Walthers HO Proto Deluxe Edition #2 Union Pacific “City of Los Angeles” 10-Car Set w/ Lights & Figures

Description

Railroad Short Name: UP

Limited-Run Deluxe Edition UP City of Los Angeles

Adding the 1960s City of Los Angeles to your layout or collection is easier than ever with your choice of two superb sets of railroad-ready models. Designed for the most demanding modeler or collector, each features factory-printed car names and/or numbers – 10 in all – as appropriate. Other features available only on these cars include 150+ Preiser passengers and crew throughout the train and factory-installed LED lighting as appropriate.

1960s City of Los Angeles Set B (#2) includes one each of these exclusive cars:

• 85′ ACF Baggage #5638 (No lights or figures)
• 85′ ACF Baggage-Dormitory #6007
• 85′ ACF 44-Seat Coach #5471
• 85′ ACF Dome-Coach #7000
• 85′ ACF Café-Lounge #5005
• 85′ Budd 10-6 Sleeper Pacific Crest
• 85′ ACF Dome-Diner #8006
• 85′ ACF Dome-Lounge #9004
• 85′ P-S 11 Double-Bedroom Sleeper Placid Bay
• 85′ P-S 5-2-2 Sleeper Ocean Mist

Fully assembled and ready for operation or display, these WalthersProto replicas make it easy to model a typical City of Los Angeles consist from the 1960s to 1971 and feature:

• 10 limited-edition cars assigned to the City of Los Angeles in the 1960s
• Prototypically tinted green windows as appropriate with new black window gaskets
• Modeler-installed extended drawbars for 22″ radius curves included
• Correct Armor Yellow, Harbor Mist Gray and red scheme
• Factory-installed stainless steel grab irons
• Highly detailed inside & out
• Turned metal wheelsets and correct trucks with built-in electrical contacts
• Proto MAX™ metal knuckle couplers

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.

History

Union Pacific entered the 1960s with a fleet of equipment second to none, and was actually among the last railroads to order new cars, receiving its last seven sleepers in the summer of 1965. At a time when TV westerns like Bonanza, Death Valley Days and High Chaparral were must-watch shows each week, UP advertising hailed the delights of travel to and from the west aboard its magnificent “Domeliners” (a nickname coined in the 1950s when dome cars first arrived). From the fall of 1960 onward, the City of Los Angeles (#103/104), Challenger (#107/108) and City of San Francisco (#101/102) were combined during off-peak periods. During the summer and holidays, the train ran in two sections, with Pullman sleepers on the first, and coaches on the second. Further consolidations by the late 1960s would see the train swell to 27 cars on occasion, with up to five E8 and E9 diesels for power!