The Atlas Product Spotlight - O Premier Penn Central and KCS Streamlined Passenger Cars and Matching Locomotive
In commuter service, E8s, either singly or in tandem, pulled strings of (mostly) coaches between cities and suburban areas. During the early days of Penn Central, these commuter trains took on a very unique look, as cars from the PRR, New York Central, New Haven and other roads frequently were put into service with minimal changes to their original paint schemes other than the occasional addition of some Penn Central lettering or logos. The 4-car Penn Central set includes several of the colorful coach schemes that regularly appeared together in trains, even including an ex-New Haven observation! Adding the 2-car set of coaches in the familiar overall PC Green completes the look of the kaleidoscopic trains pulled routinely behind the plain black locomotives of the PC.
This run includes an homage to the colorful Kansas City Southern as it now becomes part of the new Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad. The “Southern Belle” was the premier streamlined name train on the KCS, featuring a striking dark green, red, and yellow (gold) paint scheme which first appeared on an EMD diesel in June of 1940 (E3 #3). By 1952, new E8 locomotives took over the “Belle”, including #27. This locomotive, the cars in the 4-pack, plus the additional sleeper “Colonel Fordyce” represent a complete prototype consist of the Belle from August of 1968, only about one year before the end of passenger service on KCS, and less than 6 months before #27 (and #23) were repainted into the “White Ghost” scheme – the only E8s to wear a different KCS paint scheme since new in the 1950s. By 1970, E8s #27 and #25 (now rebuilt as an E9m) were sold to the Chicago & North Western Railway, and the era of the colorful passenger name trains became part of railroading history.
Features Include:
- Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Bodies
- Stamped Metal Floors
- Detailed Car Undercarriage
- Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
- Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
- Needle-Point Axles
- (2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
- O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
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- Constant Voltage Overhead LED Interior Lighting
- End-of-Car Diaphragms
- Separate Metal Handrails
- Detailed Car Interiors
- Sliding Baggage Car Doors
- Detailed Brake Wheel
- 1:48 Scale Proportions
- Unit Measures: 19” x 2 7/16” x 3 1/2”
- Operates On O-42 Curves
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4-PACK MSRP: $479.80 2-PACK MSRP: $239.90 SINGLE CAR MSRP: $119.95
E8 Locomotive MSRP 3-RAIL: $599.95
Unpowered MSRP: $279.95