transportation of horses

[doctorwayne]

That looks like a Rivarossi roof. . .

You've got a good eye for details.

The horse express car was built from a Rivarossi coach, as it's almost the exact same length as their prototypes. The original sides are removed, along with the rivet batten along the sill except where the doors are located. New sides are Evergreen passenger car siding over a plain styrene sub-wall. The doors are built-up from more of the same, while the window muntins are cut from Grandt Line engine house windows.
Here's mine with the roof removed:



The Rivarossi cars, along with Athearn Blue Box passenger cars, are good fodder for building all sorts of wood-sided express and baggage cars.

Wayne