MTH
READY-TO_RUN
HO Scale
PARLOR CAR set of 2 cars
Colored Interior seating
Constant intensity LED lighting
Exteriors are Highly Detailed
Underbody is Highly Detailed
Out - Of - Production
THESE MATCH THE F Unit consist in a separate listing
Lettered for the:
SANTA FE
Featuring the
SILVER PAINT SCHEME
It is hard to match the excitement and beauty of a long, sleek passenger train speeding down the rails. M.T.H.'s HO scale streamlined passenger cars and sets will bring exactly the right, realistic look to your passenger consists.
No other manufacturer matches the quality and value found inside an M.T.H. HO passenger car.
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.
HISTORY:
Parlor cars came about on United States railroads to address the absence of separate class accommodations. In the United Kingdom and Europe, passenger trains carried first-, second- and third-class coaches, with the first-class coaches offering the best seating and costing the most.
In contrast, American trains offered a flat rate and standard accommodations. For 19th-century writers this represented a difference between class-bound Europe and the democratic United States.
Parlor accommodations were appreciated by those who used them because of their exclusivity. H. L. Mencken called the parlor car "the best investment open to an American":
He not only has a certain seat of his own, free from intrusion and reasonably roomy; he also rides in a car in which all of the people are clean and do not smell badly. The stinks in a day-coach, even under the best of circumstances, are revolting. The imbecile conversation that goes on in parlor-car smoke-rooms is sometimes hard to bear, but there is escape from it in one's seat; the gabble in day-coaches is worse, and it is often accompanied by all sorts of other noises.
Most parlor cars were found on daytime trains in the Northeast United States. In comparison to a standard coach, parlor cars offered more comfortable seating and surroundings, as well as food and beverages, but were far inferior to sleeping cars for overnight trips
M.T.H. is proud to offer the drama of this postwar locomotive in HO scale.
Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these matching passenger sets.
MTH UNIT FEATURES:
Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies
Metal Wheels and Axles
Constant Voltage Overhead LED Interior Lighting
Detailed 4-Wheel Trucks
Authentic Paint Scheme
End-of-Car Diaphragms
Separate Metal Handrails
Detailed Car Interiors
Detailed Car Undercarriage
Kadee Couplers
Unit Measures:11 1/2" x 1 7/16" x 1 7/8"
Operates On 22" Radius Curves
The unit is highly detailed
THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN
The item is NEW in
the original box from old stock
We do combine shipping on
multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It
Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately.
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.
If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because
ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can
work something out for you.
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.