Athearn Roundhouse #16377 34′ Old Time Overton Passenger, SP #3501

MODEL FEATURES:
Fine end handrails and ladders
Clear windows and green-tinted clerestory windows
Fully-assembled and ready to run
Weighted for optimum performance
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
Weighted for optimum performance
Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
Each Overton Passenger set contains 1 each of: Baggage, Combine, Coach and Observation car
Coach in the four pack has a different road number than the single coach
Minimum radius: 15”
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
At the turn of the late 1800s passenger train travel was much more like the stage coach that it had replaced. The Overton style passenger car is iconic to this era, a time of great expansion for the railroads with the transcontinental route and the settling of the Wild West. The railroads brought much change to the landscape of North America. Passenger trains of the time were the best way to get across the continent. The Overton passenger cars facilitated this new era of transportation.