Using the
photos and a scale drawing of the interior of 415, this is an O scale drawing of
the walls along the passageway around the kitchen. The base trim is 0.015"
x 0.188" (1-1/2" x 9") styrene while the door and other wood
trim is 0.015" x 0.060" (1-1/2" x 3") styrene.
Ed
Halstead Drawing
There are some
important items to point out regarding the exterior of the 415 as a
tavern-lounge with or without the Silverliner paint. We all know the 415 was of
a different series of cars than the coaches. Some NSL cars had a different
coupler pull (uncoupling) mechanism. The Sunset coaches are correct. They have
what looks like a small wheel inside of the step well. What's missing is the
cut lever or handle. Since this area is painted black and almost no one knows
it's missing, I made no attempt to add the cut lever. On the 415 the uncoupling
was done by an on-the-ground trainman pulling an uncoupling handle attached to
a chain. In the photo below the handle for the cut chain can be seen in the
grab iron under the left edge of the anticlimber.
Greg
King collection
In the photo
above the 2 "Darth Vader" vents can be seen over the lavatory. The 4
frosted windows in back of the motorman's cab are - 2 for the lavatory and 2
for the kitchen. There are screens over the kitchen windows. No matter what
time of the year, there were screens over the kitchen windows.
This photo
shows another interesting feature of the 415 - the whistle above the motorman's
window. There are no horns on the roof of the car. With the exception of the
whistle and a retriever all the other features of the end of 415 were the same
as the Silverliner coaches.
Greg
King collection
The next photo
is of the corridor side of 415. Take a look at the far left end of the car.
Note the set of louvers in line with the windows. The last window was blanked
over by the NSL with louvers cut into the metal. This is where the heater
cabinet or locker is located inside of the car. All the NSL cars upgraded with
electric heat had a similar arrangement. Air was drawn into the car through the
louvers and heated before it was then blown into the interior of the car. On the model this
window has to be blanked over with the louvers and painted red.
The other item
to notice is the long box under the car near the far truck. This has to be the
box holding the propane tank. I'll show you what I've done to the underbody of
my car. The underbody has to be simple since the car is a trailer. I kept one
of the boxes, although it is not very big, as the propane box.
John
Giove Collection
The underbody of my 415 model after excess items were removed but before the excess solder was cleaned up.
For those who
have the Greenliner set I would take off all the items I removed from my
underbody. Three or perhaps only 2 tanks are required. The air and
hand brake items are needed.
Here is an
interesting photo of the 415 much like the one above but in Greenliner paint. The
415 is at the Harrison St. shops. The date of the photo is unknown. Notice there is no propane tank box under the
car but the last window is blanked off with louvers showing.
J.
Terrell Colson Collection
Photos and
drawings of the roof of 415 will be shown when work on the roof is done.
Cheers,
Ed
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