12-30-2020, 03:53 AM
Among these keep-myself-busy-so-I-don't-go-any-nuttier-than-I-already-am projects is a plan to populate my passenger cars, as passenger revenues are very low...actually non-existent.
Here's the Grand Valley's combine Willowpoint...
...and the Grand Valley's Willowglade (formerly a dining car)...
...along with the recently built Willowbend...
All three cars did have some interior detail, mostly seating, and in Willowglade, open baggage doors with some items in the baggage area.
Here are some views of the interiors...the first one is of Willowbend, and since there are no open baggage doors, this is about it for the details...
...the roof details on this car suggest that there's also a Baker heater (coal stove with a water circulating system for heat when train-line steam is not available), but I didn't bother modelling it.
Here's a view of Willowpoint's interior, the longest of the three, with a baggage area without open doors, so no added detail there. However, in addition to the passenger section of the car, there's a men's smoking lounge located mid-car...
...this car also has a suggestion of a Baker heater, along with the coal stove across the aisle from where the Conductor is sitting.
Willowglade does have a baggage area with operating doors, and therefore some detail...
Here's the area for the passengers...
....note the Conductor across the aisle from the stove which heats the car in winter, when it's the last car in a freight train, a common practice on branch lines. There's a second stove at the other end of the passenger area.
If you were standing trackside when Willowpoint passed by, this is what you'd see....or mostly not see
...and likewise for the shorter Willowbend...
Willowglade does a little better, with a view into the baggage area...
...and, despite the poor photos, passengers that are actually somewhat visible...
It's plain to me that the older style cars with fairly low main windows don't show much of the cars' interiors, especially when the cars are not lighted - I have no intention or interest in lighting anything on my layout, other than those illuminating the layout itself.
I'll likely leave those poor souls in their respective cars, but any new passengers will go in cars which offer better views for railfans, as well as those in the coaches.
I believe that I have a hundred-or-so seated passengers to be painted, and even more LPPs that are standing or walking, also in need of paint.
I think that there's maybe only 10 or 12 passenger cars that need patrons, but most cars will be far from full, as the benefits aren't all that I had hoped they would be.
Wayne
Here's the Grand Valley's combine Willowpoint...
...and the Grand Valley's Willowglade (formerly a dining car)...
...along with the recently built Willowbend...
All three cars did have some interior detail, mostly seating, and in Willowglade, open baggage doors with some items in the baggage area.
Here are some views of the interiors...the first one is of Willowbend, and since there are no open baggage doors, this is about it for the details...
...the roof details on this car suggest that there's also a Baker heater (coal stove with a water circulating system for heat when train-line steam is not available), but I didn't bother modelling it.
Here's a view of Willowpoint's interior, the longest of the three, with a baggage area without open doors, so no added detail there. However, in addition to the passenger section of the car, there's a men's smoking lounge located mid-car...
...this car also has a suggestion of a Baker heater, along with the coal stove across the aisle from where the Conductor is sitting.
Willowglade does have a baggage area with operating doors, and therefore some detail...
Here's the area for the passengers...
....note the Conductor across the aisle from the stove which heats the car in winter, when it's the last car in a freight train, a common practice on branch lines. There's a second stove at the other end of the passenger area.
If you were standing trackside when Willowpoint passed by, this is what you'd see....or mostly not see
...and likewise for the shorter Willowbend...
Willowglade does a little better, with a view into the baggage area...
...and, despite the poor photos, passengers that are actually somewhat visible...
It's plain to me that the older style cars with fairly low main windows don't show much of the cars' interiors, especially when the cars are not lighted - I have no intention or interest in lighting anything on my layout, other than those illuminating the layout itself.
I'll likely leave those poor souls in their respective cars, but any new passengers will go in cars which offer better views for railfans, as well as those in the coaches.
I believe that I have a hundred-or-so seated passengers to be painted, and even more LPPs that are standing or walking, also in need of paint.
I think that there's maybe only 10 or 12 passenger cars that need patrons, but most cars will be far from full, as the benefits aren't all that I had hoped they would be.
Wayne