Chief (eight specific cars and F7 locomotives) and the 1954-1971
San Francisco Chief (10 specific cars and F3 locomotives), plus
two sleeping cars that are common to both trains.
EMD F unit diesels will also be specific to each train with the
Super Chief having Phase 1 F3 class 16 A and B units deco-
rated in Santa Fe’s long warbonnet scheme (above left).
Heading the San Francisco Chief are F7 class 37 units deco-
rated in standard passenger warbonnet scheme (above right).
The F3s are due in December 2013 with the F7s scheduled for
arrival in May 2014. Both locomotives will be available for
standard DC operation and with Tsunami® Sound and DCC
decoder. Features as well as additional differences between
the two locomotives are listed on the above website.
Delivery of Walthers’ ATSF Super Chief train begins late this
month with the release of a 63’ RPO car and a 73’ baggage
car. Both are based on Budd-built prototypes. The remaining
Super Chief cars will be 85’ in length. Due to arrive in August
are two Pullman-Standard cars: a 29-seat dormitory-lounge
and a 36-seat dinner. They will be followed in September by
two cars common to both the San Francisco Chief and the
Super Chief: a P-S Regal-series 4-4-2 sleeper (above) and a
Budd Pine-series 10-6 sleeper.
The final two Super Chief cars, a P-S Pleasure Dome bar-
lounge (above) and a P-S Vista-series round-end
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observation-lounge, will be released in October. Each of the
eight cars will be decorated in a finish that simulates stainless
steel and matches Walthers previously released El Capitan
equipment. Additional features include accurate window tint-
ing. Except for the RPO and baggage cars, both lighted and
non-lighted versions of the HO scale ready-to-run models will
be offered.
The scheduled arrival of ten cars specific to the San Francisco
Chief will be one new car each month beginning with an
85’ Budd 46-seat coach in December. The monthly schedule
thereafter will be an 85’ P-S Hotevilla 4-4-2 sleeper (January);
85’ Budd Big Dome bar-lounge-dormitory car, above
(February); 75’ P-S baggage car (March); 83’ Budd 36-seat
diner (April); 85’ P-S Yampi 8-2-2 sleeper (May); 85’ P-S
Valley 6-4-4 sleeper (June); 85’ P-S Lunch counter-diner-dorm
(July); 85’ P-S Blue-series 10-3-2 sleeper (August); and an 85’
P-S Indian-series 24 duplex roomette sleeper (September).
Additional specifications and pricing on all of the cars and
locomotives is available on the above web site.
Walthers is selling a deluxe edition of the 12 San Francisco
Chief cars with LED interior lighting and more than 200 factory-
installed Preiser figures. Cars in the deluxe edition are priced
at $120.00 each with the exception of the Big Dome lounge-
dormitory ($125.00), and Valley 6-6-4 sleeper ($110.00). The
12 cars in the deluxe edition will make up an authentic consist
including a standard baggage car (no lights or figures), one of
each San Francisco Chief car, and one each of the matching Pine
and Regal sleepers. The deluxe edition is limited to 350 sets,
with each car arriving the same month as the standard model
MRH-Jul 2013
