HO Scale MTH HO 8-Car Passenger Set. 8-Car Passenger Set – SOUTHERN PACKFIC LINES Lettering. Change from SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES” to the shorter “SOUTHERN PACIFIC, which had been the standard since 1916. The official change was made in December 1946, but not everything was repainted immediately. 8-Car Sets Feature: (1) Baggage, (1) (Articulated 3 car group consisting of) Coffee/Kitchen/Diner Articulated Set, (1) Tavern Car, (1) Parlor Car, (1) Single Chair Pass Car, (1) Observation Car. Gallery Photos above are in reverse order beginning with the Observation car. There are two photos of each car one distance and one up close. Constant intensity LED lighting. Exteriors are Highly Detailed. Underbody is Highly Detailed. Lighted side Marker Lights. Out – Of – Production. THESE MATCH THE ALCO Unit consist in a separate listing. It is hard to match the excitement and beauty of a long, sleek passenger train speeding down the rails. S HO scale streamlined passenger cars and sets will bring exactly the right, realistic look to your passenger consists. Using an intricately detailed, yet durable ABS body atop smooth rolling trucks results in a lightweight car that won’t bog down a locomotive struggling to pull heavy passenger cars. What’s more, each HO passenger car features detailed car interiors and overhead, constant voltage LED lighting for a realistic and authentic appearance. Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies. Metal Wheels and Axles. Constant Voltage Overhead LED Interior Lighting. Lighted ” DAYLIGHT LIMITED ” Drumhead. 8-Car Sets Feature: (1) Baggage, (1) Coffee/Kitchen/Diner Articulated Set, (1) Tavern Car, (1) Parlor Car, (1) Single Chair Pass Car, (1) Observation Car. Unit Measures:11 1/2″ x 1 7/16″ x 1 7/8. Operates On 22 Radius Curves. Southern Pacific introduced the Daylight Limited on April 28, 1922. The train operated on a 13-hour schedule between the Third and Townsend Depot in San Francisco and Central Station in Los Angeles, running on Fridays and Saturdays only. In 1922 and 1923, the train ran seasonally, beginning in April and ending in November. Daily operation began in July 1923. The SP shortened the running time to 12 hours for the 1924 season. Until the late 1920s, it made no intermediate stops (except for servicing). Its 12-hour schedule was two hours shorter than any other train on its route. The streamlined Daylight began on March 21, 1937, pulled by GS-2 steam locomotives on a 9+3? 4-hour schedule. It was the first of the Daylight series that later included the San Joaquin Daylight, Shasta Daylight, Sacramento Daylight, and Sunbeam. Daylights in the December 1945 timetable. By June 30, 1939, the streamlined Daylights had carried 268.6 million passenger miles (432.3 million kilometres) on 781,141 train miles (1,257,125 kilometres) for an average occupancy of 344 passengers. The Coast Daylight ran behind steam until January 7, 1955, long after most streamliners had changed to diesel. A second train, the Noon Daylight, ran the same route 1940-42 and 1946-49 with a suspension during World War II. The original Coast Daylight became the Morning Daylight during this time. In 1949 the Noon Daylight was replaced by the overnight Starlight using the same equipment. In 1956 coaches from the Starlight were added to the all-Pullman Lark and the Starlight was discontinued in 1957. Amtrak later revived the name for its Los Angeles to Seattle service known as the Coast Starlight. The heavyweight Daylight Limited debuted in 1922 with five 72-seat coaches and a dining car. American Car and Foundry delivered new 90-seat coaches in 1923; the Southern Pacific also added a 32-seat parlor-observation car. 4-6-2 “Pacific” steam locomotives hauled the train up and down the coast. 4-8-2 “Mountain” locomotives displaced the Pacifics in the early 1930s. The Southern Pacific removed the observation cars in 1931. Pullman-Standard delivered two complete sets of equipment (consists) for the 1937 Coast Daylight. Each consisted of a 44-seat baggage-coach; a 48-seat coach; three pairs of articulated coaches, with 50 seats in each of the six coaches; a lunch counter-tavern car, a dining car, a 29-seat parlor car; and a 23-seat parlor-observation car. In the articulated coaches restrooms were split, with the men’s restroom in the odd-numbered car and the women’s restroom in the even-numbered car. Seating was 2×2, with a center aisle down the middle. Luggage storage was located adjacent to the vestibule. The coffee shop-tavern had two seating areas. At one end of the car was the coffee shop, with 24 individual stools arrayed around a counter. At the other end was the tavern, with booth seating for 18. Between the two areas was a kitchen. The dining car could seat 40 patrons at 10 tables. The parlor-observation car seated 10 in the rear, rounded-off observation area and a further 23 in the adjoining parlor section. Prior to the full reequipping in 1940 the Southern Pacific made several changes to augment capacity. In 1938 it replaced the coffee shop-tavern cars with individual tavern and coffee shop cars. The original cars were rebuilt as full taverns and assigned to the Los Angeles-New Orleans Argonaut. The following year the Southern Pacific swapped the individual 48-seat coaches with an additional articulated coach pair from the Houston-Dallas Sunbeam. For the Morning Daylight, the Southern Pacific ordered two new sets of equipment from Pullman-Standard. These included a 44-seat coach-baggage car; three pairs of articulated coaches, with 46 seats in each of the six coaches; a triple-unit coffee shop-kitchen-dining car; a 44-seat coach; a tavern car; a 27-seat parlor car; and a 22-seat parlor-observation car. The Morning Daylight would be completely reequipped just a year later. The 1940 baggage-coach, tavern, and parlor were retained. It was assigned new articulated coach pairs (with the number increased from three to four), triple-unit coffee shop-kitchen-dining car, 44-seat coach, and parlor-observation car. Effectively it was the same train as in 1940, but a year newer, with an additional articulated coach. The Noon Daylight mixed old and new equipment. Is proud to offer the drama of this postwar locomotive and Passenger cars in HO scale. Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these matching passenger sets. The unit is highly detailed. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN. The item is NEW in the original box from old stock. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item. 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. 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.
