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Place Your Reservation NOW!
From:
Now Accepting
Reservations for
the "HO" and "N" AeroTrain Collectors Sets
 Brief
History:
There were two AeroTrain consists (train #1000 and train #1001). Built in
1955 and debuted at the 1955 "GM Powerama" which was held at Soldier's
Field just south of Downtown Chicago.
The two AeroTrain demonstrator sets logged over 600,000 miles traveling
coast to coast and were open to the public for viewing in many major cities.
In addition to the roads listed below that used the AeroTrain in regular
service, it also ran on many other railroads such as the Southern Pacific,
New Haven, Canadian National, and spent a couple of months in Mexico.
Today you can find parts of one Train Set at the Museum in St. Louis, and
parts of the other Train Set at the Museum in Green Bay. The one in St.
Louis was cosmetically restored about 5 years ago using a $10,000 donation from
the NMRA.
The Consist of each AeroTrain:
Each AeroTrain consisted of the locomotive unit, 8-40 seat coaches and the
tail end observation car. A total of 10 units per train set. The
Locomotive used the drive train off the SW-1200 switcher (regeared so it could
hit a top speed of 102 mph), and the car bodies were built using parts from an
inter-city bus body that GM was building at the time.
The GM Designer responsible for the AeroTrain project Charles
"Chuck" Jordan is retired and living in Southern California.
"Chuck" was very helpful with Con-Cor in confirming design
specifications and details of the AeroTrain. "Chuck" was the primary
designer of the 1958 Corvette, and was named Cadillac’s Chief of Design in
1959. We owe a huge "THANK YOU" to Chuck for his help on
this project.
Details on Con-Cor's "HO" Model:
Con-Cor will offer the AeroTrain in a basic set of 4 units, the Locomotive 2
coaches and the Observation car. And "add-on" sets of 3 more
coaches will be offered. So a modeler can buy the basic 4 unit set, plus one
"add-on" coach set to make a 7 car "AeroTrain", or buy 2 of
the "add-on" coach sets to reproduce the full 10 car prototype train.
"HO" Version: Introductory 4 car sets...(Engine, 2
coach cars, and tail end observation $429.98**
MSRP: $429.98**
Reservation Price $339.98**
8740 Undecorated (painted Silver, no other paint or lettering)
8741 G.M. Demonstrator color scheme
8742 Pennsylvania Ry. (Pennsy AeroTrain) 1956
8743 New York Central (ran as Great Lakes AeroTrain) (1956)
8744 Union Pacific (ran as City of Las Vegas)(1957)
8745 Santa Fe (ran as The San Diegan) 1956
8746 Rock Island (1958-1966)
"HO" Version Add-On 3 car Coach set
MSRP: $219.98** Reservation
Price $184.98**
8750 Undecorated (painted Silver, no other paint or lettering)
8751 G.M. Demonstrator color scheme
8752 Pennsylvania Ry. (Pennsy AeroTrain) 1956
8753 New York Central (Great Lakes AeroTrain) (1956)
8754 Union Pacific (City of Las Vegas)(1957)
8755 Santa Fe (The San Diegan) 1956
8756 Rock Island (1958-1966)
Features of the "HO" Model:
Con-Cor is still working on the design specifications and probably will not
have the final details until early Fall of 2006. But the design similar to their
"HO" and "N" Pioneer Zephyr models introduced recently but
with some added features.
Highly detailed bodies, with separate add on parts where
appropriate. Diaphrams between cars Full interior details LED interior car
lighting with circuit boards in each car Electrical pick-up and metal wheel sets
on all cars Dual flywheel drive 5 pole skewed armature motor Functional
reversing front headlights, and tail of observation back up lights.
Flashing front headlights (in DCC mode) as Prototype used for Grade Crossings
will come with a dual function circuit board and chips for Analog (normal 12v
DC) or basic DCC Functions built in. NMRA pin array mounted on Circuit
board for Optional installation of sound DCC (end user supplies Sound Decoder,
and speaker if desired). Loco Cab interior First run Special Edition
Collector's Box. Con-Cor is working on some additional collector's paper to be
included with First Run Collector's Box.
The AeroTrain will be as faithfully reproduced as possible. It is
designed so you can just buy the basic 4 car set and it will run just fine as a
4 car train with all the features. But it will be easy to add the extra
"Add-on" car sets) to make a longer train if you so choose either
immediately, or at a later date.
Size of production run will be determined by number of advance orders
Con-Cor receives. Do not be disappointed and reserve yours as early as
possible.
Delivery:
We expect April 2007 delivery of the HO models, the N models a bit later on.
** Estimated Retail price includes about a 10% inflation
factor for items to be delivered during 2007 due to rising oil, transportation,
wages and material costs in China that Con-Cor's China factory has advised.
As with all very complicated projects, this delivery date is
only an educated projection. Some delay may occur on any project of this size
and complexity.
The links below are to 3-D Computer Generated Preliminary
Design Drawings for the "HO" version. These are not final and
for reference for Con-Cor designers only. These are fairly large files and
will take time to download, so we listed them individually.
And Con-Cor repeats, these are not "final".
Small details and add-on pc are NOT shown in these early design views and much
work remains by the engineering staff.
AeroTrain Design Engine 3/4
Front View
AeroTrain Design Engine Nose
Front View
AeroTrain Design Engine
/Engineer Side View
AeroTrain Design Back View of
Engine
AeroTrain Design Engine Top
View
AeroTrain Design Engine
Underside View
AeroTrain Coach Car side
View
AeroTrain Coach Car
"A" End View
AeroTrain Coach Car
"B" End View
AeroTrain Coach Car
underside View
AeroTrain Observation Full
Side View
AeroTrain Observation 3/4
top View
AeroTrain Observation 3/4
Side View
AeroTrain Observation Tail
End View
AeroTrain Observation
Underside View
The Con-Cor "N" Version of the AeroTrain
Details on the "N" Scale version of the AeroTrain:
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