For the HO modelers and the "Special Period" modelers here are your 50' Exterior Post or Smooth Side Box Cars.  These cars were first build in the late 60s and the early 70s.  The Norfolk & Southern were built in 1971, the Canadian Pacific in 1974, the Montana Raillink in 1982, the Missouri Pacific in 1969 one of the first, the Canadian Nationa in 2003 one of the latest, inbetween, the CNW in 67, the Conrail in 76 and the BN and the Chessie WM both in 1982.  So you can expand your consist if you model in any of these years and these are all still running on the rails between Chicago and Washington DC, from San Diego to Washington State, from LA to NY, Denver to Chicago and Main to Florida.  Mix these up in random order just the way the prototypes do and keep 2 or 3 of the same road together.  You might want to use the advanced search to locate RailBox to mix in with them.  You may just have to get a 3 tandum set of MAC 70s or SD40s or the really powerful SD90/43MACs if you run 85 or  more of these.  However, for the early period modelers, the GP7s, GP9s, GP20s or GP30s will do fine.  Have good clean fun and let your kids enjoy as well.  Harold

 The CP dates back to 1974 and continues on ...

The Conrail paint over of the Penn Central is both 1976 and much earlier

 On the other hand, the Montana Rail Link is 1987 vintage and is easily found in the wild  ....

 The Canadian National is still a young kid as it came on the scene in 2003

Then there are the unusual of the Missouri Pacific vintage 1969 and the classic Burlington Northern vintage 1982 before all of the mergers changed the secne of the main lines with new and vivacious color (or coular)schemes of the BNSF, Kansas City Southern, or its partner Tex-Mex (Feromex, KCX de Mexico)

Built by ACF in the late 1960's and early 1970's, this ready-to-run model comes in both smooth side and exterior post versions as per the prototype.

Features:

„A prototypically detailed body with realistic ladders, brake wheel and see-through end crossover walkway

„Detailed die-cast metal underframe

„Separate brake system

„Air reservoir

„Sliding door

„AccuMate® couplers.

„70-ton roller-bearing trucks

„Accurate painting and printing

Place your orders soon before the cut off .... For delivery in September 2009 or earlier.

hgr