Box cars remain a staple of modern railroading. While many items now travel in containers and trailers, many others are best suited to box cars. These include less than car load size shipments, paper goods and supplies for factories. There are many different types of box cars in service today. Built by ACF in the late 1960s and early 1970s, this ready-to-run model comes in both smooth side and rib side versions as per the prototype.

Features:

• 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