Danville & Western Railway

Modeling Passenger Cars

Modeling the passenger cars of the Danville & Western

Although the early Pennsylvania RR coaches usually show up on the lists of most wanted PRR models, they have not been produced as far as I know.  That leaves two options.  Scratch build, or use commercial stand-ins.  La Belle makes some nice looking wooden kits, and Con-Cor and Roundhouse have wooden coaches available ready to run.  The Con-Cor cars have roofs more like the prototype, but the Roundhouse cars have the proper side panelling.  I would probably suggest using the Roundhouse cars, possibly with a modified roof.

The three cars from the RF&P are equally difficult to model.  While La Belle has some cars which are similar in some respects, there are no really accurate models of these cars that I am aware of.  As with so much other D&W equipment, kitbashing or scratch building are probably the best options.