://cgi.ebay.com/Walthers-Trainline-City-Express-Ho-ScaleTrain-Set_W0QQitemZ170136478613QQihZ007QQcategoryZ19135QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. Up until the mid-1950's, the C&NW Chicago commuter trains were being hauled by light pacifics in the E and E-1 classes, when they replaced by GP's and F's. gauge lines were steel. The set consists of a coach, combine, RPO, and baggage. Underbody detail is cast in place, so upgrading that is harder, but hopefully you'll not be viewing them belly-up too often! All have truck mounted horn-hook couplers, and they stay on the track just fine. 1947 Mexico Gold 50 Pesos Restrike - BU - 1.2056 oz. They were very good quality for the 60's and 70's. Yes the flanges were large and ran best on code 100 rail. This is Rivarossi's postal/express baggage car, altered a bit to better ressemble a CNR prototype. Between these cars and the upcoming Branchline coaches (actually shownat the RPM meet in Cocoa Beach last weekend! Thanks Don! Later, when I took some of them off the layout to do some other work, I found that many of the Kadee wheelsets were dropping out of the trucks, and discovered that the ends of the Kadee axles were severely worn, as were the truck sideframes where the axles were seated. Yves The Pocher factory was in Turino, Italy and the RivaRossi factory in Como, Italy. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. Walthers bought out Rivarossi's remaining stock of these cars and sold them under their TrainLine banner for a year or two. cars. They would probably have NOT been used in interchange service (not sure about regs for that time period), but would certainly be seen being pulled on the local. Le migliori offerte per Vintage HO Train Car - Rivarossi Burlington Northern Dome Passenger Car #357 sono su eBay Confronta prezzi e caratteristiche di prodotti nuovi e usati Molti articoli con consegna gratis! $59.95 + $14.82 shipping. $60.00 + $17.00 shipping. I just bought them. The Rivarossi cars imported by AHM roughly 1960's-1980's, and later sold here under the Rivarossi name until about 2000, are not the same cars sold 10-20 years ago under the IHC name (the ones in the bright blue boxes). I glommed onto a bunch of IHC (Rivarossi as sold in North America) back a few years, actually quite a few years ago. What area of Seattle do You live in? I also have A PRR GG1 (sold by AHM) and even though it is only single truck drive and underpowered, again with the large flanges it runs very well. Rivarossi; Scalextric; Close sub menu. The Proto Budd RPO is 65'. I run them both straight out of the box with their horn hook couplers, and also heavily detailed and modified to include body mounted Kadee couplers. Again DON'T judge them from the road. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Anxiously waiting. I bought a set of these from Trainworld last year and they are beauties. Unless you can nail it down to ONE car on ONE day you'll go NUTS tying to create 'generic' colors like 'pullman green' that work for all railroads in all eras and circumstances. $1200 IHC 9052 RIVAROSSI HO INTERIOR FOR ROOMETTE SLEEPER 4 WHEEL 1930 PASSENGER CAR $1200 Train Interior Rivarossi AHM IHC 1920's Duplex Sleeper Passenger Car HO Scale $2500 Passenger Seating Car Coach Interior For MDC Roundhouse HO Scale Overton Coach Gray $800 HO Train 50' Combine Passenger Luggage Car Interior Roundhouse MDC $1200 Rivarossi HO #2882 1920 Pullman -Southern Pacific Night Fern RTR NIB! Rivarossi - German Passenger Coach ICE-T Set Class 415 of the DB. Trains. The baggage appears to be a newer heavyweight than the Rivarossi heavyweight baggage and has lines more typical of the 60-foot(+/-) baggage cars which lasted in service into the 1960s and 1970s than the Rivarossi model. I likely won't get over that way for a long time, but. Most of them are made to negotiate smaller radii. May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails. I think we need more details. The only issue is that with wheels that are 5"bigger in diameter you do tend to raise the car height up a bit. It did require shaving away some of the cast on brake shoes but with care you can shave away enough to retain the "look" of the shoes yet let the wheels turn freely. I have a run to Spokane Tomorrow, so I may actually get to stop at PF&S, if You talk to Leroy or Sharon, tell them Hi, for me, they will know Me, I am just one of several Truck Drivers that stop there every so often. Did you back 'em up too? The earlier runs of Rivarossi locos have the pizza cutter flanges that will not run on any track smaller than code 100 (the track that comes with trainsets). A railroad had to be mighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specific train. Mike. PremierName trains got the pretty paint. I painted a lot of undecorated figures, although not Mel-quality. The Set A and Set B are OK cars. I don't own any yet, unfortunately. Hi. Kit I guess I'm just remembering the 'good ole days' when I first walked into a hobby shop and bought my first Athearn BB 50 footer for a whopping $2. Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are? Usually the metal ones came on cars that were "iluminated", but not always. Riva Rossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft. passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920S through the early 1950S. Rivarossi Plastic HO Model Railroad Passenger Cars Best Selling HO Rivarossi 85' Canadian National1930 Sleeper Car # 2615 $31.00 New Rivarossi Union Pacific 60ft Baggage Car HO Scale Trains HOPC 6 (2) $79.99 New Rivarossi 6901 HO Atchison Topeka & Santa FE Barnum Coach and Passenger Set $58.99 New For years, the BB kits were a staple of the hobby and I think it's a shame the line has been let go. I just wanted to confirm that Hornby now owns Rivarossi and you won't find Athearn in the Walthers catalog or website anymore as Horizon & Walthers are competetive distributors now and don't sell each others' products. Product Notes: 1. On the cars pictured below I replaced the stock Rivarossi "Pizza Cutter" wheels with Proto 2000 36" wheel sets. I painted the red stripe thru the windows using a rattle can. Rivarossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920s through the early 1950s. $60.00 + $18.00 shipping. Yes, but even 'pullman green' varied with era, railroad, and weathering. They track well, run in trains mixed with Walthers cars, and roll like skates! I don't use diaphragms, and they didn't come with any. . . (BTW I believe the Athearn ones are 63' and 67' respectively.) And since the "Crescent" is not a part of my railroads, it is a "shelf queen". Rivarossi 60' Passenger Cars: Anything other than Coaches coming? So if your layout has sharp curves, the MDC cars would be a better choice. It was a mixture of lamp black (carbon) and YELLOW. HO 1880's-1920's Old Time Passenger Cars; HO Modern Mail Handling Box Cars - On Sale! 2. * For similar cars, see also ConCor Heavyweights. If you get a chance to look around, Walthers packaged a set of three coaches with trainsets. Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. I have had an Alco C420 for years and although the detail is not the highest is does run very well. Here is a link showing Walther's Rivarossi stock of passenger cars. all with clerestory roofs. Excellent. This is a unit I metalized and weathered. All was fine. The so called "Empire Builder" green on the GN was of this nature. I started in the model train business in 1959 buying die-cast freight car kits from Clarence Menteer at Model Die Casting, painting and . There were later runs where the wheelsets improved but I still replaced these with Kadee wheels. The MDC/Harriman cars are 60' cars with truck-mounted couplers which will allow them to run on 18"R curves. I bought Walthers lighting kits, which included new trucks with metal wireframes. Where I disagree is that their diesels weren't any good. . i put a few ounces of lead type slugs inside the cars for extra weight. Rivarossi was an Italian model train company founded by Allessandro Rossi and Antonio Riva in 1945 in Como, Italy. Free delivery for many products! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Kadee HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi Conversion Coupler, 4-Wheel Brand: Kadee 10 ratings $967 See more About this item Includes highly-detailed pieces. But even more recently, a resurrected Rivarossi (under new outside control), has brought back the coach and combine as a limited run item (see ads in MR). This website has all the protype information for Riverossi cars. I also added weight to the cars and retained the integral couplers (versus body mounted) but replaced them with Kadees. Many railroads used multiple colors, or types of paint on the same car. (what is theera of the cars). They are advertised to handle 18 inch curves, and they do. New layout and passenger cars; New layout and passenger cars. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used primarily (perhaps exclusively) in Chicago commuter service. Add paints to basket Mostly the heavweights were models of Santa Fe prototypes. Are other than coach cars forthcoming? I have come to the conclusion that they are right. I think the 60' cars all came with interiors. The new Rivarossi cars appear to be based on the same C&NW prototypes as the old Walthers cars - full RPOs in the 9413-33 series, baggage cars in various 87xx series, combines in various batches in the 74xx series, and coaches in several groups numbered between 3088 and 3306 (the photos and car listing indicate Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). I have some vague recollecction the coach was Soo Line but no longer recall why I think that. I was looking on ebay and saw numerous ads for rivarossi 1920 era pass. Appreciate it.. 4/14, Lenovo Flex 5 14" FHD Touchscreen 2-in-1 Laptop Ryzen 5-5500U 16GB RAM 512GB SSD, Google - Pixel 6 128GB Unlocked - Very Good, 1959 Mexico Gold 10 Pesos (.2411 oz) - BU, Skullcandy Sesh Evo True Wireless In-Ear Headset-Six colors Certified Refurbish, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i 15.6" FHD 120Hz i7-12700H 8GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX 3050Ti, Dyson HP02 Pure Hot+Cool Link Connected Air Purifier | Certified Refurbished. We'll follow up with any questions or to make an offer. The ones you're getting are completely different. The Set A and Set B are OK cars. It's a bit hard to see in the pics if they're celestory or not but they seem to be rounded. I've searched for replacement trucks but don't know what to look for. The RPO was placed in service on the mainline mail train and lettered for that. I would guess that due to the weight of the cars with all the hardwood construction, no more than 5 or 6 were ever in a single train. They have truck-mounted couplers for operation on sharp curves. These were all around 80 feet long but the coaches were nearer 70 feet. I used motive power with body mounted couplers with no problem. I believe Chicago Northwestern prototype. Buyer's Premium 15% Lot 0232 Details. Fetters and Alco worked together to develop . HO SCALE RIVAROSSI UNION PACIFIC PASSENGER CAR LOT OF (6) READ! It has everything except smoke. Mine have run many miles down at the club, and they have performed very well. As doctorwayne has shown, they can be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like. Hey Don, thank you VERY much! www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com. This item was produced exclusively for The Western Depot. Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are? Rivarossi is decent, although most if not all of their models have a small level of inaccuracy or missing some detail (which detail parts can fix). The dealer claims they can run on 18 inch radius. The C420 sold by Rivarossi was the old MRC/Lima one, and did run well. Are they underscale? As it is the Rivarossi cars did not exactly match the height of other and more correct cars either as built with the 31" wheels or as retrofitted. Railway: DB. You must log in or register to reply here. They were very good quality for the 60's and 70's. All photos I recall of similar ATSFcars were "Pullman" green, as were CB&Q cars through WWII. I was hoping the were celestory roofed as I much prefer the look of that style. I have an old NYC Hudson that runs great and will also run on code 83 track after I turned down the flanges with my dremel and stone wheel. From coach cars to baggage cars to sleeper cars and dining cars, we have a wide selection of options in HO scale, O Scale, N Scale, and more for you as you build out your model train layout. The Rivarossi RPO's are 60-footers. Starter Sets & Gift Sets . Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. Add Quote. Detail is decent even by today's standards. There were also 60 ft heavyweight sets packaged in both the Walthers and Rivarossi labels, the 60' cars came in a wide variety of railroad names as well. This was a problem as the needlepoint axle ends wore into the soft plastic truck sideframes. Walthers Plastic HO Model Train Passenger Cars, Walthers HO Flat Car Model Train Carriages, though, not exact replicas, they do make a decent looking train. I have some Rivarossi passenger cars, and run them with Athearn, Model Die Casting, and BranchLine passenger cars, along with some head-end express cars from various manufacturers. All the cars are in their original boxes. Notes: * In the 50th Anniversary (1988) Rivarossi Catalog a model 9902 3 Pack is also listed. It may not display this or other websites correctly. manage your account online and more! Due Early December, 2022. For those, I used sheet styrene to create interior walls and partitions, and added RIX/PikeStuff seats'. The cars roll very well. manage your account online and more! on each end seems to work fine. Thought I'd help the grandnephew with his new layout. They are slightly overscale in height and width. Can anyone comment about Rivarossi passenger cars? The wheel flanges are not pizza cutter type. or 16oz.They tracked even better, and their behaviour was a lot more prototypicalthe best I can describe it was that the cars rolled ponderouslyno shimmy, no shake, nothing toylike about them at all. If Shorter passenger cars are your thing, you might also look into ebay (or similar) for some older Athearn Blue Box kits. That shop sounds like my kind of place. If you want clerestory roofs, Athearn makes RPO, Baggage and Coach cars that are fullsize and a Diner, Pullman and Obs car that are shortened down to 72' (same length as the Coach, the RPO and Baggage car are shorter). $134.99 + $14.87 shipping. I did manage to get replacement axles from Kadee, I changed the majority of my Pullman cars into coaches, as my freelanced road is too short to need sleepers(click on the photos for a larger image). 60' cars. I actually like the Roundhouse cars but as you reference, they are late 1800s, early 1900s. I don't know it they still come without interiors. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners. I have to wonder why yours are derailing. They all needed weight. Rivarossi is a European company so the earlier stuff isn't built to American standards (but when they realized the steamer market in the states, they quickly changed) . I did remove some of the excess weight, but will be replacing the trucks with ones from Walthers, and will likely re-up the weights. it is your call, but i would try the 33 inch wheel sets in one car and see if i was happy with that. LOL. I'm looking forward to these cars, specifically the RPO and the baggage. You are using an out of date browser. The stock waslimited and sold out rather quickly. Free shipping for many products! GQ. Here's a quick unboxing and review of the Rivarossi 60'. RIVAROSSI HO gauge 4 CAR PASSENGER SET - GREAT NORTHERN EMPIRE - 6944 BOXED | Collectables, Model Railways & Trains, Railways & Trains | eBay! I kept the stock trucks but switched to knuckle couplers (I forgot what number). Off the top of my head, the RPO is a match or near-match for RPOs that the C&O and the Wabash used, and I /think/ the B&O, Southern and L&N. I used pan head 6-32 machine screws to secure the trucks. JavaScript is disabled. The same guy (Bernard Paul) was involved in both, but the products were not the same. Rivarossi HO scale Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Car Train B&O # 5501 new $15.00 $9.85 shipping or Best Offer Rivarossi HO Scale Santa Fe Super Chief 1930s Passenger 4 Car Set A NIB 6938 (1) $200.00 $15.00 shipping or Best Offer HO RIVAROSSI RT600036 VISTA DOME ALASKA # 500 $129.99 $7.95 shipping or Best Offer Charlie, are you happy with the way they roll with replacement wheels in the old trucks? There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipmentin many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment. HO SCALE RIVAROSSI GULF MOBILE & OHIO PASSENGER CAR LOT OF (5) RARE!READ! I will have a lot more questions soon. Deutsche Bahn, RhB, SBB, und BB Modelleisenbahn, http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showthread.php?t=22525. with that kind of power, any wheels that do not want to roll will just slide along although none do. You just select which one your prototype used. 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