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Jul 7, 2020 - HO Scale

Moloco - HO Scale - New Class Topeka Boxcars - Order Reminder -

 

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Moloco has announced new New Class Topeka Boxcars

 

 

Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF)

 

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Starting in 1960 the modern era of Topeka Shops built double doored car began. The Santa Fe wanted to modernize their fleet of Fe type boxcars. During this period were great advancements in boxcars with roller bearing trucks, cushion underframes and restraining or loader equipped cars to better realize customers needs in the competitive freight carrying business.

The first car offered by Moloco in this series of cars is the pinnicale of "Double Plug" Topeka XM designed cars, the Fe-34. The 400 strong series along with their close cousins the 100 series Fe-33 Grain-doored cars. Even though the cars were classified as XM or general purpose boxcars and utilized as free-runners, a select few were assigned to certain points to serve specific customers. Topeka was keen to specify on the stencilling, IMPORTANT-This Car Not Suitable for Bulk Loading. As can be predicted with a series so large that specific details would vary for different purposes or specification. For instance the series selected for the first release, the April 1964 cars carried wooden floors of various types (Apitong, Doweloc or Yellow Pine), where as the series above and below them had Nailable Steel Floors.

So succesfull was this design they were used as specification templates for the later car builder built Fe-37, -38, -39 classes by Pullman Standard, American Car & Foundry and General American respectively.

 

Design features faithfully rendered in the assembled car

  • Overhanging Stanray roof with correct Roofwalk and crossover platform types for each roadnumber, US Gypsum or Morton.
  • Perfect to prototype Stanray 4-4 riveted ends, with separate roofwalk end bracket
  • Usual lettering differences per car number apply where they occur
  • ATSF Topeka Shop style tackboards and defect card holders
  • Accurate Moloco's cushioned draft gear coupler boxes
  • Keystone cushioned underframes
  • Correct MOLOCO 70t Roller Bearing trucks, Ride-Control, Barber or National style trucks matching protoype applications
  • Handbrakes specific to car number
  •   Rubber airhoses the first in the industry by Moloco

 

ATSF Topeka Built Bx-94 50' XMLI 10'0" Offset Door Boxcar

 

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Bx-94 and 97 class Topeka built 50' XMLI, 10-0 Offset Door

In 1965 the Santa Fe Topeka Shops started to build one of their most successful insulated boxcar designs, mechanical code XMLI. They manufactured 1450 cars up to 1967 over three series of cars, the Bx-94, Bx-97 and Bx-114 series. These CADILLAC of boxcars, include all types of features that garner the highest class of service. They were insulated, had Side-Wall Fillers, Load Dividers and Removeable Bars & Gates depending on individual car numbers and the which era. All had the famous Super SHOCK CONTROL cushioned underframe. The design adherence to the Plate B clearance standard translated to unlimited service to all rail lines in the USA, Canada and Mexico. They lasted in service well into the BNSF era beyond 1995.


North Fond du Lac 50' RBL 10'0" Offset Door Boxcar - SOO Line (SOO) - Undecorated

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ATSF Topeka Built Bx-97 50' XMLI 10'0" Offset Door Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF)


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Order Due Date: August 31, 2020

Anticipated Delivery Date: January 2021

 

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Product Details

Moloco - HO Scale - ATSF Topeka Built Bx-97 50' XMLI 10'0" Offset Door Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #520628 - Red/Black/Grey With White/Black/Yellow Lettering - ALT Delivery 11-65 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-22011-06
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48739 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-01
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48748 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-02
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48754 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-03
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48757 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-04
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48772 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-05
$55.99
Moloco - HO Scale - Double Plug 15'-6" (Wood Floor) Boxcar - Santa Fe (ATSF) #48775 - Red/Grey/Black/White With White/Yellow Lettering - Fe-34 Topeka Built XM - Delivery 4-64 - Expected Release Date: 2021-01-01
504-25001-06
$55.99

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