ATH28728 Athearn HO RTR 50 ft PS 5344 Boxcar - Corinth & Counce (CCR) Blue/Black With Black/Orange Lettering, 6358

ATH28728 Athearn HO RTR 50 ft PS 5344 Boxcar - Corinth & Counce (CCR) Blue/Black With Black/Orange Lettering, 6358

Athearn
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50140008
$30.00
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Description

This product is previously owned. The Train Exchange has done a thorough inspection and test to make sure that it functions and looks as it should. If you have any questions regarding this item, please email sales@thetrainexchange.ca.

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. Pullman Standard (PS) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50’ outside post, non-terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50’ PS cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer. Today box cars still matter to the railroads. Even with modern containerization, box cars have a higher capacity then allowable on US roads. We are finding today, that 1970’s box cars are being rebuilt and put into service for various leasing outfits. These models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Decorated models fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box

• Separately applied brake wheel, end ladders and grab irons

• Etched end platforms

• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• 33” solid nickel silver wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Minimum radius: 18”

• Weighted for trouble-free operation