These cars first appeared in the mid 60's and are still in use today. Unlike general service freight cars, auto parts box cars are assigned to pools based based on a mileage formula and often spend most of their time off home rails. In other words, 'Foreign road" cars usually outnumber home road cars in a given parts train to the point that if you missed the locomotive passing, you would have a hard time telling whose train it was!

These cars feature:
► Injection molded plastic bodies
► Etched metal details
► Operating knuckle couplers
► Accurately appearing trucks and cushion draft gear enclosures.

That makes for colorful and interesting trains on your layout.

This is a 2 car pack.

By the mis 70's Sante Fe settled on this paint scheme for its 86 footers as they came due for repainting.