Description
Streamline Diner Car, Kentucky No. 19
This streamline diner car is one of the model train passenger cars inspired by the streamlined railroad equipment that served long-distance routes across North America from the 1930s through the 1960s. Its styling reflects the era when railroads modernized their fleets with individual streamlined cars built to be mixed and matched.
Historical Background
Streamliner cars were built for long-distance passenger service and often offered upgraded amenities such as stewardess service, observation lounges, and reserved coach seating. After World War II, railroads in the United States sought to update their passenger fleets, and they favored the flexibility of individual cars. The streamlined design traced its roots to the Pioneer Zephyr, and the cars were produced by three railcar manufacturers.
Key Features
- Designed to match other streamline cars, including coach, dome, baggage, and observation cars
- Clear windows
- Four-wheel passenger car trucks
- Separately applied brake wheel
- Body-mounted operating knuckle couplers
- Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours that run on all popular brands of track
- Weighted for optimum performance
- Fully assembled and ready to run out of the box
- Highly detailed, injection-molded body
- Minimum radius: 18”
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