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Bowser's Aero train was originally tooled by Varney in the '50s when the prototype first came out. It was always made in plastic-both engine and cars, didn't have an interior and was even far lighter ijn weight than early AHM/Rivarossi stuff. I think Varney offered it powered w/ a DC-71 motor powering the front truck only, as well as an unpowered unit. I had an unpowered & undecorated (lite gray unpainted shells) some years back-just before Bowser reintroduced it. The Aero Train was featured on at least some of Varney's kit boxes of that era, and of course on the boxes for the Aero Train. <br /> <br />The styling of the Aero Train was similar to that on a lot of GM's concept/Motorama vehicles of that era, and I believe the Aero Train was styled by the same 'designer' as some of their equally bizarre vehicles. GM had a forerunner of the modern van/mini bus type vehicle-sorta cab-over design, that shared a similar theme to the Aero Train. All in all, a less than 'high-water mark' for US industrial design.
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