FINE ART MODELS 1:32 SCALE GAUGE 1 BRASS "THE FLEET OF MODERNISM" 1938 PENNSYLVANIA ROAD BROADWAY LIMITED RAILWAY
Size 32" L x 4" W x 5" H
Limited to only 50 pieces, this Fine Art Model Broadway 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 Broadway Limited is considered the finest example of a passenger car ever modeled.
Each Fine Art Models Broadway 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 Broadway 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 figures 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 Broadway Limited Train
The Broadway Limited was a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between New York City and Chicago. It operated from 1912 to 1995. It was the Pennsylvania's premier train, competing directly with the New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited
In, 1938, the Broadway Limited received lightweight streamlined cars to replace its heavyweight steel cars; on the same day rival New York Central Railroad's (NYC) 20th Century Limited was streamlined. Raymond Loewy styled the new cars and the PRR GG1 electric locomotive as well as some streamlined steam locomotives for PRR, notably the S1 and T1 Duplex drive engines. The Broadway Limited was one of four pre-World War II PRR trains to receive such equipment; the others being the General (New York–Chicago), Spirit of St. Louis (New York–St. Louis), and Liberty Limited (Washington–Chicago). Other PRR trains continued to use heavyweight cars until after the end of World War II. Most of the 1938 cars were built new by Pullman-Standard between March and May of that year, but the diners, RPO and baggage cars were rebuilt from heavyweight cars by the railroad's Altoona shops. The Broadway Limited was the only PRR train to be completely re-equipped with lightweight sleeping cars before World War II
The train's running time was further reduced to 16 hours.
Pullman-Standard built the entirety of the equipment pool for the 1938
lightweight re-equipping, with the exception of two dining cars which were
rebuilt in PRR's Altoona shops. The equipment delivered included eight
18-roomette sleeping cars; two sleeper-bar-lounges; four 4-compartment,
2-drawing room, 4-double bedroom sleeping cars; two 13-double bedroom sleeping
cars; and two View series sleeper-buffet-lounge-observation cars. The dining car
seated 24 at tables (in both 1x1 and 2x2 configurations) and featured a small
bar at one end with seating for two. The sleeper-bar-lounge included a
secretary's room, barber shop, shower-bath, and a bar/lounge with both booth and
chair seating.
