Amtrak California passenger cars
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Single car with NCE decoder with lighting functions, $149.99; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar, $199.99. Four-pack with NCE decoder with lighting functions, $579.99; dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar, $649.99
Era: mid-2000s+
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com
Amtrak California passenger car features:
- All-wheel electrical pickup
- Cab coaches have original or modified headlight and antenna arrangements
- Dining cars have upper level serving area and lounge furnishings
- Dual-mode NCE decoder with lighting functions (non-sound models)
- End details including train line hoses and head-end power receptacles
- Interior stair and luggage rack detail
- Lighting features include flashing ditch lights, operating red strobe and marker lights, illuminated destination boards, and interior (certain features only offered on sound-equipped cab coaches)
- McHenry scale couplers
- Prototype-specific interior details
- Separate colors for floors, walls, seats, tables, and control compartment
- Sounds recorded from full-size California cars (sound-equipped models)
- Tinted window glazing
- Scheduled for release in August 2023
Car types: Cab coach (Mount Pinos), coach (Sacramento River, Klamath River, and Pit River), dining car (Salinas Valley), and four-car set (cab coach Mount Soledad, coaches San Lorenzo River and Trinity River, and dining car Coachella Valley).
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