N scale Amtrak Phase I 4-car passenger car set by Kato. Designed to run with Kato Penn Central and Amtrak GG1's, or Penn Central and Amtrak E8A, locomotives. Each car is equipped with low flange wheels, KATO magnetic knuckle couplers and shock absorber construction for smooth and reliable operation.

Set includes:

• Ex-El Capitan Baggage Car #1057
• Ex-California Zephyr 10-6 Sleeper "Silver Crag"
• Ex-California Zephyr Diner "Silver Restaurant"
• Ex-Super Chief 10-6 Sleeper "Palm Arch"

Fully detailed interiors can be lit with optional Kato interior lighting kit #11-209/11-210.

Formed in 1968 from the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads, the Penn Central paved the way for government funded and operated rail passenger service - Amtrak - when it bankrupted in 1970 and left the densely populated northeast without any form of reliable rail transportation. In Amtrak’s formative years, it would use a variety of equipment from both Penn Central and other roads, many of which would wear their original paint schemes and creating the patchwork “rainbow” consists that made this era so unique.