106-8701 MP36PH Chicago Metra Gallery Bi-Level Commuter Train Bachmann_Spring_23 Brass Rails

Brass Rails

climbing steep slopes

from its sleek lines to its race-ready features

At its first shopping date it would be repainted in the standard LNER black livery of the time

protecting vulnerable foam skin from damage

106-8701 MP36PH Chicago Metra Gallery Bi-Level Commuter Train Bachmann_Spring_23 Brass RailsThe Motive Power International MP36PH is used by a number of cities across the country for commuter service, their often distinctive and colorful paint schemes serving to make these locomotives the figureheads for local commuter service. The modern Nippon Sharyo built Gallery Bi Level is based off of the same concept as the original Santa Fe El Capitan Bi level design concept, whose success went on to inspire such double decker cars as Amtraks