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Folks Who Know Go B&O!
Blending big city excitement, down-home charm, Yankee ingenuity and Southern
hospitality, Baltimore & Ohio's famed flagship connected Washington, New York
and Chicago for nearly 50 years!
The "Capitol Limited" is ready once more to welcome you aboard an authentic late
1950s consist of 10 streamlined cars - most available for the first time in
plastic - with matching diesel-electric power,
as the newest WalthersProto name train in HO Scale.
B&OCapitol LimitedPassenger
Cars
Welcome aboard Baltimore & Ohio's famed flagship, TheCapitol
Limited-
the newest WalthersProto name train in HO scale, featuring:
- 10 Authentic B&O Cars Most Available in Plastic for the Very First Time
- Eight Newly-Tooled Signature Cars
- Based on Cars in Regular "Cap" Service from the Late 1950s to 1971
- Real Metal Finish Simulates Stainless Steel as Appropriate
- Paint Color-Matched to Original Drift Cards
- Prototypically Accurate Window Tinting as Appropriate
- Factory-Installed Steel Grab Irons
- Car Name & Number Decals
- Turned Metal Wheelsets
- Proto MAX Metal Knuckle Couplers
PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full
underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended
for operation
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Capitol LimitedCars
Build an entire train with these models!
- 10 Authentic B&O Cars Most Available in Plastic for the Very First Time
- Eight Newly-Tooled Signature Cars
- Based on Cars in Regular "Cap" Service from the Late 1950s to 1971
- Real Metal Finish Simulates Stainless Steel as Appropriate
- Paint Matched to Original Drift Cards
Capitol LimitedConsists
Streamlined in 1953, the B&OCapitol
Limitedremained
an all-Pullman train until 1950s, when it was combined withThe
Columbian.
Here are some sample consists to help you
get started.
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Mid-February
1955
Baggage Dorm Lounge
16-4 Sleeper
16-4 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper - ATSF "Pine" Series (Washington - San Diego)
Heavyweight 12-1 Sleeper
5-3-1 Strata-Dome Sleeper
Heavyweight Diner
16-4 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
Observation-Lounge-Sleeper
1958 - #6 Chicago-Washington Eastbound
Coffee Shop/Dorm/Baggage
Slumbercoach
56-Seat Coach
56-Seat Coach
42-Seat Strata-Dome Coach
16-4 Sleeper
Kitchen/Dorm (Twin Unit car)
64-Seat Full Diner (Twin Unit car)
5-3-1 Strata-Dome Sleeper
16-4 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
Observation-Lounge-Sleeper
1958 - #6 Washington-Baltimore Eastbound
Coffee Shop/Dorm/Baggage
Slumbercoach
10-6 Sleeper
56-Seat Coach
56-Seat Coach
Diner
24 Roomette Duplex Sleeper*
10-6 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
Baggage/Buffet/Lounge
10-5 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
Coach
Coffee Shop/Dorm/Baggage
* Pullman-assignedL.S.
Hungerford,or leased ATSFIndian
MesaorIndian
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Summer 1965
- #5 Washington-Chicago Westbound
Heavyweight Railway Post Office
Heavyweight Railway Post Office
Coffee Shop/Dorm/Baggage/Lounge
Coach
Coach
Coach
42-Seat Strata-Dome Coach
Coach
Coach
16-4 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
24-8 Slumbercoach
10-6 Sleeper
10-6 Sleeper
PRR 13-Double Bedroom Sleeper
16-4 Sleeper
64-Seat Full Diner (Twin Unit car)
Kitchen/Dorm (Twin Unit car)
Mid-Train Lounge-Sleeper (former Observation)
10-6 Sleeper
14-4 Sleeper
June 1968 - #5 Washington-Chicago Westbound
Heavyweight Express
Heavyweight Baggage
Coach
Strata Club (Snack Bar/Lounge, converted Strata-Dome Coach)
Coach
Diner
24-8 Slumbercoach
10-6 Sleeper
Observation-Lounge-Sleeper
Coach*
Coach*
Heavyweight Baggage*
Heavyweight Express*
* To Train #19 at Willard, Ohio
June 1968 - #6 Chicago-Washington Eastbound
Heavyweight Baggage
Coach
Coach
Strata Club (Snack Bar/Lounge, converted Strata-Dome Coach)
Coach
Diner
Slumbercoach
10-6 Sleeper
Observation-Lounge-Sleeper*
Coach*
Coach 11-Double Bedroom Sleeper (C&O)*
* From Train #20 at Willard, Ohio |
