Brazilian passenger cars in HO

These Brazilian cars look strangely familiar... like they could also pass for certain American body styles. What do you guys think??

http://www.frateschi.com.br/produtos/ca ... an_eng.php

-otto-

Well, they're Pullman Standards which means that they are probably of an American design.

South America also got a variety of budd built cars as well. I remember seeing some photos online, some of it was pretty unique for narrow guage railroads etc.

http://www.frateschi.com.br/produtos/ca ... dd_eng.php

Looks like Model Hobby cars...

Thouse same cars are sold here in the US as model power cars. I had the observation and the diner car. the Obs has been repainted to Lackawanna Phobe Snow, since it apparently had the correct end details... They are all 65 feet long in scale I think, and not the 85 that they should be. Not bad cars otherwise...

Yeah the Budd stainless cars offered by Frateschi are lacking... but their Pullman-Standard stuff looks promising!

-otto-

I followed your link to this and all I could think was "Stand-in Little Joe"

http://www.frateschi.com.br/produtos/v8_eng.php

Drifting OT...Has anyone else found the Brazillian SD40-2's and C36-7's rebuilt as meter-gauge BB-BB units?

(Opening the box on Xmas day)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=107829

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=608200
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=98607

SD40's with REALLY long porches:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=144932

These guys have also ordered BB-BB meter-gauge Dash-9 widecabs...!... Forget about K27's and Colorado, Someday, I'm gonna kitbash some BB40-2's and build a modern-day dual-gauge layout hauling 150-car iron ore trains!

SlowFreight wrote:I followed your link to this and all I could think was "Stand-in Little Joe"

http://www.frateschi.com.br/produtos/v8_eng.php

It's a generic model of a General Electric engine, the New Haven had similar units, as did Virginian and some other railroads with electrified mains. But not the New York Central... must have been "lost in translation." It would pass for an Americanized unit with proper paint and details.

-otto-

The 4-6-0 is also in the product line of Model Power could they use the same supplier or are they connected with model power?
Olaf The Red

They look like the Con-Cor '72 "Shorties". I purchased an Frateschi FA-1 locomotive in New York Central when they first came out around 1992 or 1993. Nice detailing and for a change, it was the first locomotive I ever purchased that had a painted figure in the cab. Why he's alone, I guess the Fireman is down squatting in the nose, but you can't see him ......... Anyway, it's a nice model, responds well, but I have to tell you that it GROWELS. It's the LOUDEST single piece I have ever owned.

D/