Kato USA HO Scale: Amtrak Superliner I - Phase VI Passenger Cars
The Superliner I fleet was built in 1979 by Pullman Standard. Amtrak's Superliners were based on the famous Budd built Hi-Levels operated by the Santa Fe railroad, for their El Capitan all-coach train. Amtrak passenger trains can run with a variety of car combinations, including lounge cars, dining cars, and sleepers on longer distance trains, with shorter trains running mostly coaches with perhaps a dining car and a coach/baggage car. Amtrak Superlines run all over the country (with the exception of the northeast corridor, where high roofs and low tunnel cielings pose a dangerous combination).
Superior Detailing: All Kato Superliner cars Cars come with preinstalled detailing and thin railings. The passenger cars have complete upper and lower level interior detailing, prototypical fluting on the exterior of the cars, and flush mounted and tinted windows. All cars have smooth rolling trucks with working bearing caps and shock absorber construction, and are weighted for a hefty feel and performance. The included Kinematic tight-lock couplers can be installed by the modeler.
Features:
Perfectly suited to be pulled by Kato's EMD F40PH locomotives or GE P42 "Genesis" locomotives.
All details factory installed
Metal weights give prototypical heft and momentum
Optional included Kinematic couplers allow prototypical close coupling while still navigating tight radii
Superliners have full interior detailing and can be lit with optional interior lighting kit.
Passenger cars have tinted, flush windows
Free rolling, detailed trucks with rotating bearing caps and shock absorber construction