I love trains. These train sets are must-haves for every toy collector!
Bachmann - Night Before Christmas Train Set
Roadname: North Pole & Southern
Perhaps there is no other gift more fun to find under the Christmas tree than a brand new train. Delivering its promise of magic and delight is the Night Before Christmas train set. The Night Before Christmas comes complete with a 4-6-0 steam locomotive (with operating headlight, smoke and speed-synchronized sound), tender with coal load, gondola, bobber caboose and Santa figure.
Perhaps there is no other gift more fun to find under the Christmas tree than a brand new train. Delivering its promise of magic and delight is the Night Before Christmas train set. The Night Before Christmas comes complete with a 4-6-0 steam locomotive (with operating headlight, smoke and speed-synchronized sound), tender with coal load, gondola, bobber caboose and Santa figure.
Walthers - New York Central 1948 20th Century Limited - Roomette Sleeper
HO Scale "...Bay" Series 22-Roomette Sleeper
Completely New from Diesels to Lookout Lounge!
* Based on 1948 Train * 9 Completely New Cars * Authentic Paint & Lettering * Superbly Detailed Inside & Out * PROTO-Max(TM) Die Cast Metal Knuckle Couplers * Matching PROTO 2000(R) E7 Diesels
PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended for operation.
No other train fired the imagination of the American public like New York Central's 20th Century Limited. Its exclusive clientele and blistering schedule between New York and Chicago made it the stuff of legends for 65 years. A favorite with business and industry leaders, its luxurious accommodations - including a red carpet on the platform at New York - also attracted stars of stage and screen, further fueling the train's celebrity status and romantic image.
New equipment finally arrived from Pullman in 1948, supplemented by refurbished 4-4-2 sleepers and RPOs from the 1938 trains. Painted in a new version of the two-tone gray scheme, sleepers and observations were named for various bodies of water in salute to the "Water Level Route" slogan. Up front, matched sets of EMD E7s provided 4000 horsepower to meet the 16-hour westbound, 15-1/2 hour eastward schedule.
Like the prototype, Walthers 20th Century is "Completely New from Diesels to Lookout Lounge!" And best of all, you can build a complete and affordable Century fleet, from the Phase II EMD E7 diesels to the train's signature "...Creek" series observation-lounge.
In addition, these First Edition models include a special certificate of authenticity, and an in-depth history of each car and loco! Plus, we'll also be offering a one-of-a-kind figure and accessory set, based on the classic publicity photo that defined Century elegance at its finest, complete with eight hand-painted figures and accessories, plus a 12" long reproduction of the famed red carpet rolled out for passengers as they boarded this flagship train!
Con-Cor - AeroTrain Set ATSF HO
AeroTrain Set; Powered Diesel, 2 Coaches & Observation Car -- Santa Fe "The San Diegan" 1956
The AeroTrain name is recognized by most model railroaders, and yet finding good information about it has been a challenge.
Brief History:
There were two AeroTrain consists (train #1000 and train #1001). Built in 1955 and debuted at the 1955 "GM Powerama" which was held at Soldier's Field just south of Downtown Chicago. At the same show GM showed a Solar Powered Automobile (Geeze this was 51 years ago!) -and still no solar automobiles.
The two AeroTrain demonstrator sets logged over 600,000 miles traveling coast to coast and were open to the public for viewing in many major cities.
In addition to the roads listed below that we can verrify used the AeroTrain is regular service, we know it also ran on many other railroads such as the Southern Pacific, New Haven, Canadian National, and spent a couple of months in Mexico.
Anyone who can help with photos of the AeroTrain running on other railroads would be appreciated. Just send us an Email on what you have. (Click on Email link at the bottom of this page.)
Today you can find parts of one Train Set at the Museum in St. Louis, and parts of the other Train Set at the Museum in Green Bay. The one in St. Louis was cosmeticly restored about 5 years ago using a $10,000 donation from the NMRA.
The Consist of each AeroTrain
Each AeroTrain consisted of the locomotive unit, 8 40 seat coaches and the tail end observation car. A total of 10 units per train set. The Locomotive used the drive train off the SW-1200 switcher (regeared so it could hit a top speed of 102 mph), and the car bodies were built using parts from an inter-city bus body that GM was building at the time.
Features of the "HO" Model.
We are still working on the design specifications and probably will not have the final details until early Fall of 2006. But the design similar to our "HO" and "N" Pioneer Zephyr models introduced recently but with some added features.
Highly detailed bodies, with separate add on parts where appropriate.
Diaphrams between cars
Full interior details
LED interior car lightling with circuit boards in each car
Electrical pick-up and metal wheelsets on all cars
Dual flywheel drive
5 pole scewed armature motor
Functional reversing front headlights, and tail of observation back up lights.
Flashing front headlights (in DCC mode) as Prototype used for Grade Crossings
Will come with a dual function circuit board and chips for Analog (normal 12v DC) or basic DCC Functions built in.
NMRA pin array mounted on Circuit board for Optional installation of sound DCC (end user supplies Sound Decoder, and speaker if desired).
Loco Cab interior
First run Special Edition Collector's Box.
The AeroTrain will be as faithfully reproduced as we can make it. It is designed so you can just buy the basic 4 car set and it will run just fine as a 4 car train with all the features. But it will be easy to add the extra "Add-on" car set(s) to make a longer train if you so choose either immediately, or at a later date.
