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Gauge: H0 Era: III
Prototype: Western Pacific
California Zephyr streamlined passenger train set.
General Motors EMD F7-ABB diesel locomotive set, baggage
car, and five streamlined passenger coaches. Includes
coaches with Vista Dome roofs as well as observation car
Model: The unit has a built-in digital decoder
with extensive sound functions. It also has built-in
interior lighting and digitally controlled end lighting on
observation car. Total train length
approximately 205 cm / 80.7 in).
Highlights:
Loco set includes
Märklin's Digital High Efficiency 5-pole motors,
controllable acceleration and deceleration delay,
and sounds (engine, bell, horn, and dynamic
brakes).
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Coaches include
current-conducting couplers and separate digital
circuit for separate control of interior coach
lights as well as headlamp, marker lights, and
California Zephyr drumhead sign on rear Vista
Dome observation car.
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Coach consist includes
Burlington baggage car, Denver & Rio Grande
Western (D&RGW) dining car, Chicago
Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) sleeping car,
Western Pacific (WP) Vista Dome car, CB&Q
Vista Dome car, and D&RGW Vista Dome
observation car.
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Length of entire train is
an impressive 205 cm (over 6 feet 8 inches).
 
One-time series released in 1999 to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the California Zephyr
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