Hi folks, I'm trying to identify this Amtrak trainset that belonged to my grandpa when I was growing up. Any ideas?
Is that garden scale? If so you may do better in their portion of the forums. Top of this page in light grey - trains.com, then garden railways.
Good luck,
Richard
Hi,
Try this for the locomotive:
http://gaugemodeltrain.com/great_trains_34084_g_gauge_amtrak_f40ph_diesel_locomotive_boxed.htm
Great Trains was a line of The American Standard Car Co. which only lasted a year or so. I had some of their passenger cars which were VERY basic and more toy-like than Aristo -Craft, LGB or USA Trains.
GreatTrainsBrochure1_F40 by Edmund, on Flickr
GreatTrainsBrochurePC by Edmund, on Flickr
Good Luck, Ed
I saw a bunch of them in a hobby shop some years ago as trade ins. They are simple vacuum formed shells. i remember when they first appeared. At that time they were the only other line besides Bachman that were low cost.
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An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Haha I love the cartoon-like look of those passenger cars.
Charles
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Trainman440Haha I love the cartoon-like look of those passenger cars.
Cartoon-like? Oh, we got cartoons:
eggliner_atsf by Edmund, on Flickr
The Toonerville Trolley!
Cheers, Ed
That's what the streamilners looked like, with the flat sides. I remember when Amtrak's Hiawatha service had them.
Amtrak Hiawatha, Milwaukee to Chicago, 1990.
Here's the head end. It was a push pull service.
Mike.
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