I model the LIRR in HO scale, and TWO PHOTOS BY HAROLD FAGERBERG: MONTAUK, NY; SEPT. 9, 1962
when Walthers introduced a model of the Pullman 28-1 heavyweight parlor car painted and lettered in both PRR and LIRR paint schemes, I knew these cars would have to be on my roster. The Walthers car is an excellent model of the one-time Pullman parlor car featuring 28 individual parlor arm- chairs and one drawing room that sat five passengers, hence its 28-1 designa- tion. After these cars were built, they were equipped with air conditioning. The Walthers model has a mechanical air conditioning system used by some roads. While a small number of PRR parlor cars were equipped with me- chanical air conditioning, in later years the majority of PRR parlors were fitted with an ice air conditioning system. This method utilized bunkers hung from the car underframe, two on each side of the car, containing huge blocks of ice. This gave the car a different un- derbody appearance than the Walthers model. I felt the Walthers car would more
closely resemble the prototype if the car’s underbody had the correct air con- ditioning units, and this would be a ma- jor
project. After comparing the
Walthers car to prototype photos of PRR and LIRR parlor cars, I determined that removing the mechanical air condition- ing unit and replacing it with commer- cially-made and easily available ice bunkers would do the trick.
I also rearranged some other under- body details and roof vents. Once com- pleted, my Walthers cars more closely replicated the prototype.
Roof The roof was a good place to start.
The Walthers car had four Garland vents and two fans on one side and a single Garland vent on the duct side. I popped the roof off and removed all the vents on both sides of the roof using Un-Cure®
TWO PHOTOS BY MALCOLM YOUNG: MONTAUK, NY; AUG., 1962
, a cyanoacrylate debonder. I applied Un-Cure inside the roof with a cotton swab and waited for the vents to loosen. I then removed them one by one, covering each with a small piece of paper towel and pulling them off with small pliers. Since the vents had to be repositioned, I put them aside and filled the small holes with putty. When dry, I sanded the filled-in holes by rub- bing gently with a piece of fine sand paper glued to a small length of balsa
Four more parlor cars in the Blue Ribbon Fleet are shown stored in the yard at Mon- tauk in 1962. The car at the top is No. 2027, Merrick; the cars below it are No. 2024, Copiague; No. 2020, Patchogue, and No. 2017, Aquebogue. These car were all ac- quired from the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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