I gotta ask a few more questions now!
Where these kits made for 2 rail or 3 rail use?(I guess it wouldn't matter?) Was there a vista dome available ?A baggage car?
What years did they offer the kits for sale?,I see in the ad,it looks like you could only buy them from Hobbyshops?(Is this what"Available only from our jobbers"mean?)
And of course,what year did the Company stop it's Rail Chief line,and when did they Open and when did they get out of the Business?
I had never seen these cars before,who knows how many of these kits were sold?
And from the advertisement ,it looks like you could buy them put together already as well.
Lionel lost perhaps MILLIONS of dollars(in todays market) in revenue,by not having their #2500 passengers ready when the First #2343न F3's went off the assembly line.
And because of that,modelers had a lot of choices between AMT,Rail Chief,and Lionel Aluminum Streamliners to make up their 'Crack"Passenger trains with.And so do we!!!!
Anyone know of any other companies around that time making Aluminum Passenger Cars?
My best guess is there probably were a few more,but once those #2500 Series Cars hit the shelves,they probably all gave up,because Lionel made up for being late by introducing the FAMOUS set we all know of.
Thanks for the replies,I look forward to learning more about THE RAIL CHIEF Passenger Cars!!!
