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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: petercharlesfagg on April 01, 2013, 05:49:15 PM

Title: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: petercharlesfagg on April 01, 2013, 05:49:15 PM
Friends,

As you are aware from another of my posts I would like to collect a rake of coaches to maske up my own train similar to the "Orient Express".

To that end I spent about 3 hours searching the various sites of companies that supply transfers and decals so that the limited existing range of new model carriages could be renamed.

I am none the wiser and even more confused because of the railway "jargon" i.e Mk1 or MK2 or something else date-wise or production date etc. etc!

Is there someone on here who understands these things and is willing to find the information I need and a supplier of such transfers?

Regards Peter.
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: moogle on April 01, 2013, 06:10:35 PM
Can't help you with who can supply nameplates but heres a link to some name info:

http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm (http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm)

More carriage details are here:

http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp (http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp)

Hope its of use!
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: petercharlesfagg on April 01, 2013, 06:15:11 PM
Quote from: moogle on April 01, 2013, 06:10:35 PM
Can't help you with who can supply nameplates but heres a link to some name info:

http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm (http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm)

More carriage details are here:

http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp (http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp)

Hope its of use!

Thankyou for your prompt reply.

Just took a quick look at the second link and although there are several different names for the carriages there appear to be more kitchen cars than passenger cars!!!

Thanks for the thoughts!

Regards Peter.
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: swisstony on April 01, 2013, 06:18:31 PM
Google FOX TRANSFERS for your transfer requirements.
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: petercharlesfagg on April 01, 2013, 06:24:12 PM
Quote from: swisstony on April 01, 2013, 06:18:31 PM
Google FOX TRANSFERS for your transfer requirements.

Thankyou, but I have been there!  Couldn't figure out just which things I should be looking for hence my original post.

Regards Peter.
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: swisstony on April 01, 2013, 06:28:53 PM
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Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: moogle on April 01, 2013, 06:32:01 PM
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on April 01, 2013, 06:15:11 PM
Quote from: moogle on April 01, 2013, 06:10:35 PM
Can't help you with who can supply nameplates but heres a link to some name info:

http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm (http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm)

More carriage details are here:

http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp (http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/british_pullman_carriages.jsp)

Hope its of use!

Thankyou for your prompt reply.

Just took a quick look at the second link and although there are several different names for the carriages there appear to be more kitchen cars than passenger cars!!!

Thanks for the thoughts!

Regards Peter.

No problem. The 1st link gives more regarding names, the 2nd is what runs in the current version.
Mainly kitchen cars as you say. Perhaps they use some repainted MK1's or MK2's with them?
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: EtchedPixels on April 01, 2013, 06:57:39 PM
 Its a pullman .. its mostly catering coaches.

Generally coaches were named except thirds which had numbers Car No.27 etc in the same place as names.
Title: Re: Advice on Pullman coach names etc.
Post by: petercharlesfagg on April 02, 2013, 07:14:22 PM
Quote from: EtchedPixels on April 01, 2013, 06:57:39 PM
Its a pullman .. its mostly catering coaches.

Generally coaches were named except thirds which had numbers Car No.27 etc in the same place as names.

If I understand your reply correctly then the average rake of Pullman coaches have their own kitchens as standard?  Therefore there are few passenger only models?

Please forgive my naivety, but this is still quite a novelty and schooling for me!

Regards Peter.