You might find a few wood passenger cars in the thirties/forties but it would be very rare. One baggage, one RPO, one combine and one coach. I do have Bachman and Proto 72-foot RPO's, but most are 70' and shorter. Espee used dark olive which was not Pullman green. manage your account online and more! They used to be sold without any interior detailing. I just wanted to confirm that Hornby now owns Rivarossi and you won't find Athearn in the Walthers catalog or website anymore as Horizon & Walthers are competetive distributors now and don't sell each others' products. Bundles. Not a question but, chances are good that your loco. I did remove some of the excess weight, but will be replacing the trucks with ones from Walthers, and will likely re-up the weights. Both, the 41-CUDO and the 41-BNO styles are available. They are slightly overscale in height and width. I think Kadee made a special part for this purpose (the work was done some years back). Free shipping for many products! PremierName trains got the pretty paint. On every one I replaced the wheelsets with 33" Kadee wheels. Dimensions: 600mm. gauge lines were steel. Not inexpensive, $130 IIRC. I have an old NYC Hudson that runs great and will also run on code 83 track after I turned down the flanges with my dremel and stone wheel. Merged into another company (Rapido??). The cars are brand new old stock. 2d 20h +$15.00 shipping Sponsored Rivarossi 2335 - 2340 6 Passenger Cars NMRA 50th Anniversary HO Scale Pre-Owned $169.15 Was: $199.00 15% off Buy It Now +$17.50 shipping Free returns Sponsored Ho Scale Rivarossi SP Passenger Car Pre-Owned $34.00 or Best Offer I don't know it they still come without interiors. Cooking. Con Cor advises those interested to enter reserve orders. HO Scale AHM/Rivarossi, IHC Passenger cars in box. . For years, the BB kits were a staple of the hobby and I think it's a shame the line has been let go. The Athearn cars can be a little hit and miss, sometimes they're in production, sometimes not!! Off the top of my head, the RPO is a match or near-match for RPOs thatthe C&O and the Wabash used, and I /think/ the B&O, Southern and L&N. Typically RPO and Baggage cars were shorter than regular passenger cars. the whole point is moot since i pull them with either a pair of P2K E units or a couple of boiler equipped P2K geeps. I just bought them. "Publius Quinctilius Varo - give me back my legions" - Augustus Caesar after Varo lost 3 legions in the Teutoburg Forest, 9AD, Germania.AHM / Rivarossi Instructions - Literature Page 32. I also added weight to the cars and retained the integral couplers (versus body mounted) but replaced them with Kadees. The two windows flanking the baggage door were taken from Athearn coaches Rivarossi also offered a combine, but it had only three windows on each side, near the car's end (the prototype was used as a "rider car", at the rear of a baggage/express train). I bought the NP set in the two tone green. Notes: * In the 50th Anniversary (1988) Rivarossi Catalog a model 9902 3 Pack is also listed. manage your account online and more! I looked with the search function but that thing is harder to get results than it use to be and that's sayin' something! Most of them are made to negotiate smaller radii. rivarossi rivarossi HO Rivarossi IHC EIGHT Union Pacific 2 Color Gray Passenger Cars Boxed (121RX) August 16, 2022 This listing is for a HO gauge Rivarossi set of 8 smooth side passenger cars in two tone gray. Should I look for metal ones made by IHC or are there other suitable, less expensive options. AU $51.94 . RIVAROSSI HO SCALE U25C DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE (#266188039026) d***r (61) - Feedback left by buyer d***r . at the best online prices at eBay! Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives . But, running those cars in reverse by backing up the motive power? The old AHM / Rivarossi cars didn't have interiors, but the later Rivarossi "red box" ones from the 1990's did. The newer sets of the 60' cars are of higher quality. I am a truck driver, and my company has a resident driver based in Fife. I am happy with all of them. $60.00 + $17.00 shipping. They are generic designs and not specific to any the prototype. All was fine. These HO scale cars can run on a radius as small as 18 inches allowing them to run on compact layouts. Capt, I could be wrong about this (and I'm sure someone will point that out to me) but I thought Rivarossi, as a train manufacturer business was gone. Walther's made a LED light bar that fit in nicely. CNW used some as smokers on commuter trains for example. There were more recent runs of Rivarossi 72' cars that have a completely different design, more in line with what Walthers uses on their Proto line, probably both made by Hornby which purchased the assets of Rivarossi a few years back. Skip to product information. Rivarossi Plastic HO Model Railroad Passenger Cars Best Selling HO Rivarossi 85' Canadian National1930 Sleeper Car # 2615 $31.00 New Rivarossi Union Pacific 60ft Baggage Car HO Scale Trains HOPC 6 (2) $79.99 New Rivarossi 6901 HO Atchison Topeka & Santa FE Barnum Coach and Passenger Set $58.99 New Adding diaphragms helps appearance too. manage your account online and more! Thanks. As some of the others have said, there are two different sets. cars. it is your call, but i would try the 33 inch wheel sets in one car and see if i was happy with that. Ihave just returnedfrom my train room where I was rail testing my latest recently purchased Riverossi 60' coach set. 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So called, "Pullman Green" was the most common color on passenger cars fromthe turn of the century until after WWII. If you want clerestory roofs, Athearn makes RPO, Baggage and Coach cars that are fullsize and a Diner, Pullman and Obs car that are shortened down to 72' (same length as the Coach, the RPO and Baggage car are shorter). 4/14, Lenovo Flex 5 14" FHD Touchscreen 2-in-1 Laptop Ryzen 5-5500U 16GB RAM 512GB SSD, Google - Pixel 6 128GB Unlocked - Very Good, 1959 Mexico Gold 10 Pesos (.2411 oz) - BU, Skullcandy Sesh Evo True Wireless In-Ear Headset-Six colors Certified Refurbish, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i 15.6" FHD 120Hz i7-12700H 8GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX 3050Ti, Dyson HP02 Pure Hot+Cool Link Connected Air Purifier | Certified Refurbished. or 16oz.They tracked even better, and their behaviour was a lot more prototypicalthe best I can describe it was that the cars rolled ponderouslyno shimmy, no shake, nothing toylike about them at all. I actually like the Roundhouse cars but as you reference, they are late 1800s, early 1900s. They came with both horn hooks and knuckle couplers and I can't remember which were mounted when I got them. They have springy diaphrams on the end doors. 2022 Vintage HO Athearn Santa Fe SW-1 Switcher Loco . Rivarossi 1920 era passenger cars Thanks for your quick response. Again DON'T judge them from the road. But we (my dad and I) went crazy and also bought a 2-8-8-2 and a bunch of other things. They were good models for their time, but had truck mounted couplers. This product has been discontinued by The Western Depot and is limited to the quantity on hand. All have updated tooling and features knuckle couplers and factory installed grab irons . ok, i am back. Until the 7 day preview for this item ends on April 21, it can be purchased exclusively by shoppers with a Private Car Premium Membership. There was a later series of cars dating from the late 1980s that were around 60 feet long. Close, maybe, Really correct, no. Rivarossi is decent, although most if not all of their models have a small level of inaccuracy or missing some detail (which detail parts can fix). HO Rivarossi Northern Pacific 60' Heavyweight HWT Passenger Car Set NP 8010023602336 | eBay Hi! They appear to be updates of the 40 year old Walthers metal-sided "Shorty" passenger cars. Rivarossi 60' RPO car. Can I mix them with body mounted couplers? If anyone wants I can share some pictures but I won't worry about it otherwise. i'm a big kid right now.. going to open them up and get some pics. All have truck mounted horn-hook couplers, and they stay on the track just fine. Picture Information. $21.50 + $17.70 shipping. On those, I have replaced the trucks with Walthers passenger trucks. You simply can't go wrong using the best. This is Rivarossi's postal/express baggage car, altered a bit to better ressemble a CNR prototype. i had to body mount my own couplers using sheet styrene to fabricate a mounting surface for the number 5 Kadee boxes. Appreciate it.. It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. The RPOs and baggage cars were more ubiquitous and are probably like cars rostered by ATSF and CB&Q. Shop online for over 600 ho scale model train passenger cars at discounts up to 38%. They are advertised to handle 18 inch curves, and they do. Prototypically modeling the Great Northern in Minnesota with just a hint of freelancing. Those cars were completely different than the Rivarossi / Hornby / Walthers 60' cars that came out a quarter century later. I replaced the original wheels, which I think are 31", with nominally correct 36" wheels from Kadee. -- I don't care for stripping cars, but I'll need to before I paint up one in Wabash. The RPOs and baggage cars were more ubiquitous and are probablylike cars rostered by ATSF and CB&Q. On the 18" line I did run them forward and backward and no problem, I also ran them through one turnout. RIVAROSSI HO Carro gru a 2 assi+BOX Catalogo Collezionisti 1957/58/59/60 RARIT . Previous topic - Next topic. Always enjoyable seeing passenger car topics popping up. The Rivarossi combine and coach are supposed to be models of C&NW Chicago area commuter cars, which, of course were generally shorter than intercity cars. So some bolster modifications are in order (obviously easier to add a shim or washer than to shave away. Every pic I've seen of the Rivarossis on ebay, etc. The MDC 1900 woodies are good looking, especially with a little paint and detail, but the axles are underscale and they derail frequently. Everyday trains got Pullman Green. What's WORSE, paint formula records indicate that real 'pullman green' wasn't GREEN at all. I also have 83 passenger cars. On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seem> to have had differing door locations, and the coaches all have> vestibules on BOTH ends.> > They LOOK like nice cars, but where can they, reasonably correctly, be used?> > There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipment> in many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment.> > Dan Mitchell> ==========, These are CNW prototypes, but similar cars were widely used, especially thebaggage and rpo.-- Brian Ehni, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, A few quick questions regarding the NEW Rivarossi 60' passenger cars [as, I looked at these cars with interest. Yes, but even 'pullman green' varied with era, railroad, and weathering. They can easily be upgraded with wire grab irons. Interesting. Over the last 17 years, I've acquired over 100 Rivarossi/IHC/AHM passenger cars which are all pretty similar. However, their latest ads seem to have dropped these items. You will find locals passing through Wisconsin with those headend cars and the coaches. I used Kadee 36" wheels to replace the original ones, but you'll need to trim a little material off the brake shoes on the outboard ends of the trucks, in order to allow the replacement wheels to turn freely.There have been comments from some modellers complaining about incorrect proportions of the cars' clerestory roofs, and other minor issues, but they're not things which bother me.Kadee sells coupler conversion kits specifically for the Rivarossi cars, if you're planning to use truck-mounted couplers. Car & Truck Safety & Security Accessories, Passenger Car Interior KIT for Rivarossi 85ft Heavy-Weight DINER [ HO ]. Everyday trains got Pullman Green./Partly/ because that green was the official color for Pullman which ownedand operated most sleeping cars until after WWII. Rivarossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft passenger cars that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920s through the early 1950s. Good answers above from fellow forum members. Rivarossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920s through the early 1950s. These cars will be a welcome addition, the Milwaukee had very similar coaches with 6 wheel trucks. PRR had so much stuff> there may be some hope there. . I don't use diaphragms, and they didn't come with any. Hi Jeff. I just wanted to know how these cars are. To my knowledge, neither the ATSF or CB&Q used 60' heavyweight combines or coaches. I believe the many of the RPOs and baggage cars survived into the 1960s. Bid Live on Lot 4105 in the Model Train Sale Auction from Vectis Auctions Ltd. Anxiously waiting. Only thing I'd point out is they have body mounted couplers; the coupler boxes do allow for a fair amount of lateral swing, but if you bought them figuring they would work well on tight curves (like 18" radius) you might be disappointed. There is a set of the Riverossi 60' Santa Fe coaches on ebay right now. The Rivarossi RPO's are 60-footers. Rivarossi - German Passenger Coach ICE-T Set Class 415 of the DB. This website has all the protype information for Riverossi cars. As it is the Rivarossi cars did not exactly match the height of other and more correct cars either as built with the 31" wheels or as retrofitted. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Walthers 933-1052: HO RIVAROSSI Passenger Car INTERIOR LIGHTING Kit NIOB at the best online prices at eBay! Also if more road names are forthcoming. We'll follow up with any questions or to make an offer. Where I disagree is that their diesels weren't any good. Many railroads used multiple colors, or types of paint on the same car. Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, The Walthers/Rivarossi cars are/were available in four types - Utility Coach and Utility Combine, based on CNW 60' cars, and RPO and Baggage cars. I appreciate any info. To my knowledge, neither the ATSF or CB&Q used 60' heavyweight combines orcoaches. "I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!". Due Early December, 2022. Free shipping for many products! These really need to be re-trucked with proper flange width axles, and you have to plug the talgo-type snap pin hole for a solid screw mount. Sold. Top Rated Plus. Riva Rossi presents the iconic Pullman 60 ft. passenger coaches that ran for many decades all over the country being pulled by early diesels and steam locomotives from the 1920S through the early 1950S. The only issue is that with wheels that are 5"bigger in diameter you do tend to raise the car height up a bit. All the replacement axles I've tried are too tight and introduce significant friction. Baggage 60 foot Harriman arch roof: 6029 - Pullman-built 1909 for O&C 6025-6034 series. On the 22" line and they ran through a number of turnouts fine both forward and backward. You must log in or register to reply here. A major reference work for all Rivarossi Collectors, the text. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. Here's a quick unboxing and review of the Rivarossi 60'. I started in the model train business in 1959 buying die-cast freight car kits from Clarence Menteer at Model Die Casting, painting and . I am getting a four car set of 60 foot cars. Just an educated guess. I'm looking forward to these cars, specifically the RPO and the baggage. > > So called, "Pullman Green" was the most common color on passenger cars from> the turn of the century until after WWII. This vendor had a half dozen sets a couple of weeks ago and that was the last I am told. Rivarossi is a European company so the earlier stuff isn't built to American standards (but when they realized the steamer market in the states, they quickly changed) . Unfortunately I don't get up that way, that is why we have a resident driver in Fife, we bring him his loaded trailers, take home his yesterday empty, and it is not an overnight for either of us that way. In addition, until fairly recently Train World had been advertising full sets and then partial setsof these cars in a few road names. You have to go to theHorizonwebsite to find what's available. I am looking at getting a four car set of rivarossi heavyweight passenger cars in GN livery. if not, you can always use them to upgrade some freight cars. However, if you prefer to keep the factor Rivarossi trucks, metal wheel replacements seem to work fine on them. The Rivarossi cars are fairly light, so I add custom-cast lead weights, usually hidden in the washrooms, but I also place them in the car's clerestory roof when necessary.I usually add a few details, such as grabirons and, on baggage cars, sill steps. though, not exact replicas, they do make a decent looking train. They were kind of spartan when I bought them. $60.38. There is, of course, the possibility of running non-home-road equipment in many trains, especially sleepers and head-end equipment. The new Rivarossi cars appear to be based on the same C&NW prototypes as the old Walthers cars - full RPOs in the 9413-33 series, baggage cars in various 87xx series, combines in various batches in the 74xx series, and coaches in several groups numbered between 3088 . Between these cars and the upcoming Branchline coaches (actually shownat the RPM meet in Cocoa Beach last weekend! I have four Rivarossi passengr cars with truck mounted couplers. we did not have the truck tuner tool back then either. The combine and diner matched ATSF prototypes, the pullman was a standard type, as was the observattion. Walthers bought out Rivarossi's remaining stock of these cars and sold them under their TrainLine banner for a year or two. Living the dream and happily modeling my STRATTON AND GILLETTE Railroad in HO scale. The new Rivarossi cars appear to be based on the same C&NW prototypes as the old Walthers cars - full RPOs in the 9413-33 series, baggage cars in various 87xx series, combines in various batches in the 74xx series, and coaches in several groups numbered between 3088 and 3306 (the photos and car listing indicate Rivarossi used accurate numbers on the C&NW cars). A railroad had to bemighty big to get Pullman to specially paint Pullman cars for a specifictrain. There is a newer set of 4 cars that are 60' long. Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Passenger Cars, Rivarossi HO Scale Model Railroad Steam Locomotives, Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. Usually the metal ones came on cars that were "iluminated", but not always. really, they roll great. 9) Will you need to back the car on to another track or through a turnout/switch or will the cars only go forward? I think Rivarossi even captured the blanked out windows of the original. ), it's going to be a loteasier to make up some decent-looking typical heavyweight consists thatdon't look as much like a boxed set. I will look to add a single car of each style tothe Fast Freight Express that we are assembling. Pre-owned. The RPO was placed in service on the mainline mail train and lettered for that. They LOOK like nice cars, but where can they, reasonably correctly, be used? I painted a lot of undecorated figures, although not Mel-quality. Rivarossi 2709 US Passenger Car New York Central Gauge H0 Unrecorded Boxed | Collectables, Model Railways & Trains, Railways & Trains | eBay! I bought Walthers lighting kits, which included new trucks with metal wireframes. I used Kadee 33" wheel sets. I do think the IHC cars are a "bit of this bit of that" generic, b ut I have seen online lists which purport to show the exact prototype of the Rivarossi/AHM heavyweights. 36" would be more correct but they would not clear inside the truck frame without surgery on the brake shoes. Yves The Pocher factory was in Turino, Italy and the RivaRossi factory in Como, Italy. Charlie, are you happy with the way they roll with replacement wheels in the old trucks? By todays standards they . Premier Name trains got the pretty paint. The GN buffs are still squabbling over these details. I made a mistake. As doctorwayne has shown, they can be a good starting point and can be made as detailed as you like. The RPOs and baggage cars (with 6 wheel trucks) were in general passenger service, while the 4 wheel truck combines and coaches were used. In coaches in the 70ft 0in size range is series 2395 to 2399 inclusive where are diagrammed as 60ft 4.5 in interior length, 61ft 2in over end sills, 69ft 0in over platforms, & 70ft 3 and 3/4 inches over buffers. Picture . I would guess that due to the weight of the cars with all the hardwood construction, no more than 5 or 6 were ever in a single train. No 61 Flesh - Matt 2.69. They combine plastic and various metal parts and turn into gorgeous museum quality models, with a lot of care. The Set A and Set B are OK cars. Either will serve your railroad well. Did you back 'em up too? . The HO versions were the same cars. See my web sites for my real address. On the cars pictured below I replaced the stock Rivarossi "Pizza Cutter" wheels with Proto 2000 36" wheel sets. When I was buying them in the 1980s, interiors were optional, iirc. Do they use European-style Have some questions about these new "ACF coaches." It was a mixture of lamp black (carbon) and YELLOW. It uses a Mashima motor on part of an Athearn F-unit frame, to drive the lead truck, also from Athearn. These were the last cars made by Rivarossi before they went bankrupt, too bad as they were well finished and tracked well. JavaScript is disabled. They are very much underweight. -fm Perpetrator of the Haggis Decal Project, at, On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:21:44 UTC, "Christian" wrote: 2000. If you are looking at the older cars, you would have to be prepared to fit new couplers and wheels. I thought the Rivarossi trucks seemed flimsy. You are using an out of date browser. Something went wrong. I upgraded all to McHenry truck mounted couplers, 36" or 38" Intermountain wheelsets (after removing car brake shoes), and, when necessary, extra weight using glued birdshot in nooks and crannies of model floors. The coupler box "swing arm" is well supported too, which will avoid coupler droop. Rivarossi; Scalextric; Close sub menu. Description. The GN buffs are still squabbling over these details. One baggage, one RPO, one combine and one coach. As you can see, Out of stock or discontinued when sold out (as all the 60'ers are).. You might also look at Con-Cor, IHC under which, a lot of the same cars were marketed. Are they underscale? Electric lights and air conditioning with center air duct. There were also 60 ft heavyweight sets packaged in both the Walthers and Rivarossi labels, the 60' cars came in a wide variety of railroad names as well. I think we need more details. Regardless of railroad. Add Quote. If you look around Walthers also had a 3 coach set bundled with a passenger set. Well, that's another story. The same guy (Bernard Paul) was involved in both, but the products were not the same. This required modifications to the underframe to accommodate the center mounting point versus the older Rivarossi asymmetrical approach. Everything is in excellent condition. I pretty much agree with what has been said about Rivarossi locomotives so far. I just finished the purchace. Bachmann & Rivarossi HO Scale Assorted Passenger Cars [6] EX. I "test ran" them extensively on Kato HO scale unitrack down to 22" radius curves with no problems. I used pan head 6-32 machine screws to secure the trucks. Enjoy your new engine. Most all of my Rivarossi/AHM cars have interiors, I add weight in the vestibules (the rectangular 'peel and stick' weights) since the cars are pretty light. It has everything except smoke. $120.90 I collect passenger trains and cabooses. 2017 Rivarossi/Athearn PRR HO Scale Passenger Train See Sold Price. They were 60ft 10 1/4 inches over the end sills and 60ft 1inch interior length. Oddly enough, those 4 cars were based on cars that really were only 60' long, so technically weren't "shorties" eitheralthough they were pretty short. It's a bit hard to see in the pics if they're celestory or not but they seem to be rounded. On the GN the baggages and RPOs all seemto have had differing door locations, and the coaches all havevestibules on BOTH ends. The coaches were an exception and I don't know their prototype. Frequently bought together + Total price: Add both to Cart $9.66 Amazon Basics Remote Control Battery Operated Hobby Train 4-Car Set with Light and Sounds - 2.4GHz 28 4 offers from $19.94 Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, according to my math, the coupler height difference would only be .023. that is 23 thousandths of an inch. I have obtained a few of these sets off of e-bay. Part # 380-505 AHM/Rivarossi 6-Wheel Passenger Truck Conversion Bolsters -- 1 Pair $5. The sets were in 2 different 4 car sets, the sets had kaydee type couplers, sprung metal wheel sets, were also weighted and had interior finish and lighting as well. GQ. If you have Rivarossi's 60' Baggage RPO car, THAT one I used Jaybee 110 or 111 coupler pads, Jaybee 36" wheels, and Kaydee #38 couplers were perfect.. A Line weight's brought it to 3 3/4oz. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R. Rivarossi introduced its line of quality 60' cars (baggage, RPO, combine, coach) a few years ago.just prior to going into some serious financial straights. May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails. These 60'ers are just the ticket for my smaller layout. But it did take on a greenish cast under some weathering and lighting conditions. Sometimes the metal wheels found their way on to the unlighted cars. 4. Hey Don, thank you VERY much! I have been having trouble with Con-Cor horn-hook couplers. Come in black for heavyweight cars SKU 6060H Weight 0.13 lb Price $6.98 Qty Not available in the current price set. I have a couple of these sets and would recommend them highly. Never ran all 16 together since each set was a different road name, but I am certain that they would run together trouble free. I will have a lot more questions soon. Be sure you check the gauge of your wheels, too, if you haven't already. From coach cars to baggage cars to sleeper cars and dining cars, we have a wide selection of options in HO scale, O Scale, N Scale, and more for you as you build out your model train layout. 8) Any grades if anyare in your track work? They were very good quality for the 60's and 70's. Yes the flanges were large and ran best on code 100 rail. He says it is HO. Notes the series had 4 wheel trucks with 36 inch wheels and 5.5 by 10 inch journals. Some versions had plastic wheels and axles and all had small diameter wheels. What's WORSE, paint formula records indicate that real 'pullman green'wasn't GREEN at all. IHM and AHM are sorta-kinda related, but not exactly. I run them both straight out of the box with their horn hook couplers, and also heavily detailed and modified to include body mounted Kadee couplers. Free shipping for many products! For that, I cast some suitably-sized lead blocks, then put some in the washrooms at each end of the cars (most of my Rivarossi cars came with no interiors), and a bunch more in the clerestories, making each of them 15oz. While the models' detailing may match nobody's actual car, the 60 foot length certainly does - for instance, the floor plan I'm looking at right now for L&N "Mail cars 1106 to 1112 including 1114". They are very Nice cars, that I am sure you will be very Happy with. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Rivarossi /IHC & AHM Passenger car NMRA horn hook coupler Lot Of 12 Couplers new at the best online prices at eBay! Others may vary. This item is out of print and is limited to the quantity on hand. Rivarossi used to put out two 4 car passenger sets. Shim or washer than to shave away Locomotives so far AHM/Rivarossi 6-Wheel passenger truck Conversion Bolsters -- Pair. 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