The lightweight, streamlined passenger car was a product of the Great Depression. While the heavyweight steel cars built in the teens and 1920s were dependable and often luxurious, their dark colors and solid, battleship-like exteriors did little to lift the spirits at a time when the entire nation needed a pick-me-up. As noted railroad historian John H. White, Jr. put it in The American Railroad Passenger Car, “Some hope during these gloomy years was offered by a new design concept called streamlining. It presented a sleek, modern image of speed and innovation. What had been an obscure technical term in aerodynamics was made into a household word through an astute publicity campaign mounted by several railroad traffic departments. It succeeded in creating a general interest in railroading practically unknown since the opening of the first transcontinental line… According to Railway Age, ‘For the first time in many years, the words ‘sold out’ re-entered the ticket clerk’s vocabulary.’”

The more modern Burlington Northern “hockey stick” and classic Rock Island silver schemes ran in both overnight and local service, and the cars provided in the various sets (with matching locomotives) allow you to represent a number of different trains, and feature an additional coach car included in the 4-pack.

The guaranteed order deadline for the O Burlington Northern and Rock Island Streamlined Passenger Cars is June 7, 2023. Click here to find an Authorized Atlas Dealer near you.

Features Include:

4-PACK MSRP: $479.80 2-PACK MSRP: $239.90 SINGLE CAR MSRP: $119.95
E8 LOCOMOTIVE MSRP 3-RAIL: $679.95

	BURLINGTON NORTHERN
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138231 30138232
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE DINER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001479
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE VISTA DOME CARS
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001478
	BURLINGTON NORTHERN 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE FULL VISTA DOME
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001477
	ROCK ISLAND
	3-Rail Item #:
	30138237 30138238 30138243 (Unpowered)
	ROCK ISLAND 70' STREAMLINE DINER 70' STREAMLINE SLEEPER
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001488
	ROCK ISLAND 70' STREAMLINE BAGGAGE 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE COACH 70' STREAMLINE OBSERVATION
	3-Rail Item #:
	3001487