Athearn ATH84865 HO 50ft Old Time Overland Passenger Set, Virginia & Truckee

Athearn HO 50ft Old Time Overland Passenger Set, Virginia & Truckee

Athearn Item #: ATH84865

MODEL FEATURES:

• Fine end handrails and ladders
• Clear windows (car sides) and green-tinted clerestory windows
• 4 Pack includes: RPO, Combine, Coach, Business Car
• Coach in the 4-pack has a different road number than the single
• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
• Weighted for optimum performance
• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Minimum radius: 15”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

At the turn of the late 1800s passenger train travel was much more like the stagecoach that it had replaced. The Overland style passenger car is iconic to this era, a time of great expansion for the railroads with the transcontinental route and the settling of the Wild West. The railroads brought much change to the landscape of North America. Passenger trains of the time were the best way to get across the continent. The Overland passenger cars facilitated this new era of transportation.