BDE-05
The Black Diamond Express, Sayre PA, photographer unknown, colorized by Scot Lawrence.
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The Black Diamond Express,
in 1/29 scale.
Car #3, 800/900 series coach
LV coach 901. Al Holtz photo, Lehighton PA, 1959.
LV coach 899, photographer unknown.
The 800/900 series coaches were very common on the LV. A shorter coach, only 68' long, they could be found on many LV trains.
For this model, again the Aristo coach is going to be shortened, but the windows will also be re-worked as well, since the prototype LV coaches had taller and thinner windows than the Aristo coach.
The original unmodified car:
the other end will be donated from the Milwaukee Road pullman, which will end up with an extra end because its going to become the Solarium observation.
Here is some photoshopping, to see how the Aristo coach windows can be modified, and the look that can be achieved by doing so:
photoshopped photo.
photoshopped photo.
