I've been doing a Flyer prewar O gauge streamliner theme for the weekend. Here is one of my favorites, the City of Denver UP streamliner, made 1936-39. The 1684 locomotive (power car) is an extra nifty cast shell inspired by the real UP City of Denver streamliner of 1936. The sheet metal cars use the same bodies as the chrome streamliner cars, but with some differences. Although they have plainer 4 wheel trucks (instead of 6-wheel on the chrome cars) and no window glazing, they have the added belly pans which makes for a nice looking train. And even though they have the similar semi-vestibule arrangement clipped to the adjacent car, no derailment issues for me as with the 6-wheel chrome cars.
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