K Line American Freedom Train- Total number of cars?

email Ed Boyle, he did an article in his colmn on this a year or 2 ago

The real AFT had 26/27 cars.  K-Line originally made 17 of them, all based on their 18" streamlined aluminum passenger cars:

2 showcase cars

10 display cars (each car covered 20 years of American history)

4 crew cars (very hard to find since fewer of this set was made)

1 Observation car

After these cars, K-Line made what is called the museum car, a 11th display car that covered the years from 1977-1996.  I assume if K-Line was still here they would have made another car in 2016.

In addition to Ed's excellent article, you can go to http://freedomtrain.org/ for more information on the real train and a short discussion on the K-Line models.

I have the complete set of cars but not the engine.  The engine is semi-scale so I didn't buy it; kind of dumb in hind sight.  I have the MTH scale AFT engines that I will use to pull the cars.

Ron

Ron and everyone else. Thanks for the numbers and car breakdowns. Based on your information I'm pretty sure we have the entire set here. I appreciate your help!

Thanks again,

Derek

18 is CORRECT...most forget the Museum Car...18 x 18"= 27 foot train...to which you can add the MTH GS-4 or T-1 scale locos...so you can split the 18 cars into 2 trains, each 16 foot in length!!! WOWSERS!!!  FYI, I have the K-Line Semi-scale loco & tender...I will be placing this on our Sale Board shortly!!!  Also, I picked up the MTH Scale AFT Auxiliary Tender!!!

Derek,

Sent you an email regarding this auction.

The full train is very impressive.  With a helper diesel (MTH made several Bicentennial diesels that lashup well with either the GS-4 or T-1) and the train going at 45 mph, it takes 23 seconds to pass you.  All the cars are exceptionally well done and closely match the prototype.  I wish K-Line would have made a few more, especially the entrance and exit cars, and the bunk/generator car.

Ron