Product Features
Size 32" L x 4" W x 5" H
Limited Edition , this Fine Art Model 20th Century Limited Car is built on a scale of 1:32 and is made entirely of brass
with sprung trucks and ball-bearing axle journals.
Using the drawings from Pullman's original archives, the first company ever
permitted to do so, this Fine Art Models 20th Century Limited
Car is considered the finest example of a passenger car ever modeled.
Each Fine Art Models 20th Century Limited Car model has
functional end diaphragms. In addition, the car underbody is detailed, has
full interiors, including lighting, and every door that is supposed to open
does.
Each Fine Art Models 20th Century Limited Car model
comes complete with a Mahogany roller base.
Electrified with battery and capacitor 1 Farad,
G A R YR A Y M O N D Dual Ball Bearings axles with Electrical Pickups,
Material metal, Brass , finish interior with figure and LED Lighting , acrylic, glass
Train Car
has the finish details interior done by the fine art artist,
Car
is weathered and finish by the fine art artist,
About The NYC 20th Century Train
It was promoted as The Greatest Train in the World. Its extra-fare opulence,
comfort, and reliability were intended to impress, and they did.
Since
1902, the flagship of the New York Central had been the New York and Chicago
20th Century Limited, but the greatest Century of all was the 1938 streamliner
styled by Henry Dreyfuss. In 1937, the New York Central was among the first
railroads to enter the streamliner era with its Cleveland Detroit Mercury. Once
that trains appeal was established, the 20th Century Limited became the next
natural candidate for streamlining.
The NYC hired the 32-year-old
Dreyfuss to style this first, all-private-room train in America using Pullman
car designs shared with the Pennsylvania Railroad contemporary Broadway Limited.
The Century appeared in tasteful tones of gray and blue offset by complementary
tan, copper, and rust colors. Dining and lounge interiors were sophisticated
with rounded shapes and surfaces. The diner was as elegant as a four-star
Manhattan restaurant with other on-board services equally impeccable. The train
had a secretary, a telegraph, valet service, and a barbershop. A red carpet was
rolled out from the concourse to the train-side for boarding passengers.efore
their introduction, more than 100,000 people walked through Century train sets
on display in both New York and Chicago.
Then, at 5 p.m. on June 15,
1930, the first of the new trains departed simultaneously from the two cities
the same hour at which the first two new Broadway Limiteds departed. Their
arrival times were likewise identical. At first, the Century operated as a
13-car train, but later expanded to 17 cars and operated in two sections.
