It is usually difficult to accurately model a passenger train with off-the-shelf cars or components without some re-decaling custom modeling. I have, however, tried to model several trains staying as close as I can to the prototype using factory made cars, kits, brass car sides and decaling. I end up with a variety of different manufacturers and kits, but that is the fun of modeling whole trains. Beautiful examples of car-by-car prototype train modeling in N scale are featured in many issues of the magazine N scale Railroading. Published modelers set excellent examples of detailing and scratchbuilding that I have not attained. I will add to this set of trains as I complete them. I have a page of notes on the coupler changes I make to get passenger cars of various brands to couple together.

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All Amtrak trains are on this page

Commute trains are on this page

Auto-train, 1971-1981

Baltimore & Ohio's Ambassador, late 1940s late 1950s

Baltimore & Ohio's National Limited, 1949 late 1950s

Burlington Pioneer Zephyr, 1934-1960

Burlington Silver Streak Zephyr, 1940-1950s

Burlington Twin Cities Zephyr, 1947-1970

California Zephyr, 1948-1952, Con-cor cars

California Zephyr, 1948-1952, Kato cars

California Zephyr, 1952-1964, Con-cor cars

California Zephyr, 1964-1970, Kato cars

CBQ, DRGW & WP Exposition Flyer, 1939-1949

Chesapeake & Ohio's George Washington, 1950-c1968

Chicago & North Western's Flambeau 400, 1958-1971

Chicago & North Western's Twin Cities 400, 1939-1963

City of Las Vegas Aerotrain, December 1956-September 1957

City of Las Vegas, 1957-1967

City of Los Angeles (Union Pacific), 1956-1960

City of Salina, M10000 articulated train, 1936-1941

City of San Francisco, 1941-1949

City of St. Louis, 1958-1969

Denver and Rio Grande Western's Royal Gorge, c1965-1967

Erie Limited, c.1951-c.1958

Freedom Train, 1947-1949. Prototype info.

Golden State (SP and RI), about 1950- about 1954

Great Northern Baby streamliner, 1947-1952

Great Northern's heavyweight Empire Builder, 1929-c1939

Great Northern's Empire Builder, 1947-1951

Great Northern's Empire Builder, 1951-1955

Great Northern's Empire Builder, 1955-1967

Great Northern's Red River, 1950-1967

Illinois Central's Panama Limited, 1942-1967

Illinois Central's City of New Orleans, 1947-1971

Illinois Central's Green Diamond, 1947-1968

Kansas City Southern trains #9 and 10, 1957-1968

Liberty Bell Special, 1915

Milwaukee Road's Twin Cities Hiawatha, 1935-1938

New York Central 20^th Century Limited, 1938-1945