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Item No.
ATH-2064
HO 50' Youngstown Plug Door Box Car, DRGW #60835/60841/60847 (3)
$76.51
Separetly-apllied break wheel and ladders
70-ton roller bearing trucks
All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
MODEL FEATURES:
- Separately-applied brake wheel and ladders
- 70-ton roller bearing trucks
- 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
- Weighted for optimum performance
- Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
- Minimum radius: 18”
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
Insulated box cars were first used in the early 1950’s. Many of these were 50 feet long with plug doors that opened on tracks. These doors formed a tight seal when slid back into place. These box cars kept cargo within a few degrees of the original temperature over several days. The insulated cars were popular with shippers with cargo that needed protection from extreme cold or heat, such as canned foods and other perishables.
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