Walthers Proto - HO Scale - San Francisco Chief Deluxe Version - Car 11 of 12 - 85ft P-S "Blue" 10-3-2 Sleeper - Santa Fe - Road #'s TBA - Plated Metal Finish (part of 2014 San Francisco Chief Deluxe 12-car Release) (SKU 920-9342-D)
Available On: September 1, 2014
Take your Santa Fe modeling to the ultimate level of realism with this railroad-ready set of San Francisco Chief cars!
Limited to just 350 sets and sold only as a complete train, the Deluxe Edition is perfect for operation or display and includes select cars with factory-Installed LED interior lighting that operates on DCC or DC layouts, and Preiser passengers (200+ figures total) — a $59.96 retail value per car if purchased separately — ready to enjoy with no extra work!
Everything for an authentic consist is here, including a standard 74' Baggage Car (no lights or figures), one of each San Francisco Chief car, and one each of the matching Pine and Regal sleepers that served this train and the Super Chief!
Fully detailed and railroad ready, the 12-car Deluxe Edition San Francisco Chief features factory installed LED lighting and over 200 Preiser passengers! The complete train includes one standard baggage car (no lights or figures), all San Francisco Chief cars, and one each of the matching Budd 10-6 Pine and Regal-series 4-4-2 sleepers that also ran with the Super Chief.Product Features
PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended for operation.
The San Francisco Chief was a named passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from June 6, 1954 to May 1, 1971. It covered the Santa Fe line from near San Francisco, California to Barstow, California, then east to Chicago, Illinois via the Belen cutoff. Previously, this route had been served by one section of the Grand Canyon Limited. For most of its life it also exchanged through cars for/from Houston, Dallas, and New Orleanswith the California Special at Clovis, New Mexico. At 2554 miles this was the longest-ever passenger train run in the United States until 1993 when Amtrak extended the Sunset Limited east to Miami and Orlando. It remains the longest passenger rail itinerary ever operated entirely on a single U.S. railroad. The San Francisco Chief was one of the last new streamliners introduced in the post World War II era. The train's equipment was augmented with Budd Hi-Level cars in 1964.
Despite its name, the San Francisco Chief never actually terminated in San Francisco. Instead, it ran to Santa Fe's Oakland Station (actually in Emeryville), and after 1958, Richmond. When it ran to the Oakland depot passengers could continue to San Francisco on a Santa Fe bus, or, if willing to handle their luggage, on a Key System train on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge. After the service was cut back to Richmond the San Francisco connection was only by Santa Fe bus.