Broadway Limited 9930 | Heavyweight Railroad Instruction Car - Chesapeake & Ohio #SI-4 | HO Scale

Broadway Limited's HO scale heavyweight instruction car in Chesapeake & Ohio #SI-4, finished in blue, gray and yellow. Ready to run, and unlike anything else in a typical passenger consist.

Instruction cars were rolling classrooms, used to train railroaders on equipment, safety procedures and the handling of hazardous materials. Between them the two types covered both education and outreach, and they are among the most distinctive passenger cars ever built because each one was custom-made for its own job.

Broadway Limited built these on the modified 80 foot coach tooling originally developed for the 1947 American Freedom Train. Because every real instruction and exhibit car was a one-off conversion, no model can copy one exactly. These capture the look and character of the type at a price that keeps them accessible.

Specifications

Features

• Ready to run, no assembly required
• Prototypically accurate Chesapeake & Ohio paint and lettering: blue, gray and yellow
• Based on Broadway Limited's 80 foot heavyweight coach tooling
• Separately applied detail parts
• Knuckle couplers and free-rolling metal wheelsets
• A genuinely unusual car for a passenger or maintenance consist
• Scale: HO (1:87)

More in This Series

Other road names we stock from the same Broadway Limited instruction and exhibit car run:

• Chessie System B&O #CSC-1 — BLI 9931
• Denver & Rio Grande Western #X-200 — BLI 9932
• Great Northern #X1828 — BLI 9933
• Norfolk & Western #402 — BLI 9934
• New York Central #X23177 — BLI 9935
• Western Maryland #100 — BLI 9936
• Southern Railway #24 — BLI 9939

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an instruction car?
Instruction cars were rolling classrooms, used to train railroaders on equipment, safety procedures and the handling of hazardous materials.

Is this an exact model of the real car?
Not exactly. Every prototype was a one-off conversion, so Broadway Limited adapted its 80 foot coach tooling to capture the look and spirit of the type rather than copy a single car rivet for rivet.

Does it need anything fitted?
No, it is ready to run with couplers and metal wheelsets installed.

What scale is this?
HO scale (1:87).

How long does a special order take?
Typically 7 days. We order it in the moment you check out and ship it the day it reaches us.

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