General Information

Reference

    Roster of Automat Buffet Car Rebuilding                     (*see PT2-329)

Modeling an Automat Car

Union Station Products

1. They have Southern Pacific car side kits for 14099-R PS Smooth Side Sleeper Rebuilt to Automat (1962 and later).
   

Walthers

1. Buy a Walthers 6-6-4 LW sleeper, plug a number of windows and add new parts to the underbody.
   

2. Jeff Cauthen
   

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4. Make the window-blanking panels wavy, just like in the real cars. Don't weather 'em and make 'em TOO dirty. SP did always keep them clean.
   

Specific Automats

77-T-2  Automat

1. #10313
   

   #10313 converted to Automat #10600 in 1961

79-ABC-1

1. #10601
   

2. steel, seats 52, former Tavern #, A/C
   

83-ABC-1

    #10602-10612

    steel, seats 56, former 6-6-2 Pullman sleepers, smooth sides, (*see T77/ cover)

1. Pullman-Standard 6-6-4 sleeping cars were hacked into Automatic Food and Beverage Cars.
   

2. SP blanked windows appropriately.
   

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