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 KATO N-Scale 106-068 Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited 10 car set, with Display Track

 

This KATO N-Scale 106-068 Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited 10 car set in excellent condition.  First it was opened was to take pictures.

 

KATO N Scale 106-068 PRR Pennsylvania Railroad BROADWAY LIMITED 10-Car Passenger SET:

  1 x BM70M Baggage Mail Car - RPO #6579

  1 x 12-Duplex 4-Double Bed - College Creek 

  1 x 5-Double Bed Bar-Lounge - Harbor Cove

  1 x Diner - #4608

  1 x Kitchen-Dormitory - #4609

  4 x 10-6 Sleeper - Raccoon Rapids, Turtle Rapids, Octoraro Rapids, Schuylkill Rapids

  1 x Observation Car - Mountain View


Unitrack included:

9 pieces - Straight track 248mm (9-3/4")

1 piece   - Straight track with Bumper C 50.5mm (2")

 

Kato Model Features:


The Pennsylvania Special was one of nine express trains the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) operated between New York City and Chicago. On November 14, 1912, PRR renamed it the Broadway Limited, to avoid confusion with the similarly-named Pennsylvania Limited. The name, though spelled as "Broadway", honored PRR's four-track "broad way" main line.[1] In the heavyweight era the Broadway Limited was an extra-fare, all sleeper (no coach service) train with an open-platform observation car at the end, such as Continental Hall and Washington Hall.[2] The scheduled running time was 20 hours until it was reduced to 18 hours in 1932. Further reductions took place between 1932 and 1935, with the final heavyweight running time at 16 hours, 30 minutes.[3]

On June 15, 1938, the Broadway Limited received lightweight streamlined cars to replace its heavyweight steel cars; on the same day rival New York Central Railroad's (NYC) 20th Century Limited was streamlined.[4] Raymond Loewy styled the new cars and the PRR GG1 electric locomotive as well as some streamlined steam locomotives for PRR, notably the S1 and T1 Duplex drive engines. The Broadway Limited was one of four pre-World War II PRR trains to receive such equipment; the others being the General (New York–Chicago), Spirit of St. Louis (New York–St. Louis), and Liberty Limited (Washington–Chicago). Other PRR trains continued to use heavyweight cars until after the end of World War II. Most of the 1938 cars were built new by Pullman-Standard between March and May of that year, but the diners, RPO and baggage cars were rebuilt from heavyweight cars by the railroad's Altoona shops. The Broadway Limited was the only PRR train to be completely re-equipped with lightweight sleeping cars before World War II.[5] The train's running time was further reduced to 16 hours.[6]

Equipment and services on the Broadway Limited in the 1920s.

In 1949 PRR again re-equipped the Broadway Limited with new streamlined equipment. The all-sleeper train carried compartments, bedrooms, duplex rooms, roomettes for a single occupant and drawing rooms for three persons. The buffet-lounge-observation cars built by Pullman Standard were named Mountain View and Tower View. They had squared-off observation ends, instead of the tapered or rounded ends in the 1938 version, and contained two master rooms with radio and showers.[7]


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What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. 

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THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item

The item is NEW in the original box from old stock 

 

PERSONAL INVENTORY:

Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years.   They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them.

STORE INVENTORY:

Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS.   

I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. 

I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out.

Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item

Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.