FLEISCHMANN NORTHWESTERN 1340 ROUTE OF THE 400 ENGINE
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Double your traffic. FLEISCHMANN HO SCALE ENGINE 1340 NORTHWESTERN ENGINE ROUTE OF THE 400 GREAT LITTLE ENGINE WITH LOTS OF PULLING POWER SOME MINOR PAINT LOSS ON THE TOP ABOUT THE MANUFACTURERFleischmann is a German manufacturer of model railway products. Fleischmann was founded in Nuremberg in 1887 by Jean Fleischmann, as a toy company. Their first model train, in O scale, was produced in 1949. Their first H0 scale products were introduced in 1952 and their N scale "Piccolo" product line in 1969. Nowadays, Fleischmann is a well-established brand name in the German model railway industry, rivalling Märklin in market share ABOUT THE TRAIN ENGINEThe Chicago and North Western Railway was chartered on June 7, 1859. On July 1, 1968, the 1,500 mi (2,400 km) Chicago Great Western Railway was merged into the North WesternTHIS MERGER CREATED THE CNW RAILWAY The CNW's most famous train, the Twin Cities 400 from Chicago to Minneapolis/St. Paul, was introduced in 1935. The 400 (later named the Twin Cities 400) was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago and Saint Paul, with a final stop in Minneapolis. The train took its name from the schedule of 400 miles between the cities in 400 minutes, and was also a nod to "The Four Hundred Club", a term coined by Ward McAllister to refer to the
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