Dear HO Scale Customers;

Broadway Limited Imports proudly presents the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Track (BNSF) Track Inspection Cars

ABOVE: Following the merger with Burlington Northern in 1995, the car was re-numbered and re-lettered. It also featured the early BNSF logo. Broadway Limited Imports model represents the car in it's appearance between 1995 and 2008. (Item #9993)

ABOVE: In 2008, the car received some exterior changes. This includes the addition of roof antennas, BNSF's new "Swoosh" logo and the removal of the bottom plate that originally held the cars name. (Item #9994)

ABOVE: Sometime in 2013 the cars white paint on the roof was repainted to aluminum silver to match the rest of the stainless steel appearance. It appeared in this configuration until 2018. (Item #9995)

ATSF Theatre Lounge Car #89 began its life as ATSF Diner #1397, built by Budd in 1940 for the El Capitan. It was converted to a Club Lounge Diner in 1952 for service on the San Diegan, where it ran until 1954. After that, it was reassigned to the Oil Flyer and the Tulsan. In its later years, the car operated on trains between Ash Fork and Phoenix. When Amtrak assumed most passenger operations, the car was placed into storage in Topeka.

In 1974–75 it received a major rebuild and emerged as Theater-Track Inspection Car #89. It became part of Santa Fe’s Executive Fleet and was used as a showpiece tail car on many corporate, sales, and promotional trips. It appeared on the Rose Parade Special, behind 3751 on system tours, hosted railfans during Topeka Railroad Days, and carried corporate executives whose business Santa Fe was pursuing. In the late 1980s, Santa Fe President Michael Haverty named the car "William Barstow Strong", in honor of Santa Fe’s visionary president from the 1880s.

After the 1995 merger with the Burlington Northern, the car was renumbered #32 for the BNSF Executive Fleet and has since worn four different paint schemes. Today it remains in service as the BNSF "William B. Strong".

In Broadway Limited Imports first production run, they are building 6 different types of the car in multiple appearances over the course of it’s life. Each model boasts both road specific and era-specific details! Ensuring that your customers BNSF or AT&SF theater car is the perfect fit for their office car special!

Model Features:

• Unique interior layouts based on the prototype and the specific era in which each car operated
• Prototypically accurate trucks for both AT&SF and BNSF versions
• Individually controlled lighting functions, including interior lights, track inspection lights, and red/green marker lights — all operated with touch control
• Accurate carbody details such as protective panel door covers, window arrangements, and roof antenna configurations with GPS dome
• Detailed underbody components, including accurate warning label placements where applicable
• Era-specific lighting packages for each version
• Numerous separately applied details, including handrails and antenna assemblies (where appropriate)
• Couplers: Two operating Kadee couplers
• Track Compatibility: Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
• Minimum Operating Radius: 18 inches

Order Due Date: March 5, 2026

Anticipated Delivery Date: November 2026

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