Lanes Trains Passenger Cars

PRR B60 and B60b Baggage Cars

I made some modifications to some of my B60 and B60b Baggage Cars. I removed the roof vents on 2 of my B60b leaving 8 square holes in each roof. I machined square plugs to solder in from the inside. I filled the small gap around the plugs with solder and wet sanded them smooth to match the roof contour. It was quite labor intensive on 16 openings. The PRSL B60 had some different work performed on it. I had some extra K4 tender trucks that look very similar to some of the trucks used on B60 and B60b. When I put the K4 tender trucks on the floor the coupler height was very high. I had to machine the center truck bushings down to almost nothing to lower the coupler height. I also changed the doors to the square window style to match a specific PRSL car. See the book “Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines in Color” on Page 72. I have 7 B60 and B60b cars total which is really not enough to make up a second class passenger or mail train. I may get more at some point.

PRR R50b

This R50b was made by Southwind Models in 1989.

I plan on finishing my 8 P70r over the winter.

I am getting roof vents made to update the P70 to the Mid 50s. Then 8 of them will get stripped and painted.

Updated 7-29-08