With the increase of automobile production in the 1920s, the railroads looked to larger box cars for the transportation of the vehicles. Using the then common single-sheathed wood construction with outside steel bracing, the 50’ double-door automobile car was born. Railroads quickly found these cars to be multi-purpose and many ended up in lumber and hide service.

   These cars also were quite long-lived for a wooden car with some still in service until the early 1970s.

   Atlas O introduces the 50’ Single-Sheathed Box Car as its first Steam Era Classic ® car in the Trainman line. Based upon cars built for the Western Pacific in 1929, this car carries on the Atlas O Trainman® tradition of scale detail and size offered at a popular price.

Features:

True scale size and details
Unique radial roof body design
Fishbelly underframe
Weighted underframe
Scale dimensions and accurate details
Accurate painting and lettering
Metal couplers and sprung die-cast Bettendorf trucks
Separately-applied roof walk, ladders and brakewheel
Either corrugated steel or wood doors as appropriate by road
2-rail cars have scale wheels and body-mounted couplers
3-rail trucks pre-drilled for Adjust-A-Coupler system (sold separately)
Minimum diameter curve: O-36 (3-Rail)
Minimum radius curve: 36" (2-Rail)