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HO ElectroLiner
America's First "All Electric Luxury Trains"
(Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Ry, 1941 to 1963)
Estimated Delivery Early 2009 We just received a sample of the HO ElectroLiner. This is what we call an "Engineering Sample". That means it is not quite the final version. Still missing a few details, paint scheme not finished. So we use this lst sample for comments, testing the mechanism, and any other details we wanted modified or "tweaked" before full production begins..
Features to note on our new ElectroLiner....
Full interior, including motorman. This is possible as we designed the ElectroLiner with a underfloor drive train.
Full lighting, and NMRA 8 pin DCC ready plug.
Lots of underbody detail, even with underfloor drive train.
All 4 cars have full interiors and lighting
Rubberized diaphrams between each car.
Sprung fully operating Trolley Poles (Comes from factory set up for standard 2-rail operation)
Reversing headlights
Note Trolley Poles are pre-wired and can be used to power train from overhead wires.
For those choosing to use a Sound DCC decoder, we left space in the vestabule area of the front motor car for a speaker to be mounted
vertically
After the North Shore went Bankrupt in 1963, the ElectroLiners were eventually sold to the "Red Arrow Lines" Transit system of Philadephia, where they were remodeled and called "LibertyLiners". Con-Cor will eventually also produce the LibertyLiner version of this famous train. See information about the LibertyLiner towards the bottom of this page....
Note: Con-Cor lst announced this project in 2002, but not enough orders were received to make the projected project profitable for our company. Advances in Engineering systems, Cad-Cam design, and automated mold making have now made this project possible at a lower sales volume.
Features of ElectroLiner models..
Complete 4 Car Train Set
DCC Ready with NMRA plug. (Ready for function or Sound Decoder-- Note that the Decoder not included in the price)
Lots of interior details (with lighting)
Reversing Headlights
Motorman figure
Spring loaded Trolley poles (but factory set up for just 2 rail operation)
Lots of underbody detailing
Runs on approximately 9 inch radius at slow speeds
, we have paint formula for original colors courtsey of Jim Meindl, the ElectroLiner foreman at the Illinois Railway Museum, where a fully restored ElectroLiner resides. Con-Cor even was able to secure a sample of the Seat cloth from the Original ElectroLiner to match on the model.)
You can place a "Pre-Order" for this model NOW !
All "Pre-orders" are non binding reservations which you may change, modify, or cancel at any time prior to our acutal shipping of the model.
You will be notified by Email or phone prior to our shipping.
Some History: America's First "All Electric Luxury Trains" proclaimed the ads announcing the first run of the "ElectroLiners" on Feb 9th 1941. The design of the "ElectroLiners" was influenced by the competition on the Chicago to Milwaukee Run of the C&NW's 400 trains, and the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha trains. Also influencing the design was the fact that the "ElectroLiners" had to circum-navigage the "EL" tracks above the Chicago Loop and run down the middle of city streets as it entered Milwaukee. Built by St. Louis Car company in their huge plant outside St. Louis, 2 compelete 4 car Trains were built for the "North Shore" the trains exceeded their design standard of being able to make the 120 mile run between Chicago and Milwaukee on a mile a minute schedule. (Including stops). Con-Cor's founder, Jim Conway, often rode the ElectroLiners as a young boy and teenager, as most of his mother's family and a lot of his cousins lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin on the North Shore's main line. And his Grandma's house backed up to the North Shore's trackage. In fact the worst rail disaster the North Shore ever had happened in his Grandma's back yard in the early 1930's. (This was pre-ElectroLiner era). When the North Shore line was abandoned in 1963, both ElectroLiner Train sets were sold to Philadelphia mass transit to run on their "Red line". And were known as "Liberty Liners".
They ran for many years and were eventually retired. One train set (The Valley Forge) was sold back to the Illinois Railway Museum, and the 2nd (The Independence Hall) is in storage at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in Rockhill Furnace Pa. awaiting funds to restore it. We are asking modelers for help on Sound recordings of the ElectroLiner, so we can help design an authentic Sound Decoder for this model. Just Email us at address shown at the end of this page.
con-cor.com or email us at concor@con-cor.com

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[Intransitman]

I just ordered one! :)

[Trainbrain1949]

How about doing this in "N" scale too!

[hudson501]

I'm stil wondering about those animals!

[hudson501]

I wonder if the buffet car has the animal drawings which adorned the walls just above the passenger windows.

[BoeingNerd]

and you were running the wrong way down that line thats why the lights were off lol

[BoeingNerd]

elmhurst model railroad eh? con cor is ok but im not a fan

[ac0catenary]

That is a great train. I remember seeing them operate on third rail for the Red Arrow when I was a Kid

[RDG484]

I already ordered mine in the Red Arrow colors. They will look great with my *FOUR-CAR* Bullet train. Now if only I can find a place to run them...........

[JeanBGerbier]

unforgettable technology. I like the American 1941 stream engine.