- The participants in "Model Railroader" magazine's Reader's Choice Awards voted this passenger car as 1998 "O Scale Rolling Stock of the Year."
- Weighted and ready-to-roll on your O scale, narrow gauge layout.
- Frame mounted E-Z Mate knuckle couplers.
- Equipped with track powered lighting.
- Dual axle trucks with metal wheels.
- Detailed underframe with brake details.
- Plank-engraved wood sides.
- Silver clerestory roof with clear frosted windows.
- Seated interior with stove and enclosed bathroom.
- Clear 2-piece passenger windows, one of which has molded-in leaded appearance.
- Finely molded brakewheels on shafts and end railings.
- Plank-engraved end walks.
- Molded-in steps, grab rails and smoke stack.
- Accurately molded plastic body painted yellow/black with yellow/black lettering: Denver & Rio Grande Western, 284.
- Bachmann's lifetime limited warranty is included.
