WalthersProto HO Budd 73-foot baggage car
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $105.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
WalthersProto HO Budd 73-foot baggage car features:
- Factory-installed formed-wire grab irons
- Factory-printed road numbers (two cars per paint scheme)
- Freestanding roof vents
- Limited edition, one-time run of these road numbers
- Minimum recommended radius, 24”
- Modeler-installed extended drawbar included for 22” radius curves
- Molded and factory-applied underbody details
- Proto-Max metal couplers
- Sprung plastic diaphragms
- Tinted window glazing as appropriate
- Turned metal wheelsets with RP-25 contour
- Unnumbered cars include modeler-applied waterslide decals
Release date: Available now
Road names: Amtrak (Phase 1 [Heritage Blue and Red with thin White stripe and Arrow herald], phase 2 [Heritage Blue and Red with thin White stripe], phase 3 [equal width Heritage Blue, White, and Red stripes], phase 4 [Deep Blue and Deep Red with White stripes], and phase 6 [Blue and Red with White stripes and Travelmark herald]). Two road numbers with factory-applied numbering and one unnumbered car per scheme.
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