Brass Sides - Pullman -- 14-4 Sleeper (Plan #4153) - Smoothside Without Center Skirts

Photo-etched brass sides for streamlined passenger cars. Window openings and grab iron holes are etched through, with additional etched details on the surface. Undecorated kit can be used with either Basic (#173-101) or Deluxe (#173-102) Body Kits, or the Rivarossi "1930" 85' streamlined coach or sleeper as an overlay conversion. Comes with instructions. Seven U.S. railroads were the original purchasers of 14 roomette, 4 double bedroom streamlined sleeping cars from Pullman-Standard after WW II. The Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific (and subsidiaries T&P and IGN), and Baltimore and Ohio owned 54 smoothside versions, built to plans 4153, 4153A, and 4153B. The Katy, Frisco, Southern and New Haven purchased a total of 62 14-4 sleepers with fluted stainless steel sheathing.