Atlas O 2001238 - Trainman - 60' Combine Passenger Car "Western Maryland"

Product Description

Announced Date:

April 2024

Released Date:

Est. 4th Quarter 2024

Individually Boxed:

N/A

Road Name: Western Maryland

Road Number: 335, 336

Product Line: Trainman

Scale: O Scale

System: 3-Rail

Features:

 Die-cast sprung trucks

Full scale dimensions and details

Separately-applied grab irons

Interior LED lighting

Separately-applied diaphragms

Interior details

Based upon C&NW protoypes

Minimum diameter curve: O-36 (3-Rail)

Overview:

In the early 20th century, the rapid adoption of all-steel construction for passenger cars dramatically improved the safety and comfort of rail travel. These “heavyweight” cars, as they came to be known, were far less likely to catch fire than their mostly wooden counterparts, could withstand greater structural stresses in general operation, and as a result quickly became the premier choice of the traveling public. In the years immediately preceding World War II, however, due to the development of longer, aluminum sheathed “modern” streamliners, many original steel heavyweight cars were either rebuilt and restyled to run with the new sleek name trains, or became relegated to branchline and commuter service, where they continued to serve for many decades. Many examples still survive today in operating tourist railroads and in railroad maintenance of way departments.