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GENERAL INFORMATION
NEW YORK CENTRAL SET
SANTA FE SET
PENNSYLVANIA SET
SOUTHERN SET
TEXAS SPECIAL SET
BUDD CARS
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 3160 DAY COACH (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 5260 COMBINE (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL DINER (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL DINER (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF ERIE (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF DETROIT (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF DETROIT (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF UTICA (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL BUENA VISTA (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL BUENA VISTA (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL SENECA FALLS (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL RPO 3407 (SMOOTH ROOF)
SANTA FE SET
AMT SANTA FE 3160 DAY COACH (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE 5260 COMBINE (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE DINER (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE BUENA VISTA (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN ARROW OBSERVATION (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN LAKE (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN SCOUT (SMOOTH ROOF)
AMT SANTA FE RPO 3407 (SMOOTH ROOF)
KMT SANTA FE CAR KIT
PENNSYLVANIA SET
AMT PENNSYLVANIA 3160 DAY COACH (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT PENNSYLVANIA DINER (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT PENNSYLVANIA CITY OF CHICAGO (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT PENNSYLVANIA CITY OF NEW YORK (SMOOTH ROOF)
SOUTHERN SET
AMT SOUTHERN 3160 DAY COACH (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT SOUTHERN 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT SOUTHERN GEORGIA VISTA DOME (RIBBED ROOF)
AMT SOUTHERN CRESCENT CITY (RIBBED ROOF)
TEXAS SPECIAL SET
AMT TEXAS SPECIAL SAM HOUSTON OBSERVATION (SMOOTH ROOF)
GENERAL INFORMATION
American Model Trains/Auburn Model Trains/AMT Trains produced a highly detailed fleet of modern streamlined passenger cars years before Lionel. In addition, they produced eight different types of cars in seven road names. The first cars were a limited set of three sand cast cars in 1948, but by 1950, production was changed to extruded aluminum with the eight different types of cars in both AT&SF and NYC liveries. Initial production had polished smooth roofs and plastic non-operating couplers. The couplers were soon replaced with “Lift-a-Matic” couplers which were metal and could be opened by a simulated lift pin. They were also compatible with Lionel couplers. These cars were later joined by a “companion” series with fluted roofs. The catalogue numbers for the cars was consistent across the seven railroads. The cars were later produced by Kusan Model Trains/KMT with no significant changes.
Catalog car numbers had four digits with the first digit identifying the railroad, and the last three the car type. They were assigned as follows:
X001 Mail Express
X002 Roomette Car
X003 Dining Car
X004 Vista-Dome Car
X005 Observation Car
X006 Day Coach
X007 Combination Coach-Baggage Car
X008 Baggage Car
The lead number identifying the railroad was 1 for MKT (Texas Special), 2 for AT&SF, 3 for NYC, 4 for PRR, 5 for Southern, 6 for C&NW, 7 for B&O. All cars with names, such as roomettes and observation cars, were based on actual names. Some railroads were available with a second, or even a third roomette, making longer trains possible. In these cases, the additional roomettes had a different prototypical name such as City of Erie and City of Utica for the NYC set. Drumheads on the observation cars were prototypical and illuminated.
Beginning in 1952, AMT and later KMT, also offered extruded aluminum streamlined passenger cars similar to, but in some cases not exactly the same as, the O gauge equipment. There were only six of these. Neither the mail express car nor the vista-dome were produced. Otherwise the numbering system was the same, with a prefix H-, so for instance, the dining car is H-03. They were offered both lettered for the AT&SF or as kits with aluminum strips which could be lettered and glued on. Like the bigger cars, the early ones had plastic couplers and the later ones scaled down Lift-a-Matics.
Courtesy of Ken Morgan
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 3160 DAY COACH (SMOOTH ROOF)
Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting & switch
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL 5260 COMBINE (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL DINER (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note 3 Square windows to left
Note 4 Square windows to right
Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL DINER (RIBBED ROOF)
Note 4 small windows to right
Note 3 small windows to left
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF ERIE (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF DETROIT (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF DETROIT (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating coupler
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL CITY OF UTICA (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL BUENA VISTA (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL BUENA VISTA (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting & switch
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL SENECA FALLS (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy coupler
AMT NEW YORK CENTRAL RPO 3407 (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT SANTA FE 3160 DAY COACH (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT SANTA FE 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (SMOOTH ROOF)
Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
AMT SANTA FE 5260 COMBINE (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT SANTA FE DINER (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note 4 square windows right
Note 3 square windows left
Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
AMT SANTA FE BUENA VISTA (SMOOTH ROOF)
Illuminated
Liftmatic couplers
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN ARROW OBSERVATION (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic coupler
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN LAKE (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT SANTA FE INDIAN SCOUT (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Plastic dummy couplers
AMT SANTA FE RPO 3407 (SMOOTH ROOF)
Illuminated
Dummy plastic couplers
KMT SANTA FE CAR KIT
AMT PENNSYLVANIA 3160 DAY COACH (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT PENNSYLVANIA DINER (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
2 rail – 3 rail switch
plastic wheels & insulated truck sides
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT PENNSYLVANIA CITY OF CHICAGO (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT PENNSYLVANIA CITY OF NEW YORK (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note without interior lighting but has rollers
sheet metal frame
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT SOUTHERN 3160 DAY COACH (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT SOUTHERN 4170 BAGGAGE CAR (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
2 Rail – 3 Rail switch
Plastic wheels, insulated bolsters (truck sides)
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT SOUTHERN GEORGIA VISTA DOME (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
2 Rail – 3 Rail switch
Plastic wheels, insulated bolsters (truck sides)
Liftmatic operating couplers
Courtesy of Ken Morgan
AMT SOUTHERN CRESCENT CITY (RIBBED ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
AMT TEXAS SPECIAL SAM HOUSTON OBSERVATION (SMOOTH ROOF)
Note interior lighting
Liftmatic operating couplers
BUDD CARS
KUSAN PLASTIC BUDD CAR
Note missing end pieces
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