New Haven "The Comet"

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Coming Soon in "HO" and "N"
New Haven's "The Comet"

About the Con-Cor New Haven's The Comet:

While the Union Pacific (M-10000) and Burlington Rt's Zephyr were zipping around on Western Rails in 1934 and attracting huge attention from the public, the New Haven was quieting building a smilar train for use on the East Coast, on it's trackage between Boston and Providence. It debuted in 1935.

The Comet owes much to airship design as it was designed and built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, a consortium of the US Goodyear Corp. and the German Zeppelin Airship company, with funds supplied by the U.S. Government via the depression Era " Works Progress Administation."

The "Comet" was a light diesel-electric streamlined train using a novel design. It had an engine at either extremity so it was not necessary to turn the train at the end of each trip. Both engines operated simultaneously by a master control, and after the train completed the run, the engineer just walked to the other end of the train for the return journey. The car had a 3 car train designed to seat 160 passengers.

In a test run of of Comet in April 1935 it hit a speed of 110.5 mph which was a record for any train in New England at that time. In its published timetable for the run between Boston and Providence (43.8 miles) the Comet's normal schedule was only 44 minutes. (With stops included.).

While the Comet was built for the Boston-Providence run, it did show up on other New Haven trackage, and also was used for many excursion trips to New York City.

FEATURES of both "HO" and "N" models:

• Fully Assembled and Ready to Run 3 Car Train
• Historic Paint and lettering
• Metal Die Cast weighting
• Metal RP-25 wheelsets
• Interiors in #2 and #3 cars (lst car has loco drive mechanism)
• Minimum Radius for HO: 22". Minumum Radius for N: 18".
• All cars lighted
• Fourth "add-on" car available to make your train longer. (You can add more than one of these extra cars if you so choose).
• " DCC" ready with Industry Standard NMRA 8 Pin Medium Socket set mounted on Locomotive Printed Circuit Board (PCB) 

Part #: CCI-8737 - New Haven "The Comet", "N" full 3 car N-Scale Train.

Make Sure you enter the correct stock number on the order so you get the correct scale train!

Part #: CCI-8738 - 4th Comet Coach, "N"N-Scale

Make Sure you enter the correct stock number on the order so you get the correct scale car!

Make Sure you enter the correct stock number on the order so you get the correct scale train!

Stock Checks:

Inventory is a fluid commodity.  It changes by the hour (sometimes by the minute). To retain our pricing structure we maintain stock levels designed to turnover 6 times each year. We cannot guarantee stock status till we have an order in hand. All product is subject to prior sale. If we confirm that we have it, and, while we are waiting for the order it sells, you would be upset that we did not hold it.
We used to hold items but learned a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson. When we held items for customers’ orders, the order never materialized 80%+ of the time.  We lost out on the orders placed while the item was on hold.  Also we wasted staff time that could have been used to pull actual orders.
Since we are well known for finding older stock the fact that it may not be on our shelves at this minute does not mean we can’t get it. So, as we spell out on our terms pages, we don’t do it anymore. You may, however, call in and we will tell you if the items are available and if possible attempt to locate what we don’t have while you are on the phone.