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| Prototype Information — |
We
found an excellent resource for Empire Builder information
on this site:
Great
Northern Railway Historical Society
Including this photo:
From
the Great Northern Historical Society website we find
that a consist of 12 cars
is appropriate starting in 1947
1)
"1947 --
February 23 saw the inauguration of the postwar edition
of the
Empire Builder. These five consists of 12 streamlined
cars each were
built by Pullman. The trains were given a 45 hour schedule
between
Chicago and Seattle. These
trains were decked out from E unit to
River series observation car in an eye-popping Omaha
Orange,
Pullman Green and gold stripe paint scheme. What came
to be
known as the "Empire Builder scheme" became
the standard
for GN passenger trains for the next 20 years."
Then
we find that this consist of locomotives is appropriate
starting in 1950:
2)
"1950 -- E7
diesel passenger locomotives experience overheating
problems in the mountains. They are replaced by an A-B-A
set of EMD F units (F3's and F7's).
Great Northern modified these units into "Passenger
F's" with higher gearing
for greater speed and boilers for steam heat.
3)
"1955 -- May 29 sees the introduction of Budd-built
"short" domes, 3 to a train
consist. Also from Budd comes full-length dome lounges
for first-class
passengers which arrive in October. All called "Great
Domes" by the
Great Northern, the 3 shorts and 1 full dome per train
provided a
whopping 150 dome seats for Builder passengers."
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| Model Features — |
Following very closely after the release of the "Super
Chief" will be the Great Northern "Empire Builder."
It will be available in F7 AB sets and individual F7A units
and three different 4-car passenger car sets, so that you
can enjoy operating this well-known Great Northern train
while incrementally adding locomotives and cars to eventually
build your train into the complete 12 car set
Kato has indicated they will soon provide sample consists
for the following routes or trains: "Western Star",
Spokane to Portland, & Chicago to Spokane.
More details will be posted by Kato soon and we will relay
them as soon as we know.
To
see the F7
locomotives for this set click here or on picture below:
Examples of what train consists could have been:
Possible Empire Builder (Chicago to Spokane)
F7A |
F7B |
F7C |
RPO |
Bag |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Sleeper |
Diner |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Sleeper |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Obs |
Possible Empire Builder (Spokane to Portland)
F7A |
F7B |
RPO |
Bag |
Coach |
Dome |
Coach |
Coach |
Coach |
Sleeper |
Coach |
Dome |
Sleeper |
Sleeper |
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106-1051 Great Northern Kato 4-car Passenger
set including: Sleeper, Dome, Diner, & Observation cars
(3 cars are named names-t/b/a). All four cars lettered for "Empire
Builder" with sub lettering for Great Northern.
| Stock # |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Car # |
| 106-1051 |
Sleeper |
Hart Pass |
1376 |
Dome |
n/a |
1321 |
Diner |
Lake Wenatchee |
1251 |
Observation |
Grand Coulee |
1197 |
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106-1052 Great Northern Kato 4-car Passenger
set including: Railway Post Office, Baggage, Coach, & Dome.
All four cars are lettered Great Northern.
| P/N: |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Road # |
| 106-1052 |
RPO |
n/a |
41 |
Baggage |
n/a |
279 |
Coach |
n/a |
1215 |
Dome |
n/a |
1325 |
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106-1053 Great Northern Kato 4-car Passenger set including:
Coach(lettered Great Northern), Dome(lettered Empire Builder),
Sleeper(lettered Empire Builder), Sleeper(lettered Empire Builder).
| P/N: |
Car Type |
Car Name |
Road # |
106-1053 |
Coach |
n/a |
1230 |
Dome |
n/a |
1330 |
Sleeper |
Big Horne Pass |
1379 |
Sleeper |
Lewis & Clark Pass |
1384 |
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156-0701 Great Northern Kato Dome Car #1320 |
$25.00 |
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156-0702 Great Northern Kato Coach #1218 |
$25.00 |
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156-0703 Great Northern Kato Sleeper #1370 "Rogers
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$25.00 |
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Bulb Lighting Kit [1 pc]
Fits: Budd Corrugated
Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
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$5.98 |
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Bulb Lighting Kit [6 pcs]
Fits: Budd Corrugated
Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
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$29.98 |
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White LED Lighting Kit [1 pc] NEW!
Fits: Budd
Corrugated Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
: : : Specifications
* Light bulb in the conventional interlior lighting set has
been replaced with white LED in this newly developed lighting
set with the rest of the components remaining the same.
* Set for a single car/Set for 6 Cars
* Hanging Package Box
::: Components
for a car:
* Lens Color Filter Reflector Unit Unit Holder and Contact Spring
: : : Features
* Use of newly developed White LED recreates a fluorescent lamp
lighted environment.
* By attaching the Color Filter the white color can be changed
into yellowish “incandescent” light. Use of this
filter is particularly good with older time period cars in which
incandescent light was prevalent.
* Be sure to note the value pricing of the #11-210 Kit giving
you the components for six cars for the price of five single-car
kits!
: : : Additonal Notes
* Applicable to those (N) passenger cars which #11-204/206 New
Interior Lighting sets can be fit into.
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White LED Lighting Kit [6 pcs] NEW!
Fits: Budd
Corrugated Cars, Smooth Side Cars, Caboose, RDC, Superliner
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$50.00 |
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