Monday, February 13, 2012

Missouri Pacific 70' Streamliner Sleeper Car "Eagle Flight"


MODEL INFORMATION
Company: MTH
Product #: 20-6567
Gauge: Standard O
First Cataloged: 2000 volume 3 Premier
Trucks: Die-cast
Couplers: Operating
Min Curve: O-42
Notes: MTH Premier Line. Part of a 5 car set with 3 additional cars available. Metal wheels and axles. Overhead interior lighting. Detailed interior (chairs, tables, etc). Separate metal handrails. Fast-angle wheel sets. Needle-point axles. Detailed undercarriage. A nice scale model with decent detail but not a ton. Adding painted mth figures will add a lot to it.
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PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1948
Era: 1948 - 1971
Primary Use: Sleeper Car.  Eagle Flight was rebuilt as a coach in 1964.
Notes: Eagle Flight had 14 roomettes, 1 drawing room, and 2 double bedrooms.
Missouri Pacific Historical Society - "Passenger Operations"