50-foot plug-door boxcar
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $39.95 (undecorated, $33.95)
Era: 1955 to 1984+ (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com
50-foot plug-door boxcar features:
- 8/8 panel, riveted sides
- Accumate couplers
- Blackened metal wheels
- Late improved Dreadnaught ends
- Overhanging diagonal-panel roof with or without running boards as appropriate
- Separate, factory-applied ladders, grab irons, and latch bars
- Straight side sill body design
Release date: Expected second quarter 2023
Road names: Union Pacific (yellow and silver with “We can handle it” slogan), Burlington Northern (yellow with Western Fruit Express lettering and RBBN reporting marks), Chicago Great Western (brown and black with “DF” stencil), Chicago & North Western (yellow and black with Minneapolis & St. Louis reporting marks), General American Transportation Corp. (orange and black with TPBX marks), and Pennsylvania RR (brown with shadow keystone herald). Three road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated.
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