EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER SETS

I am not a rivet counter or an expert on the Great Northern Empire Builder, but if you want my vote for pure looks, it is this one. The very rare K-Line 21" set.

I did not know it was rare, but me too.  Very nice cars.

The K-Line set had the nicest cars and was a reasonably complete consist, but the coloring, particularly the "Dulux" (yellow/gold) used for the stripes and lettering was terrible.  It was yellow-green, which you can see if you look at the pictures closely (almost a safety green tint). I sold mine for that reason.  The Weaver cars' painting is much better, but they lack interiors and a full EB consist. 

I am holding on to hope that Sunset/3rdRail or Atlas will get around to doing the Empire Builder.  I just hope they don't hit me with the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited at the same time! 

You got me - my K-Line cars, my scratchbuilt dome car, and my Third Rail GN electrics all have the same color stripes.

Stripes are fairly easy to do with these new decorator paint pens.  I first stripe in white, let it dry for a week, and then put yellow over it.  I of course use a straightedge, or specially cut curves for the Diesel nose.

I painted this one before I got the K-Line cars.  I now mix paint to match the K-Lines.

"I did not know it was rare, but me too"

Bob, I regularly stay in touch with the K-Line secondary market and the 21" GN Empire Builder cars just don't show up. So I consider them to be rare, very rare.

AMEN!!!

There was a "Sun River" coach on eBay a couple weeks ago - I think it went for just over a hundred.  Not much money for a rare piece.  I think I bid $75.