Empire Builder -- Great Northern (Omaha Orange, green)MSRP is $89.98

FEATURES

Pride of the Great Northern, generations of train travelers experienced the thrills of western adventure from the colorful cars of the Empire Builder! Based on the great streamliner as it appeared from 1955 to 1971, the WalthersProto collection includes 10 railroad-ready cars upgraded with:

* Factory Installed Grab Irons

* Prototypically Accurate Window Tinting as Appropriate

* Empire Builder and Big Sky Blue Schemes

* Correct Turned Metal 36" Wheels

* Proto MAXM Metal Knuckle Couplers 

PROTOTYPE HISTORY

Ordered from American Car & Foundry in 1951, these 85'-long cars featured a lunch counter for 14, dinette booths for 12 and lounge seating for 18. The Ranch cars, named in the Lake series, were very popular with passengers; so much so that when GN used the cars on other trains during the 1955-56 winter season passengers barraged the railway with letters of dissatisfaction. The cars returned after the winter season and remained in service into 1967. That year, the GN made sweeping changes in its public image and introduced its striking, modern Big Sky Blue and white scheme, which the cars wore until the Burlington Northern merger in 1970. The cars served briefly in the new Cascade Green and white Hockey Stick scheme until passenger operations were turned over to Amtrak in 1971. 

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