Con-Cor - 0001-008775 - Aerotrain - Santa Fe - 3-Pack Add-On Set

Specific Item Information: Aerotrain 3-Car Add-On Set, Santa Fe (The San Diegan, 1956)

Model Information: Con-Cor introduced this model in 2008. The models feature highly detailed bodies, with separate add on parts where appropriate. They have diaphragms between cars. They feature full interior details with LED interior car lighting. Each car has a circuit board for electrical pick-up with metal wheelsets. The mechanism features a dual flywheel drive with a 5 pole skewed armature motor. The model has functional reversing front headlights, and tail of observation back up lights. The Loco cab has a detailed interior. It comes in a Special Edition Collector's Box with reprints of articles from the 1955 Popular Mechanics, and 1976 Rail Classics Article on the original AeroTrain are included with Basic 4 car Sets.

DCC Information: Will come in DC mode, with 8 pin NMRA Socket set mounted inside lst coach car for adding any brand small N Function Decoder, or Sound Decoder (Decoder not included).

Road Name History: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. Chartered in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite the name, its main line never served Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the terrain was too difficult; the town ultimately was reached by a branch line from Lamy.

The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline (the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway). Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The ATSF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written for the film, The Harvey Girls (1946).

The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.

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Brand/Importer Information: Con-Cor has been in business since 1962. Many things have changed over time as originally they were a complete manufacturing operation in the USA and at one time had upwards of 45 employees. They not only designed the models,but they also built their own molds, did injection molding, painting, printing and packaging on their models.

Currently, most of their manufacturing has been moved overseas and now they import 90% of their products as totally finished goods, or in finished components. They only do some incidental manufacturing today within the USA.

Important Note: The Con-Cor product numbering can be very confusing. Please see here in the article how to properly enter Con-Cor stock numbers in the TroveStar database.