Note: Con-Cor lst announced this project in 2002, but not enough orders were received to make the projected project profitable for our company. Advances in Engineering systems, Cad-Cam design, and automated mold making have now made this project possible at a lower sales volume.

We are already quite a ways along on this project, you will see links to Cad-Cam drawings of the ElectroLiner project at the bottom of this page.

Model will come with a dual mode "DC" /"DCC" ready.

This means "out of the box", the model will operate in either Traditional 16v Analog DC mode, or with a "DCC" controller. (But no sound).

Mechanism also will come with built in 8 pin Standard NMRA DCC connector on the PC board,ready for DCC Sound Decoder installation.

Also included will be connectors for DCC Sound Decoder Speaker (but speaker will not be provided with model, you will have to purchase speaker sepeately.as well as purchase the Sound Decoder seperately. As we get further along with the design of this model we hope to provide some recommendations as to which Sound Decoder to use.

All "Pre-orders" are non binding reservations which you may change, modify, or cancel at any time prior to our acutal shipping of the model.

You will be notified by Email or phone prior to our shipping.

Your "Pre-order" insures you will get your model even if we become "oversold" on the production run.

A "Pre-order" also insures you will get periodic updates on the progess of the models production.

Some History:

America's First "All Electric Luxury Trains" proclaimed the ads announcing the first run of the "ElectroLiners" on Feb 9th 1941.

The design of the "ElectroLiners" was influenced by the competition on the Chicago to Milwaukee Run of the C&NW's 400 trains, and the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha trains. Also influencing the design was the fact that the "ElectroLiners" had to circum-navigage the "EL" tracks above the Chicago Loop and run down the middle of city streets as it entered Milwaukee.

Built by St. Louis Car company in their huge plant outside St. Louis, 2 compelete 4 car Trains were built for the "North Shore" the trains exceeded their design standard of being able to make the 120 mile run between Chicago and Milwaukee on a mile a minute schedule. (Including stops).

Con-Cor's founder, Jim Conway, often rode the ElectroLiners as a young boy and teenager, as most of his mother's family and a lot of his cousins lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin on the North Shore's main line. And his Grandma's house backed up to the North Shore's trackage.

When the North Shore line was abandoned in 1963, both ElectroLiner Train sets were sold to Philadelphia mass transit to run on their "Red line". And were known as "Liberty Liners".

They ran for many years and were eventually retired. One train set was sold back to the Illinois Railway Museum, and the 2nd is still sitting very neglected in a Trolley Museum in Pennsylvania. The train set at the Illinois Railway Museum has been fully retored to its orginal "glory".

HO ElectroLiner Extra Features !

Not all final details and features of the ElectroLiner are available as yet, as the model is still in the final design stages, but we can tell you the following:

• 1 ) Complete 4 car Train Set
• 2 ) Reversing headlights
• 3 ) Complete interior (with lighting)
• 4 ) Authentic paint colors. (Turquoise a d Salmon colors in photo above do not show up well on computer screens), we have paint formula for original colors courtsey of Jim Meindl, the ElectroLiner foreman at the Illinois Railway Museum, where a fully restored ElectroLiner resides. Con-Cor even was able to secure a sample of the Seat cloth from the Original ElectroLiner to match on the model.
• 5 ) Model will come with a dual mode "DC" /"DCC" ready.

  This means "out of the box", the model will operate in either Traditional 16v Analog DC mode, or with a "DCC" controller. (But no sound).

• 6 ) Mechanism comes with built in 8 pin Standard NMRA DCC connector on the PC board,ready for DCC Sound Decoder installation.
  

  Also included will be connectors for DCC Sound Decoder Speaker (but speaker will not be provided with model, you will have to purchase speaker sepeately.as well as purchase the Sound Decoder seperately. As we get further along with the design of this model we hope to provide some recommendations as to which Sound Decoder to use.

We are asking modelers for help on Sound recordings of the ElectroLiner, so we can help design an authentic Sound Decoder for this model. Just Email us at address shown at the end of this page.

HO North Shore "ElectroLiner"
Retail Price To Be determined. But we expect in the $419.98
(with built in Dual mode DC /DCC decoder)

Complete 4 car Set
0001-008717 Undecorated (Silver, No Lettering)
0001-008718 North Shore Units 801-802 (Train #1)
0001-008719 North Shore Units 803-804 (Train #2)

Click on loinks below to view Cad-Cam drawings of design for ElectroLiner (not finished as yet).

This is large Sound file, may take a while to down load, please be patient.

No Reliable Local Retailer ??

Con-Cor wants you to support your local retailer,but if you are having trouble finding a Reliable dealer who stocks, or will special order Con-Cor products then you may Pre-order directly from Con-Cor, by

Clicking on the Order button below,

or fax to Con-Cor at 520-721-8940,

or by our toll free number 1-888-255-7826

which is available Monday-Friday between 10:00am and 3:00pm Mountain standard time , or via regular mail to:

Con-Cor Ltd.
8101 E. Research Court
Tucson, AZ 85710-6758 USA

NOTE: All "Pre-orders" for new models are non binding reservations which you may change, modify, or cancel at any time prior to our acutal shipping of the model.

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