Any Auto-Train Modelers Out There?

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Anyone out there model Auto Train? I am referring to the original Auto Train, not the Amtrak version. I know this was a pretty limited service, but it could have spread to other areas if the finances were there. So it seems it could lend itself to freelancing pretty easily. I can’t seem to find much info on its short 10 years of operation. What I did find was interesting though. Their trains operated with some 40-60 cars. Now thats a heck of a passenger train even if they were split evenly between passenger cars and auto racks. Also they used cabooses on the end of their trains. Finally I didn’t know they operated into Louisville before their bankruptsy. So if you model the original Auto Train, lets see your pictures.

Greg McCartney

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Bachman made a half way desent model, of the autotrain, and the Louisville branch camre down thought Montgomery for a while, you may still find some models on ebay

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I do But it is of course the Amtrak Version that Walthers Sells Models for.

James

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I am planning to add auto-train equipment to all of my Amtrak trains, marketing dept says people want their cars on vacation.

Mike in Tulsa
BNSF Cherokee Sub

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Saw an Auto Train “caboose” on Ebay. Was there such a car used on the original Auto Train and if so where can I see photos?

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If you mean the original one it was backrupt and derailed I think