AMERICAN Z LINE September 2019 New Releases Part 1 1952 California Zephyrs! AZL is proud to offer the legendary California Zephyr operated jointly by the CB&Q, D&RGW and WP between Chicago and Oakland. Scaling both the Rockies and the Sierras it was the most scenic train route in North America. The CZ travelled 2,438 miles starting in 1949 until 1971 when Amtrak took over. All passenger cars were made by Budd. Originally a 10 car consist in 1951, but increased to 11 in 1952. AZL also offers the single PRR car that ran weekly as a through service to and from New York City. The CZ railroads ordered 6 complete sets and AZL have made 4! All three railroads used EMD F3s as pulling power which AZL also offers separately. The correct F3 assignments were: CB&Q A-B-A, D&RGW A-B-B-A and WP A-B-B. AZL has released two Zephyr sets. The sets and car configurations are as follows. It is important to note that the listing is in order on how the cars would have appeared in the train. The listings are road name, road number, car name and car type: Set 72100 WP 801 Silver Beaver Baggage CB&Q 4717 Silver Lodge Dome D&RGW 1107 Silver Mustang Dome WP 817 Silver Thistle Dome CB&Q 251 Silver Lounge Dome WP 863 Silver Mountain 10-6 Sleeper CB&Q 427 Silver Falls 10-6 Sleeper WP 842 Silver Platter Diner CB&Q 401 Silver Larch 16 Section Sleeper CB&Q 426 Silver Cliff 10-6 Sleeper WP 802 Silver Crescent Dome Observation Set 72101 WP 802 Silver Stag Baggage D&RGW 1108 Silver Pony Dome WP 814 Silver Sage Dome CB&Q 4718 Silver Lariat Dome CB&Q 252 Silver Roundup Dome Buffet WP 865 Silver Range 10-6 Sleeper D&RGW 1131 Silver Summit 10-6 Sleeper CB&Q 195 Silver Restaurant Diner D&RGW 1121 Silver Pine 16 Section Sleeper WP 866 Silver Bay 10-6 Sleeper CB&Q 375 Silver Horizon Dome Observation 72104 PRR 10-6 Sleeper Silver Rapids 8449 California Zephyr As an add on car, AZL is offering the single PRR car number 8449 ‘Silver Rapids’ 10-6 sleeper. The PRR operated this car out of New York City. It would be connected to the west bound Zephyrs in Chicago. EMD F3 Sets – California Zephyr Service AZL has releases EMD F3 sets for the Burlington (CB&Q), D&RGW and the Western Pacific. The following locomotives are now available: 62915-1 D&RGW F3A B Set 5521, 5522 California Zephyr Set 62915-2 D&RGW F3A B Set 5524, 5523 California Zephyr Set 62916-1 WP F3A B Set 801A & 801B & 802B California Zephyr Set 62916-2 WP F3A 802A California Zephyr – Single Note the box has the road number as 801C – the correct number is 802A 62917-1 CB&Q F3A-F3B-FRA 9960A & 9960B & 9960C California Zephyr Set For more information, please visit: https://www.americanzline.com/new-releases/zephyr/ We are now taking reservations for these items. The car sets are currently in transit to our offices. We are anticipating shipping to begin on Thursday 9/5/19. http://www.americanzline.com http://www.azldirect.com Rob Kluz Ztrack Distribution
