40-foot steel boxcars
Scale: N (1:160)
Price: Two pack, $54.99; four-pack, $104.99
Era: 1922+ to 1970s (varies depending on railroad)
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports LLC, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; 386-673-8900; broadway-limited.com
40-foot steel boxcars feature:
- ABS plastic body and chassis
- Metal wheelsets
- Separate, factory-applied doors, running boards, brake wheel, and brake platform
- Detailed underbody
- Operating knuckle couplers
- Operates on Code 55, 70, and 80 rail
- Minimum radius: 9”
Release date: Available now
Road names: Four-packs (two each) – Boston & Albany, Michigan Central, New York Central, and Peoria & Eastern and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; New York Central; Northampton & Bath; and Reading Co. Two-packs (one per scheme): Boston & Maine (blue); Chesapeake & Ohio (brown); Chicago & North Western (yellow and green); Delaware & Hudson (brown); Great Northern (orange and green); New York, New Haven & Hartford (brown); Northern Pacific (brown); New York Central (Jade Green and Pacemaker Red and gray); Southern Pacific (brown); Union Pacific (brown); and Merry Christmas (red and green).
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