Description
ATHEARN ROUNDHOUSE STREAMLINER PASSENGER CAR PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
The streamliner cars are a class of streamlined passenger railroad cars built from the 1930s through the 1960s for long distance passenger train services in North America. They often included nicer amenities like stewardess service, an obseravation lounge, and reserved coach seating.
After World War II the railroad companies in the United States wanted to modernize their fleets of passenger cars. They chose the flexibility of individual cars. The design of the streamlined cars was derived from the Pioneer Zephyr, although the Pullman cars had a smooth body surface and the others the typical ribbed body surface. The streamliner cars were built by three railcar manufacturers: the Budd Company, Pullman Standard, and ACF.
STREAMLINE PASSENGER CAR FEATURES:
- Matching coach, diner, dome, baggage, and observation cars
- 3-car set includes two coach cars and one observation car
- Observation car features decorated drumhead per prototype
- Clear windows
- 4-wheel passenger car trucks
- Separately applied brake wheel
- Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
- Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Weighted for optimum performance
- Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- Minimum radius: 18”
Details
Store Location: |
P# 105 / Aisle 7D |
Scale: |
HO Scale |
Road Name: |
Norfolk & Western (NW) |
Road Number: |
Coach #1725/Coach #1729//Observation #580 |
