Atlas O - Premier - 70" Madison Heavyweight Passenger Car Set "Boston & Albany" (8-Car) - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

• Road Name: Boston & Albany - These cars will be painted to match our Lionel Custom Run Berkshire - 2231700
• Cars Offered:
• 3002694S
  • Baggage
    
  • Coach 1
    
  • Coach 2 
    
  • Observation
• 3002695S
  • RPO
    
  • Combine
    
  • Diner 
    
  • Baggage
• Product Line: Premier
• Scale: O Scale
• System: 3-Rail

Features:

• Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies 
  
• Metal Wheels and Axles 
  
• Constant Voltage Overhead LED Interior Lighting 
  
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers 
  
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes 
  
• End-of-Car Diaphragms 
  
• Separate Metal Handrails 
  
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets 
  
• Needle-Point Axles 
  
• Detailed Car Interiors 
  
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions 
  
• Detailed Car Undercarriage 
  
• Sliding Baggage Car Doors 
  
• Die-Cast 6-Wheel Trucks 
  
• Unit Measures: 19" x 2-7/16" x 3-1/2" 
  
• Operates On O-42 Curves
  

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.