|
|
Post by riogrande on Jun 14, 2013 20:08:24 GMT -8
RE: Walthers Chief Franco,
Looks like I'm showing my age again.....Guys, I was a teen back in the 70s and remember that era well. I remember the fanfare, commercials and people commenting about Auto Train. The Auto Train's color scheme was considered to be very attractive and didn't appear gaudy to us at the time. The HO AT train sets were popular with kids. Showing your age? Aren't we all old farts on this forum? I was a teen in the 1970's and didn't even know the Auto Train existed! But maybe it was because I was on the wrong coast - Auto what? I was in Davis California and the only thing that existed in my world was SP and Amtrak. Maybe they didn't show commercials for the Auto Train cause we were totally out of that territory. Colors attractive? Yuk! |
|
|
|
Post by arandall70 on Jun 14, 2013 21:02:59 GMT -8
I'm 21, and own a Auto-Train U36B and three dozen auto carriers! This train is my only venture outside of my modern era NS and CSX modeling.
|
|
|
|
Post by atsfan on Jun 15, 2013 10:22:58 GMT -8
Never say never but I kinda doubt a new Auto Train will be released. But we did get the Turbo Train. So maybe~
|
|
|
|
Post by railthunder on Jun 16, 2013 21:46:23 GMT -8
I'm down for an Auto-Train! Being able to replace the Bachmann domes in this train would be at the top of the list!  Those are gorgeous U36Bs! I'm in agreement that Walthers needs to "cross-polinate" and get as many miles out of each car model as they can prototypically. That only makes good business sense. Literally all they would have to do is the sides the roofs were painted silver or were stainless steel. Antonio hit it right on with the bold and bright colors of the 70s. The upper level of my SCL Tampa Division (I'm not quite to laying track up there yet) does indeed have Sanford and the Auto Train terminal. From a modeling perspective it's an operation with a lot of potential, not just a passenger train going over the railroad from point A to B. There is setting out the locomotives, the yard switcher spotting the auto carriers etc. Also, the Auto Train U36Bs saw service on occasion on the Seaboard Coast Line's Sanford Local and the L&N leased some as well. The Louisville section was also combined with Amtrak's Floridian and that made for a colorful consist also with the U36Bs taking the train north to Louisville. I have a slide also showing the Auto Train being pulled by a pair of L&N units and another slide of an Amtrak F40PH on the head-end of two Auto Train U36Bs on the combined train at Jacksonville. To me thats what makes it a GREAT train to model as I can change the consists around to keep it interesting. |
|
|
|
Post by calzephyr on Jun 17, 2013 12:07:09 GMT -8
RE: Walthers Chief Franco,
Looks like I'm showing my age again.....Guys, I was a teen back in the 70s and remember that era well. I remember the fanfare, commercials and people commenting about Auto Train. The Auto Train's color scheme was considered to be very attractive and didn't appear gaudy to us at the time. The HO AT train sets were popular with kids. Showing your age? Aren't we all old farts on this forum? I was a teen in the 1970's and didn't even know the Auto Train existed! But maybe it was because I was on the wrong coast - Auto what? I was in Davis California and the only thing that existed in my world was SP and Amtrak. Maybe they didn't show commercials for the Auto Train cause we were totally out of that territory. Colors attractive? Yuk! Now I really feel old, since I was a teenager in the late fifties and into the sixties. I have lived in California from 1963 to the present day but I did get to see the 1980 version of the Auto train on an assignment to the Washington area for six months. Larry |
|
|
|
Post by antoniofp45 on Jun 27, 2013 5:54:59 GMT -8
|
|
