Texas Special-Coach Pair #2

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$97.00

 

Planned for Q3 2024

 

Description

This selection is for a pair of the Texas Special Coaches.

‘OLIVETTE’ & ‘PASADENA HILLS’ 

These coaches were built by Pullman in 1955 and was part of the two consists of  The Texas Special. The Texas Special ran from St. Louis to San Antonio and had connecting cars to New York City and Washington DC.

Car photo here is from a prior release of RailSmith.

This release is part of the second Texas Special train we are building, with cars from the first being sold out. These are Prototype cars for this train.

There were three train sets to keep the schedule for the Texas Special. Each consist was as follows:

One RPO Baggage, three Chair Cars, one Coach Buffet Lounge, one Dining Car, seven Sleepers, one Buffet Lounge Observation Car.  This fourteen car train was jointly operated by the MKT and the Frisco and pulled by two E-7 locomotives. This red and silver train must have been a sight to behold!

 

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