Walthers #9034 Great Northern "Empire Builder" Car
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To ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS: I want to thank all of you for your preyers and your best wishes on my recovery.....As some of you know....about three months ago I was hit by a car while standing on the side of the road , the car was traveling 65MPH....Nobody thought that I would survive....I had many broken bones and was in a coma for 3 weeks but I am back now and I will start listing many items, again....Once more THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOUR PREYERS WORKED DON'S A-T-M TRAINS HO-SCALE BRAND NEW by WALTHERS Great Northern "Empire Builder" Streamlined Cars -- ACF Ranch Coffee Shop Lounge #1240-1245 ("...Lake" Series) Unveiled in June 1929, the "Empire Builder" quickly established itself as the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern. Named for GN founder James J. Hill, it ran from Chicago (via the Burlington to St. Paul) to Seattle, with a separate section to Portland. Post-war plans for the new streamlined version were unveiled in early 1945 with the arrival of EMD E7A-A diesels attired in brilliant Omaha Orange and Pullman Green (later known as the Empire Builder scheme); deliveries of matching cars continued through 1947. Not content with this upgrade, GN completely refitted the train once more in 1951 and assigned A-B-A sets of F units as standard power. The Empire Builder reached its pinnacle of luxury in 1955 with the arrival
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