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For sale, individual Rapido HO-Scale Pullman-Bradley 8600-Series 36-seat Parlor Cars built for the New York Hartford and New Haven (aka the New Haven) Railroad.  These particular units are BRAND NEW and have never been removed from their boxes.  They are all painted in "McGinness" colors (featuring an orange window band and black roofs). Some have Full Skirts and some are W/O Skirts.

In order to attract customers back to the rails after the end of WWII, the New Haven decided to modernize its passenger car fleet with new lightweight coaches. In December 1945, the New Haven placed a large order with Pullman-Standard for a variety of car styles, including 103 coaches, 25 parlor cars, diners, grill diners, combination baggage-buffet lounge-parlor cars, and two tavern lounge observation cars. 

Pullman-Standard built these units at the former Osgood Bradley factory in Worcester, MA.  They were very similar in appearance to the New Haven's Osgood Bradley Lightweights delivered in the 1930s.The New Haven’s stainless cars were not built entirely from stainless steel like the cars produced by Budd in Philadelphia. Instead, they were constructed from Cor-Ten steel and sheathed with stainless steel fluting panels. The New Haven touted its spanking 8600s as “the newest of the new in coach equipment – gleaming stainless steel on the outside, the last word in attractive decoration and design on the inside.” The 8600-series coaches were ubiquitous, used on the New Haven's trains system-wide from delivery until the Penn Central years. Penn Central later sold 74 of the 8600s to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) where they remained in service in the Boston area until 1988. 

Rapido's HO scale model of the 8600-series was produced in association with the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association (NHRHTA). 

Features:

- Accurately scaled from original blueprints with input from NHRHTA

- Correct cross section with accurate Pullman-Standard fluting

- Rapido™s renowned stainless steel finish

- Partial skirting or no skirting as appropriate

- Full underbody details

- Operating diaphragms with end gates

- Separate grab irons (factory-installed)

- Vastly improved 41-BNO-11 trucks 

- Full interior detail including see-through armrests

- Track-powered constant lighting for DC and DCC layouts

- 22 minimum radius (18 radius with modification)

- Macdonald-Cartier metal magnetic knuckle couplers

** These particular units are painted in the McGinness Colors (Orange window band and Black roof) and are either Skirted (i.e. they retain their original skirting) or W/O Skirts. 

This item is assigned Rapido #17117 and is named: "Providence"  (NOTE:  Road name may differ from cars in photos)

                                             

PAYMENT METHOD:  We accept Ebay Pay only. It is the safest way to pay online.

 

Buyer agrees to pay the BUY IT NOW price. 

Shipping and Handling is $16.00 per car.  

      ***I can COMBINE SHIPPING on orders of 3 Cars or More. (However, because these coaches are an odd size for USPS Priority Mail, please purchase each car separately, pay the individual shipping cost for each car, then I will reimburse you any charge above and beyond what it actually costs to ship your items.  Three or four cars will generally ship together for $18-$20.

Payment must be received promptly (BUY IT NOW option only).

***Questions About Your Item:  Please contact us before purchasing if you have any questions regarding this item.  ALL SALES ARE FINAL. This item is sold As-Described and cannot be returned unless it arrives in a condition different from how it was described or photographed. Items must be returned in original, as-shipped condition with all original packaging.  If you suspect that the item has been damaged in transit, DO NOT OPEN the inner package.  Contact us and we will notify the shipper. 

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