Description

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This lot is four HO scale heavyweight Pullman passenger cars decorated for the Pennsylvania Railroad, painted in PRR's signature Tuscan red with gold "PENNSYLVANIA" lettering, gold pinstriping, and individual car names/numbers applied below the window band. The cars are: "Saltsburg," "Upworth," "Queen Mary," and a numbered coach lettered 3459/3488. All four are correctly manufactured by Athearn, not Bachmann — a quick note for buyers, since these happen to be housed in secondhand Bachmann Spectrum-labeled boxes (item numbers referencing Combine, Diner, and Observation cars), which don't match the actual Pullman-lettered cars pictured. The boxes are simply what these were stored in over the years and are included for protection during shipping, not as an indicator of what's inside — go by the photos and this description for what you're actually getting, not the printed box labels.

Athearn's heavyweight passenger car line has long been a mainstay of HO scale railroading, faithfully reproducing the riveted, round-roofed "heavyweight" Pullman and coach cars that carried the bulk of American passenger traffic from the 1910s through the 1940s, before lightweight streamlined equipment took over after World War II. Pennsylvania Railroad ran enormous fleets of these cars system-wide, and named Pullman sleepers like the ones here were a hallmark of PRR's long-distance service — named for cities, counties, and landmarks along the railroad's routes rather than simply numbered, which added a touch of prestige to overnight travel.

Condition: excellent, as stated — all four cars present clean paint and crisp, legible lettering with no visible chips, scratches, or fading, and the window glazing is intact throughout. Trucks and couplers appear straight and undamaged, and the cars show no signs of having been run hard or handled roughly. No original Athearn packaging is included; cars ship in the Bachmann-branded boxes shown, cushioned in foam for safe transit.

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FLAT RATE S&H $12  in the US

 

 

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