Enjoy a favorite beverage or friendly game of cards from the comfort of the Walthers Proto 85' Budd Hi-Level Lounge Car! With their unique glass-top, visitors to the Top of the Cap or Sky Top lounge (both names were used in promotional materials) could enjoy comfortable seats with unequaled views of the passing scenery, or relax in the cozy confines of the Kachina Coffee Shop on the lower level. Ready for operation or display, features of this WalthersProto replica include:
- Real metal finish simulates stainless steel
- Factory-installed grab irons
- Prototypically accurate window tinting
- Window gasket details as appropriate
- Sprung operating diaphragms
- Modeler-installed extended drawbars for 22" radius curves included
- Turned metal RP-25 wheelsets and correct trucks with built-in electrical contacts
- Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length and feature full underbody detail to match the prototypes, a minimum 24" radius is recommended for operation.
Based on six cars built by Budd for El Cpaitan service in 1956, these WalthersProto replicas of the famed Sky Lounge include decals to model all six cars in the series, numbers 575 to 580.