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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). $5 - $ . http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=141874#post141874, Tourist Railroad and Railway Museum Directory. Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, The window material is inset so they are "flush" with the exterior wall of the car. Looking at these cars, the couplers are body, not truck mounted, BUT the couplers are mounted on a swinging arm, which allows more travel in addition to the normal coupler movement. The smooth-side diner is based on a UP 4800-series diner (built circa 1949) The original smooth-side coach was supposedly based on a CN car, in Rivarossis last few years they produced a nice version of a UP 5450-series 44-seat coach (1953-vintage) that was also similar to some other UP coaches. When I was buying them in the 1980s, interiors were optional, iirc. I looked with the search function but that thing is harder to get results than it use to be and that's sayin' something! A railroad had to be mighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specific train. At one time, I had four sets of four Rivarossi 60' passenger cars. I was hoping the were celestory roofed as I much prefer the look of that style. 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. Close, maybe, Really correct, no. Mid-grade? The first would be the set A and set B, that are full length cars of the AHM era type. + $5.60 shipping. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Rivarossi HO RTR Southern Pacific Heavyweight 4-Car Set, Used, VG at the best online prices at eBay! This was a problem as the needlepoint axle ends wore into the soft plastic truck sideframes. The ones you're getting are completely different. They appear to be updates of the 40 year old Walthers metal-sided "Shorty" passenger cars. 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 Come in black for heavyweight cars SKU 6060H Weight 0.13 lb Price $6.98 Qty Not available in the current price set. Kit Detail is decent even by today's standards. Car & Truck Safety & Security Accessories, Passenger Car Interior KIT for Rivarossi 85ft Heavy-Weight DINER [ HO ]. The Walthers/Rivarossi cars are/were available in four types - Utility Coach and Utility Combine, based on CNW 60' cars, and RPO and Baggage cars. * Era starts with repaint to Tri-Color scheme and ends with Amtrak, if not sooner. Before the latest "era" in model railroading, Rivarossi "Red Box" steamers were about as good as one could get. In later years (more the lightweight era) MANY railroads had a colorthey often referred to as "pullman green', and these were often somekind of dark olive green. I do think that you will be very Happy with these, I like mine very much. Premier Name trains got the pretty paint. The sets were in 2 different 4 car sets, the sets had kaydee type couplers, sprung metal wheel sets, were also weighted and had interior finish and lighting as well. These were the last cars made by Rivarossi before they went bankrupt, too bad as they were well finished and tracked well. Thanks Don! SO tomorrow I am picking up a Rivarossi 2-8-8-4. well from what i have seen very nice engines.had a few that were nice before i sold them on ebay. They can easily be upgraded with wire grab irons. Plus of course, none of the AHM/Rivarossi/IHC cars are connected to what the OP bought. Product Notes: 1. Here's a quick unboxing and review of the Rivarossi 60'. > Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are?> > 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. For those, I used sheet styrene to create interior walls and partitions, and added RIX/PikeStuff seats'. 8) Any grades if anyare in your track work? The Set A and Set B are OK cars. . Free shipping for many products! I bought a set from the same vendor a couple of weeks ago. HO SCALE RIVAROSSI GULF MOBILE & OHIO PASSENGER CAR LOT OF (5) RARE!READ! The firstto be run will be the coaches, then a baggage-mail and finally a combine. $59.95 + $14.82 shipping. They are true horses. Notes: * In the 50th Anniversary (1988) Rivarossi Catalog a model 9902 3 Pack is also listed. Always enjoyable seeing passenger car topics popping up. I was lucky enough to obtain a couple of sets of Rivarossi passenger cars from there last year of production. More weight (depending how much) will make the cars ''track'' better. If you get a chance to look around, Walthers packaged a set of three coaches with trainsets. COLOR HO RIVAROSSI OBSERVATION TAIL CAR INTERIOR #9051 1930's AHM IHC Passenger Brand New C $38.76 or Best Offer +C $28.89 shipping from United States 18 sold Sponsored HO TRAIN RIVAROSSI TWO 1920 HW PASSENGER CAR INTERIORS COACH & PULLMAN Brand New C $57.40 Buy It Now +C $19.69 shipping from United States Sponsored rivarossi rivarossi HO Rivarossi IHC EIGHT Union Pacific 2 Color Gray Passenger Cars Boxed (121RX) August 16, 2022 This listing is for a HO gauge Rivarossi set of 8 smooth side passenger cars in two tone gray. On some trucks you had to shave a little off the brake shoes. I believe all of the 'old' Rivarossi (AHM) cars first offered in the 1960s were full 80' length, except for cars (like say the head end cars and heavyweight coaches) where the prototype car was shorter; they weren't 'shorties' like say Athearn passenger cars. If you look around Walthers also had a 3 coach set bundled with a passenger set. I just wanted to know how these cars are. Typically RPO and Baggage cars were shorter than regular passenger cars. Fetters and Alco worked together to develop . Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. "I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!". Merged into another company (Rapido??). $21.50 + $17.70 shipping. The Hi. Regardless of railroad. C-415 Build: https://imageshack.com/a/tShC/1, Other builds: https://imageshack.com/my/albums. They seemed to have dropped Athearn pass cars from the catalog all together. . I did a cursory look through a bunch of my GN and PRR materials andcould not find a believable match for any of them. I kept the stock trucks but switched to knuckle couplers (I forgot what number). Excellent. Trains. One baggage, one RPO, one combine and one coach. We'll follow up with any questions or to make an offer. Thank you. 9) Will you need to back the car on to another track or through a turnout/switch or will the cars only go forward? They are very much underweight. 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 Adding diaphragms helps appearance too. If you are looking at the older cars, you would have to be prepared to fit new couplers and wheels. It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. Rivarossi have been making HO scale cars since the early 1950s. CNW used some as smokers on commuter trains for example. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R. I wanted to see if there'd be anything else available other than the coaches, first. Yves The Pocher factory was in Turino, Italy and the RivaRossi factory in Como, Italy. 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) . Interesting. AU $51.94 . 3. I also seem to recall that the observation car may have been a business car. They come with basic interiors, and I've seen three car sets (baggage, 2 coaches) available NIB in the local LHS recently, $50 give or take. Many railroads used multiple colors, or types of paint on the same car.The GN, for example, in heavyweight days seems to have used 'pullmangreen' for the sides of the cars, and 'dark green truck enamel'(whatever THAT was) for the underbody and trucks. I have had an Alco C420 for years and although the detail is not the highest is does run very well. By todays standards they . Thanks everyone! bear in mind these are the ones made several decades ago and things may have changed since then. Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. I painted the red stripe thru the windows using a rattle can. $60.38. I will have a lot more questions soon. 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. with that kind of power, any wheels that do not want to roll will just slide along although none do. Baggage and RPO cars were often shorter than other cars in the steam era, and coaches were often around 70'. Rivarossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft passenger cars 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 introduced its line of quality 60' cars (baggage, RPO, combine, coach) a few years ago.just prior to going into some serious financial straights. Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, Yes, but even 'pullman green' varied with era, railroad, and weathering. Kadee HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi Conversion Coupler, 4-Wheel Brand: Kadee 10 ratings $967 See more About this item Includes highly-detailed pieces. been hittin' the bottle a little hard lately? RIVAROSSI HO SCALE U25C DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE (#266188039026) d***r (61) - Feedback left by buyer d***r . The assembled structure measures 5. The short combine and coaches were used on locals - look at some of the C&NW picture books that are out. So the first and biggest question is 1) Do they stay on the rails now? As some of the others have said, there are two different sets. 36" wheels were too large unless you wanted to completely remove the brake shoe hanger. I used Kadee 33" wheel sets. I field tested this set with a Spectrum 4-4-0 on 18" EZ track. Buyer's Premium 15% Lot 0232 Details. Appreciate it.. A railroad had to be> mighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specific> train. The RPO and Baggage were also approximate 60' size. I have some of those 60' cars from when they were made by Walthers - Trainline. They all needed weight. It was a mixture of lamp black (carbon) and YELLOW.So, it was actually a DARK yellowish black. since i could adjust the coupler height as i went. It's a bit hard to see in the pics if they're celestory or not but they seem to be rounded. Mine also have metal wheels but I can't remember if they were original or add ons. 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. A lot of work but I wanted to keep the car for whatever reason. Be sure you check the gauge of your wheels, too, if you haven't already. I glommed onto a bunch of IHC (Rivarossi as sold in North America) back a few years, actually quite a few years ago. according to my math, the coupler height difference would only be .023. that is 23 thousandths of an inch. manage your account online and more! Only thing I'd point out is they have body mounted couplers; the coupler boxes do allow for a fair amount of lateral swing, but if you bought them figuring they would work well on tight curves (like 18" radius) you might be disappointed. 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. 2. I'm looking forward to these cars, specifically the RPO and the baggage. I upgraded all to McHenry truck mounted couplers, 36" or 38" Intermountain wheelsets (after removing car brake shoes), and, when necessary, extra weight using glued birdshot in nooks and crannies of model floors. $60.00 + $18.00 shipping. I eagerly await their arrival. Shop online for over 600 ho scale model train passenger cars at discounts up to 38%. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Rivarossi Walthers 60' Heavyweight Southern Pacific 4 Car Passenger Set at the best online prices at eBay! Thanks to everyone who has chimed in. from But with their similar appearance, they do look good together on a model RR, and particularly one with tighter curves. As mentioned earlier, these were produced by American manufacturer Athearn and remained in the catalog until 1963. I will send you a PM. Some versions had plastic wheels and axles and all had small diameter wheels. we did not have the truck tuner tool back then either. it is your call, but i would try the 33 inch wheel sets in one car and see if i was happy with that. If Shorter passenger cars are your thing, you might also look into ebay (or similar) for some older Athearn Blue Box kits. Rivarossi; Scalextric; Close sub menu. I do have Bachman and Proto 72-foot RPO's, but most are 70' and shorter. This required modifications to the underframe to accommodate the center mounting point versus the older Rivarossi asymmetrical approach. All photos I recall of similar ATSF cars were "Pullman" green, as were CB&Q cars through WWII. I also added metal wheels. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners. cars. (what is theera of the cars). Rivarossi used to put out two 4 car passenger sets. So called, "Pullman Green" was the most common color on passenger cars fromthe turn of the century until after WWII. HO 1880's-1920's Old Time Passenger Cars; HO Modern Mail Handling Box Cars - On Sale! Started by patzwaldb, February 21, 2009, 02:19:16 PM. manage your account online and more! 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. /Partly/ because that green was the official color for Pullman which owned and operated most sleeping cars until after WWII. Most of the Horizon stuff I've seen in the Athearn name is RTR and IMO, Overpriced. I thought the Rivarossi trucks seemed flimsy. Gene Chief Brass Hat Virginia Tidewater and . However, if you prefer to keep the factor Rivarossi trucks, metal wheel replacements seem to work fine on them. I looked at these cars with interest. It is my intention to run these coaches primarily on the mainline track but will on occasion need to divert them to the local track. Depends, AHM/Rivarossi produced full-length heavyweight cars for many years, ending production around 2000. 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. This product has been discontinued by The Western Depot and is limited to the quantity on hand. Bachmann & Rivarossi HO Scale Assorted Passenger Cars [6] EX. I was running quite slow backwards if that makes any difference. Mike. They are advertised to handle 18 inch curves, and they do. Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives, Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Even with interiors they need additional weight to bring them up to standards. On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seem to have had differing door locations, and the coaches all have vestibules on BOTH ends. I am looking to replace the horn and hook couplers that are on the IHC carswith Are the Kato and ConCor Union Pacific passenger cars the same colors? These are great coaches, track well, look fantastic, just perfect for the smaller layouts. These will be offeredin 2 car sets. I own many of them. You will find locals passing through Wisconsin with those headend cars and the coaches. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Back then I was able to order interiors for all of them. The so called "Empire Builder" green on the GN was of this nature. Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). Did you back 'em up too? The address in the header of this message is deliberately bogus tofoil address-harvesters. I discovered they they meant 18, not 17 3/4, when I checked one flex-track curve. Buyers choice. . These are based on ATSF cars, but are fairly generic and could be used for many other railroads. They LOOK like nice cars, but where can they, reasonably correctly, be used? 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. I would liketo know more about them too. I think Kadee made a special part for this purpose (the work was done some years back). As far as the Sleepers, Diners and Observations, I could be wrong, but I believe that the 60' passenger cars were more commuter and branch line use, where you wouldn't see Sleepers, Diners and Observations, like you would on a mainline passenger train. Dyson V8 Animal+ Cordless Vacuum | Purple | Certified Refurbished, Swiss Gold 20 Francs (.1867 oz) - Helvetia - BU - Post 1933 - Random Date, Great Britain Gold Sovereign (.2354 oz) - King Edward - XF/AU - Random Date, $2.50/Mo Red Pocket Prepaid Plan: 200 Talk 1000 Text 200MB, March of the Machine Collector Booster Box - MTG Magic the Gathering - New! Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. Guess I'll stick with the Rivarossi's. JavaScript is disabled. So called, "Pullman Green" was the most common color on passenger cars from the turn of the century until after WWII. All have truck mounted horn-hook couplers, and they stay on the track just fine. I bought Walthers lighting kits, which included new trucks with metal wireframes. These 60'ers are just the ticket for my smaller layout. New layout and passenger cars; New layout and passenger cars. Mostly the heavweights were models of Santa Fe prototypes. They appear to be updates of the 40, The short combine and coaches were used on locals - look at some of the C&NW, > 2) Was the ATSF version [prototype] and the Burlington version, On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:21:44 UTC, "Christian" <. When installed on IHC and Rivarossi passenger cars, these diaphragms will fill that 'non-scale' space between passenger cars without affecting their 18" turning radius. LOL. Rivarossi NYC Passenger Car Taken Apart John Bellucci 5K subscribers 3.4K views 7 years ago I made this video for all of those who own some of the older style passenger cars out there,. Easy to do. So I can't put "high quality" on either, neither are super cheap. They seem to be a bit scarce now that Walthers doesn't stock them. As doctorwayne has shown, they can be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like. 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). The GN, for example, in heavyweight days seems to have used 'pullman green' for the sides of the cars, and 'dark green truck enamel' (whatever THAT was) for the underbody and trucks. Where I disagree is that their diesels weren't any good. I have been having trouble with Con-Cor horn-hook couplers. Ho RIVAROSSI 4-6-2 " Light Pacific" C.B.&Q #462 BURLINGTON ROUTE Nice! The Rivi 60 foot heavyweights are beauties, stock with interiors and diaphragms, grab irons you can install yourself. Just remember they are old technology so don't over pay for one. I think the 60' cars all came with interiors. Walther's made a LED light bar that fit in nicely. There is a newer set of 4 cars that are 60' long. Thanks. Too bad they're not running undecs (yet?) There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipmentin many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment. 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. The RPOs and baggage cars were more ubiquitous and are probablylike cars rostered by ATSF and CB&Q. 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. High quality? Super cheap? I also added weight to the cars and retained the integral couplers (versus body mounted) but replaced them with Kadees. But it did take on agreenish cast under some weathering and lighting conditions. These classic smooth-side coach and dome-observation cars come ready-to-run with interior details, free-rolling plastic and metal trucks, and magnetic knuckle couplers. I didn't think he should PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. They've been sold under several names since, including Rivarossi. I picked up a Walthers lighting kit for each car, whick provided replacement trucks with metal wheels. I bought a set of these from Trainworld last year and they are beauties. They had no lighting and only a bare set of interior seats. Thank goodness I was home to see your post right away. 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. . I have to wonder why yours are derailing. I believe Chicago Northwestern prototype. 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. I have four Rivarossi passengr cars with truck mounted couplers. Add Quote. All the cars are in their original boxes. These HO scale cars can run on a radius as small as 18 inches allowing them to run on compact layouts. I can't wait until my set arrives. 2d 20h +$15.00 shipping Sponsored Rivarossi 2335 - 2340 6 Passenger Cars NMRA 50th Anniversary HO Scale Pre-Owned $169.15 Was: $199.00 15% off Buy It Now +$17.50 shipping Free returns Sponsored Ho Scale Rivarossi SP Passenger Car Pre-Owned $34.00 or Best Offer If your layout has fairly wide curves, you can also use body-mounted couplers. The MDC 1900 woodies are good looking, especially with a little paint and detail, but the axles are underscale and they derail frequently. Thought I'd help the grandnephew with his new layout. The interiors an be purchased separately. They LOOK like nice cars, but where can they, reasonably correctly, be used? The Rivarossi combine and coach are supposed to be models of C&NW Chicago area commuter cars, which, of course were generally shorter than intercity cars. Do they use European-style Have some questions about these new "ACF coaches." I believe all of the 'old' Rivarossi (AHM)cars first offered in the 1960s were full 80' length, except for cars (like say the head end cars and heavyweight coaches) where theprototype car was shorter; they weren't 'shorties' like say Athearn passenger cars. Add To Wish List. On the cars pictured below I replaced the stock Rivarossi "Pizza Cutter" wheels with. 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. Offered primarily in the 1970s, "The Golden West" was one of two TYCO train sets to employ 1860s and 1890s offerings from the company's line. I never liked the truck mounted couplers and replaced mine with body mounts. I started in the model train business in 1959 buying die-cast freight car kits from Clarence Menteer at Model Die Casting, painting and . Also if more road names are forthcoming. Sometimes the metal wheels found their way on to the unlighted cars. Late run Rivarossi, ie the red box era, commonly have can motors, RP25 flanges on all the wheels and usualy run the best of that brand, early stuff can be made to run well, flanges can be turned down carefully(the wheel centers are plastic) and remotored. The C420 sold by Rivarossi was the old MRC/Lima one, and did run well. Cycling. There's one for the heavyweight cars with 6-wheel trucks and another for the lightweight car's with four-wheel trucks. 3) What kind of couplers are on them now? My cars have couplers that are body mounted in extra swing boxes so they can do those curves. You might find a few wood passenger cars in the thirties/forties but it would be very rare. I have a few of those in the IC paint. I recently bought an eight car, Rivarossi streamline train in CNW on ebay. A few photos(photos will enlarge if clicked upon). The Rivarossi 60's are Clerestory roofed Heavy weights, not the round roofed, at least all mine are. All photos I recall of similar ATSFcars were "Pullman" green, as were CB&Q cars through WWII. Most of them are rivarossi. HO Rivarossi MISSOURI PACIFIC COLORADO EAGLE OBS SHRINE TOWER Passenger Car IOB. Took about an hour of carefull work as to not get the metal rims to hot. Walthers bought out Rivarossi's remaining stock of these cars and sold them under their TrainLine banner for a year or two. A big difference is the old cars had cast on grabirons and railings; the 60' cars I believe required you drill tiny holes to add these as metal add-on parts. HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi (5) Passenger Cars "Baltimore & Ohio" Lot#1246. It is always Fun to meet other modelers, the invite to Visit the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club is always good, let me know if it ever works out for You. Does anyone know for sure what the prototypes (if any) for these cars are? In 1960 the first passenger cars modeled after American prototypes appeared in the Rivarossi catalog. The Rivarossi RPO's are 60-footers. Yes the flanges were large and ran best on code 100 rail. Thanks Doug. However, their latest ads seem to have dropped these items. No 61 Flesh - Matt 2.69. Every pic I've seen of the Rivarossis on ebay, etc. 60 Ft. RPO - O Scale. Baggage 60 foot Harriman arch roof: 6029 - Pullman-built 1909 for O&C 6025-6034 series. The GN buffs are still squabbling over these details. Should I look for metal ones made by IHC or are there other suitable, less expensive options. Frequently bought together + Total price: Add both to Cart $9.66 Amazon Basics Remote Control Battery Operated Hobby Train 4-Car Set with Light and Sounds - 2.4GHz 28 4 offers from $19.94 Rivarossi 1920 era passenger cars Thanks for your quick response. rare N Scale Rivarossi the Alton Limited 6-car passenger set 9584 - 9589 train. I am getting a four car set of 60 foot cars. They are definitely a cut above the 80 foot AHM era cars. 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. "I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!". I just finished the purchace. I believe Chicago Northwestern prototype. Walthers bought out Rivarossi's remaining stock of these cars and sold them under their TrainLine banner for a year or two. Ho Scale cars can run on compact layouts and operated most sleeping cars until after WWII of ( 5 rare! 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