Overland passenger cars
Scale: HO (1:87:1)
Price: Coach, $42.99; four-pack (Busines car, coach, combine, and Railway Post Office), $149.98
Era: 1890s+
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Features:
- End handrails and ladders
- Clear (sides) and green-tinted (clerestory) windows
- RP-25 contour machined metal wheels
- Body mounted McHenry scale couplers
- Minimum radius: 15”
Release date: September 2023
Road names: Denver & Rio Grande Western (gold), Great Northern (dark green), Southern Ry. (dark green), Union Pacific (two-tone gray), and Virginia & Truckee (yellow and green). One single coach and one four-pack (Railway Post Office, combine, coach [with different road number than single car], and business car) per paint scheme.
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