The first New Haven 8200 series passenger car was delivered in 1934 from Pullman Standard in Worcester, Massachusetts, The New Haven purchased 205 such cars which served before, during and after WWII and for years were pulled by I-5 Hudson locomotives between New Haven and Boston. They were modern streamlined air-conditioned lightweight cars, 84-feet 6-inches in length, weighing 54-1/2 tons compared to 73 tons for the New Haven's 8100 class heavyweight cars. They became known as "American Flyer" cars after the A.C. Gilbert Company of New Haven, Connecticut made American Flyer S gauge models of them in the 1950s. One-hundred-and-thirty-five cars remained on the New Haven roster when Penn Central took over in 1969. The photos show car 8227 on my 12-by-8 layout. The O scale model is 21-inches in length and was manufactured by Weaver Models.
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