Chicago &
Eastern Illinois |
Road # C&EI
# 4 |
40' Standard Box Car,
Single Door |
Part #MTL-020 00 704 |
N Scale Supply Price: |
New: August 2005 |
Both regular and low-profile wheels are included |
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This 40’ standard box
car with Superior door is painted yellow-orange with black roof & ends, blue
C&EI oval, “Speed Service” logo and runs on black Allied full cushion trucks.
In September 1945, the C&EI purchased 5, 40’-6” IL express box cars from PSCMCO.
Numbered 1-5 and equipped with Ajax power hand brakes, each car carried a different
slogan and ran with their passenger service to and from Chicago through Illinois
and Indiana: “Route of the Dixie Limited,” “Route of the Dixie Flyers,” “Route
of the Dixie Flagler,” “Chicago St. Louis Southwest,” & “Chicago Evansville
Southeast.”
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