Walthers Announces HO Santa Fe Super Cheif!


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Today, July 9th, 2010 Walthers announced it will be releasing a Santa Fe Super Chief train in HO scale. Both the cars and the locomotives will feature factory installed metal grab irons and a REAL Metal Finish Simulating Stainless Steel! Deliveries of the cars begin in October 2010, and the locomotives in 2011.

Complete list of the cars:

Budd “Pine” Series 10-6 Sleeper - 932-9721 - $64.98 Retail - October 2010 Delivery
Budd 73’ Baggage Car - 932-9722 - $64.98 Retail - November 2010 Delivery
P-S 36-Seat Diner - 932-9723 - $64.98 Retail - January 2011 Delivery
P-S 29-Seat Dormitory-Lounge - 932-9724 - $64.98 Retail - December 2010 Delivery
P-S “Pleasure Dome” Bar-Lounge - 932-9726 - $74.98 Retail - February 2011 Delivery
Budd 63’ Railway Post Office - 932-9727 - $64.98 Retail - March 2011 Delivery
P-S “Vista ” Series Observation-Lounge - 932-9728 - $69.98 Retail - May 2011 Delivery
P-S “Regal” Series 4-4-2 Sleeper - 932-9729 - $64.98 Retail - April 2011 Delivery


Complete list Proto 2000 EMD F3 Locomotives (2011 Delivery):

A/B Sets
#34L & #34A w/Sound & DCC - 920-41270 - $459.98 Retail
#34C & #34B w/Sound & DCC - 920-41271 - $459.98 Retail
#36L & #36A Standard DC - 920-48270 - $309.98 Retail
#36C & #36B Standard DC - 920-48271 - $309.98 Retail

A-Units Only
#31L w/Sound & DCC - 920-41272 - $259.98 Retail
#31C w/Sound & DCC - 920-41273 - $259.98 Retail
#33L Standard DC - 920-48272 - $169.98 Retail
#33C Standard DC - 920-48273 - $169.98 Retail


Also announced was the City Of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal & Station Platform Kits. These are due in November of 2010

Ill be listing these up on my website for pre-order later this evening.


There are no model photos at this time of the Super Chief series, only sketches at this time. But I remember when I was younger I had a Santa Fe Super Chief Lego Train Set. It was pretty neat, and besides Amtrak/Metrolink its the only Passenger Train that I like (im a freight train guy lol), which means I will most definitely be ordering a set of these for myself. I cant say they will ever get any use, but its just one of those things that i think would be nice to have and collect :D
 
The only thing I can hope is the silver finish is not as blue as the Superliners. Its neat, but not a good color match on the stainless to me.
 
I'm tempted to get some altho I'd get Athearn Genesis F7's with tsunamis. The quantum's that Walther's uses can't really compete with the tsunami in my humblest of opinions.
 
nephthyr said:
I'm tempted to get some altho I'd get Athearn Genesis F7's with tsunamis. The quantum's that Walther's uses can't really compete with the tsunami in my humblest of opinions.
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Couldn't the Tsunamis be put in the Walthers Fs along w/ Railmaster Hobbies speakers?
 
stationmaster said:
Please post what info you come up with. Might be I'll need to add another passenger train to the collection.....

Bob
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You can have mine boB! (yawn) Wake me up when they do something I can use, like the Capitol Limited.
Or
The FFV
or even
the Laurentian

I know, your all scratching your heads thinking "damn, who let an East Coast modeler in here!!! :p
 
Capitol Limited[/I said:
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Or
The FFV
or even
the Laurentian

I know, your all scratching your heads thinking "damn, who let an East Coast modeler in here!!! :p
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Maybe Walthers will never do your 3 because they will sell more Santa Fe's than all 3 of yours combined!
 
cajon said:
Maybe Walthers will never do your 3 because they will sell more Santa Fe's than all 3 of yours combined!
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That may be true because they have "bean counters" too. They after all, are businessmen, not modelers. Nothing more, nothing less.

But that doesn't mean I still can't dream, that someday a road I model won't someday have a premier train available off the shelf! Something tells me that we'll see them bring out yet another F7 before I see my dream train happen.:rolleyes:
 
kbkchooch said:
That may be true because they have "bean counters" too. They after all, are businessmen, not modelers. Nothing more, nothing less.

But that doesn't mean I still can't dream, that someday a road I model won't someday have a premier train available off the shelf! Something tells me that we'll see them bring out yet another F7 before I see my dream train happen.:rolleyes:
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I you want to see it in your lifetime you'll be BYOT (building your own train). LOL
 
Walthers's seemed to be concentrated on their Broadway Limited train this year - they did have a nice diorama with the LAUPT set up on it. But it was showing off their UP City cars and single-level Santa Fe cars.
 
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