Interurban Cars

[stationmaster]

The interurban was very prominent in my old home area. I'd like to integrate a line or two into my layout. Does anyone know of any manufacturer that produced these?

Bob

 

[Cjcrescent]

The interurban was very prominent in my old home area. I'd like to integrate a line or two into my layout. Does anyone know of any manufacturer that produced these?

Bob

Need a little more info Bob. What kind of cars were used, Niles, PCC, Two truck Brills? When are you talking, and where?

Right now the only manufacturer that I can remember is Bowser. They have several styles of interurbans. In the past, Suydam imported a lot of cars for specific lines. These are still seen on E-bay quite a bit.

There used to be a company called Q-Car, that made interurban kits and details, but they only made O Scale IIRC. Also check the resin kit makers, I believe that I've seen one or two interurbans, by a few of those manufacturers.

 

[jbaakko]

Imperial Hobby Productions makes some as well.

 

[stationmaster]

Links to wiki and a pic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Railroad

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Fwwv504.jpg/200px-Fwwv504.jpg

I remember an interurban car at a show some years back. Should have bought it then. No box, so I don't know the manufacturer. Hind sight is always 20/20 and I wasn't considering modeling it into my layout then.

I also remember a brass model. But. I'm old and could have imagined it.

Bob

 

[UP2CSX]

There were many brass models of interurbans, particularly the large lines like the Pacific Electric and the South Shore. Many of these were imported by Suydam. A current producer of interurbans and modern light rail cars is MTS at http://www.mtsimports.com/trolley.htm.

 

[jbaakko]

Hummm, Jim, Imperial Hobby Productions is going to do the SD-100 as well, I'm tempted to buy one...