Pullman Plan 7653 161 Seat Gallery Coach CNW 17-48

These are N scale 3D printable files for the Pullman Plan 7653 161-Seat Gallery Coach — one of the foundational commuter car designs in Chicago area railroad history, originally built for the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1956 and numbered 17–48. Available in five livery variants spanning the car's full ownership history: CNW, RTA, Metra RTA, Metra Blue, and Metra Black and Orange.The Pullman Plan 7653 is a bi-level gallery car — a distinctively Chicago design in which passengers ride on two levels connected by open galleries overlooking the lower deck, maximizing seating capacity within the car's length while maintaining a single-level floor at the doors for fast station loading and unloading. With 161 seats, the Plan 7653 was a high-capacity workhorse purpose-built for the intense peak-hour commuter traffic of the Chicago metropolitan area. The coach configuration seats the maximum number of passengers per car and is the backbone of any gallery car consist — a real Chicago commuter train typically required multiple coaches paired with a single cab car, making this an essential car to roster in quantity for a prototypically accurate model.Delivered in 1956, the CNW's 17–48 series were among the earliest production gallery coaches, making the Chicago & North Western a pioneer in bi-level commuter operations. The design proved so successful that it became the template for commuter car procurement across the Chicago region for decades — influencing subsequent orders by the CNW itself and eventually the cars that would serve under the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and ultimately Metra as commuter rail was consolidated under public ownership in the 1970s and 1980s.The five livery options trace the car's journey through Chicago commuter railroad history: CNW (Chicago & North Western) — the original owner, operating these cars on its busy northwest and west suburban commuter lines out of Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center (then known as North Western Station), one of the busiest commuter terminals in North America. RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) — the cars in the livery of the RTA, the Chicago area's regional transit authority that assumed oversight of commuter rail operations as the private railroads struggled financially in the 1970s and early 1980s. Metra RTA — the transitional livery representing the period when the newly created Metra commuter rail agency took over operations from the RTA in 1984 and began rebranding the Chicago area's commuter fleet. Metra Blue — the cars in Metra's familiar blue livery scheme, representing the fleet in the appearance most recognizable to generations of Chicago-area commuters. Metra Black and Orange — the cars in Metra's updated contemporary livery, representing the fleet in its most recent appearance as Metra continues to modernize its image. The Plan 7653 gallery coach is an essential car for any layout depicting Chicago commuter operations from the late 1950s through the present day — a car that has carried millions of Chicagoland commuters under four different operators across more than half a century of continuous service.After purchase, your digital files will be available for immediate direct download from your order confirmation. These files are for Personal Use Only — if you are interested in a commercial license, please contact us.Please allow a few weeks for 3D printing and shipping. Decals are shipped separately — please allow some additional time for decal printing and shipping after ordering.