Product Title: Athearn ath84842 50' Old Time Overland Passenger Set, UP #1 (4 car set) HO Scale
Manufacturer: Athearn
Scale: HO
Condition: Item Condition: C-8, Box Condition P-8
Operational Status:
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-8: Like New—Complete All Original: no rust, no missing parts; may show effects of being on display and/or age; may have been run.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-8: Like New: Complete and all original. Evidence of light use and aging, additional notations since leaving publisher or manufacturer. Contents of box may be missing.
Photos: See photos
Manufacturer Information:
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.