{"product_id":"kato-surfliner-4-unit-set","title":"N Scale KATO Amtrak Siemens SC-44 Charger Pacific Surfliner 4-Unit Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet Sail for Adventure!\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Pacific Surfliner is a 350 mile passenger train the serves coastal communities in Southern California between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, with notable stops in Los Angeles and Anaheim. The locomotive and cab car run in a “push and pull” service, so there’s no need for the locomotive to turn around for return trips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe route acts as the successor to the Santa Fe’s San Diegan route which was operating from 1938 to 2000. This was one of the premier routes for the Santa Fe railroad. After the collapse of passenger rail in The United States, privately owned railroads gave up their passenger routes as they became unprofitable. The San Diegan route served a dense corridor and had strong ridership. In 1988 the service was extended to Santa Barbara, and in 1995 the line was extended to San Luis Obispo. The line was officially rebranded as Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner in the year 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe trainsets used for regular service are composed from a fleet of 52 Bi-Level Surfliner coaches, and 9 Amtrak Superliners modified for push-pull Operation. First introduced in 2000 the Surfliner coaches were designed specifically to handle the demand for the rail corridor by including 2 sets of doors on each coach. The Pacific Surfliner runs with a dedicated fleet of SC-44 Siemens Charger locomotives with a unique cowl to streamline the locomotives and coaches. Unique to the Pacific Surfliner is a special blue and silver livery resembling its namesake of the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModel Features:\u003cbr\u003e\nDCC friendly mechanism with a speaker housing space in the fuel tank.\u003cbr\u003e\nDirectional Golden White LED headlights and illuminated preprinted number boards.\u003cbr\u003e\nDirectional cab car lighting for Push \u0026amp; Pull operation.\u003cbr\u003e\nSmooth rolling blackened metal wheels on all Bi-level cars with all-wheel electrical pickup.\u003cbr\u003e\nDCC compatible with the use of the Kato FL12 Tail Light DCC Decoder installed into the Cab-Coach.\u003cbr\u003e\nSC-44 Charger is upgradable with an interior lighting kit (11-211).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KATO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50348355682497,"sku":"106-9001","price":165.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/1171\/4497\/files\/Surfliner.png?v=1782081701","url":"https:\/\/idktrains.com\/products\/kato-surfliner-4-unit-set","provider":"IDKTRAINS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}