Dear HO Scale Customers: Walthers has announced its Named Train for 2019 and its the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha.
Walthers is releasing the train in open stock so you can purchase exactly which cars you want. (These are not the Deluxe Cars.)
Note: there are only a few Deluxe Edition sets available per store, so order immediately to ensure you get one.
See seperate announcement for the Engines or click here.
There will also be FP-7 A-B-A Engine sets for the three different time periods. Eith with DC or DCC and LokSound 5.
Get ready for the WalthersProto Milwaukee Road Twin Cities Hiawatha! Returning to the rails for 2020, cars in both early orange and later yellow schemes make it easy to model complete consists from the 1950s to 1970s.
Each is fully assembled with period details, plus new tinted windows, factory-applied grab irons and black printed window gaskets - and - THREE even more detailed Deluxe Edition consists will also be available for the first time!
This year Walthers brings you all-new Milwaukee Road Walthers Proto FP7s in three versions, two versions of open stock cars, limited-run Cornerstone structure kits, and LED lighting kits – the finishing touches for any Twin Cities Hiawatha!
Treating passengers to unprecedented levels of luxury and speed, most cars for the Twin Cities Hiawatha service were built in the company's own shops, incorporating features usually found only on luxury overnight trains. Ready for operation or display, this WalthersProto replica is finished in the standard Milwaukee Road scheme adopted in 1955 and used into the 1970s, with correct period details and features including:
Order By May 2019
Delivery Expected May - Dec 2020