Rapido United States Railroad Administration single-sheathed boxcar
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Single car, $49.95; six-pack, $299.70
Era: 1918+
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
United States Railroad Administration single-sheathed boxcar features:
- New tooling
- Details including roof and handbrake
- KC or AB brakes as appropriate
- Wood or Youngstown corrugated, or Creco doors as appropriate
- Murphy or Hutchins roof as appropriate
- Separate brake rods and piping on underbody
- Factory-installed Rapido semi-scale couplers
- USRA Andrews trucks with in-line brake shoes
- Blackened turned-metal wheels
Release date: Available now
Road names: Ann Arbor (Boxcar Red); Baltimore & Ohio (gray); Central Railroad of New Jersey (Boxcar Red); Chesapeake & Ohio (brown); Chicago & North Western (Boxcar red); Delaware & Hudson (Boxcar Red); Maine Central (brown); Milwaukee Road (Boxcar Red); Norfolk & Western (brown); New York Central (Boxcar Red); Pennsylvania Railroad (Boxcar Red with Youngstown door; and Boxcar Red with Creco door); Reading (brown); Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (Boxcar Red); Southern Pacific (brown). One six-pack and one single car per paints scheme. Also available undecorated as a single car.
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