Vintage Passenger Cars (Rapido)

The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. The company developed a virtual monopoly on production and ownership of sleeper cars, and at its peak in the early 20th century, its cars accommodated 26 million people a year, and it in effect operated "the largest hotel in the world" . The company also built thousands of streetcars and trolley buses for use in cities . Heavyweight passenger cars were comprised entirely of metal, hence their name. Steel not only increased strength but also reduced the chance of fire. The first use of an all-metal car was theorized as early as 1846 by H.L. Lewis to be built from wrought iron . Pullman-Standard built its last sleeping car in 1956 and its last lightweight passenger cars in 1965, an order of ten coaches for Kansas City Southern. The company continued to market and build cars for commuter rail and subway service and Superliners for Amtrak as late as the late 1970s and early 1980s .

This lot of eleven vintage car are mainly by ConCor and came with Rapido Trucks. I Changed one coupler and truck on the Observation and Railway Express Agency models to use for demo purposes by locos with MT couplers. An additional two rapido 3 axle trucks are included.

Asking $137 for the lot of eleven cars plus shipping.

 

A video demo of these 11 cars being pulled by a loco on my layout:  Vintage Heavyweights click here!