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Various - NSC 02-Set 1 - Maintenance of Way Equipment, North American, Transition Era - Amtrak - 9-Pack

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Stock NumberNSC 02-Set 1
Original Retail Price$225.00
BrandVarious
ManufacturerVarious
Body StyleNSE Body Style Assortment
Prototype VehicleMaintenance of Way Equipment, North American, Transition Era (Details)
Road or Company NameAmtrak (Details)
Road or Reporting Number9-Pack
Paint Color(s)Orange and Black
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileStandard
MultipackYes
Multipack Count9
Multipack ID NumberNSC 02-Set 1
Release Date2002-01-01
Item CategoryFreight Train
Model TypeMOW
Model SubtypeVarious
Model VarietyVarious
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: This 9-unit set contains cars made by Atlas, Micro-Trains and Deluxe Innovations. It comes with an Atlas GP7 engine. Only 150 sets were made. Road Numbers: 769, 177, 179, 11307, 11317, 11330, 11331, 11674, 1400.
Model Information: Occasionally, the NSC would package and sell multipacks of cars and/or locomotives where the individual items were made by different manufacturers.
Prototype History:
The definition of "Maintenance of Way" is the upkeep and repair of a railroad's fixed property (as track and bridges). Railroads have always used specialized and modified rolling stock and motive power for this purpose. Types of equipment run the gamut from snow plows to ballast spreaders to cranes to dedicated passenger cars.

Some equipment is purpose built such as modern ballast spreaders, while other equipment can be modified from revenue generating equipment such as gondolas, boxcars and passenger cars. Usually the equipment is painted in distinctive patterns to clearly indicate that these cars and locomotives are not being used for revenue-generating service.
Road Name History:
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States. Founded in 1971 through the government-sponsored consolidation of most of the remaining U.S. passenger rail companies, it is partially government-funded yet operated and managed as a for-profit corporation.

Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day on 21,300 miles (34,000 km) of track with select segments having civil operating speeds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states in addition to three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2015, Amtrak served 30.8 million passengers and had $2.185 billion in revenue, while employing more than 20,000 people. Nearly two-thirds of passengers come from the 10 largest metropolitan areas; 83% of passengers travel on routes shorter than 400 miles. Its headquarters is at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

The name "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "trak", the latter itself a sensational spelling of "track".

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Item created by: gdm on 2018-01-12 14:03:56. Last edited by gdm on 2020-05-27 13:17:21

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