Description
Relax in luxury aboard these WalthersProto Budd 85' Pine Series 10-6 Sleepers, a must-have for the combined Super Chief / El Capitan and other Santa Fe streamliners! As part of the road's sweeping plans for its postwar service, Santa Fe ordered 27 of these Budd-built cars, fitted with 10 new roomettes and six luxurious double-bedrooms. Many of these cars later served with Amtrak, and some are now privately owned. Ready for operation or display, features of this WalthersProto replica include:
- Real metal finish simulates stainless steel
- Correct GSC 41-NDO Outside Swing Hanger trucks as used in the 1960s
- Factory-installed grab irons
- Prototypically accurate window tinting
- Window gasket details as appropriate
- Sprung operating diaphragms
- Modeler-installed extended drawbars for 22" radius curves included
- Turned metal RP-25 wheelsets and correct trucks with built-in electrical contacts
- Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
- Pine Arroyo
- Pine Beach
- Pine Bell
- Pine Bluff
- Pine Brook
- Pine Cavern
- Pine Cove
- Pine Creek
- Pine Crest
- Pine Dale
- Pine Dawn
- Pine Fern
- Pine Gem
- Pine Gorge
- Pine Grove
- Pine Hill
- Pine Island
- Pine King
- Pine Leaf
- Pine Lodge
- Pine Mesa
- Pine Pass
- Pine Peak
- Pine Range
- Pine Rapids
- Pine Ring
- Pine Shore
PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended for operation.
With 27 cars, the Pine series was one of Santa Fe's largest group of pool sleepers and this WalthersProto replica includes decal names for them all:
