MODEL
FEATURES:- Scale profile
brake wheel
- Newly-tooled
roller bearing trucks
- Fully-assembled
and ready-to-run out of the box
- Body-mounted
McHenry knuckle couplers
- Weighted
for trouble free operation
- Clear
plastic jewel box for convenient storage
- Operates
on Code 55 and 80 rail
- Minimum
radius: 9 ¾”
PRIMED
FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE: - Duplicated
look and feel of “In Service” equipment; "Tattered and Torn”
just like the real thing
- Faded
base colors matched to the prototype
- Patches
applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype
- Perfect
starting point for adding grime and rust
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. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) 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’ FMC
cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer.
These models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.
PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER: FMC Corporation
COUPLER STYLE: McHenry Knuckle
ERA: 1970 - 1990
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