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Wheels of Time - 70-ton 53 ft-6 in Welded Fish Belly Flatcars - Southern Pacific (SP) - Single Car - 10 #s Available, 1 to 10 - SP Boxcar Red NOTE - PUT THE QUANTITY OF CARS YOU WANT IN THE "QUANTITY" SECTION OF YOUR ORDER! (SKU 805-50000-run1)

Available On: May 1, 2015

 
Since the post war period in U.S., there was a remarkable housing boom especially in Southern California. Getting lumber from the lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest* to the lumber yards across the nation became a little bit of a challenge due to a shortage of usable equipment. Solid trains of lumber and large cuts of lumber-carrying flat cars were the norm.  A common sight in the west were witnessing solid Southern Pacific (SP) trains of lumber crawling up the Tehachapi grade at a snails pace with engines whining at run 8 - or just empty strings of flat cars returning from southern California winding through the mountain passes on their way back to the Willamette Valley. These solid empty trains were designated by SP as 'XMUG' for the abbreviation for Empty Eugene (Eugene, OR). Further, solid cuts of lumber cars from the Willamette Valley headed east with SP partner roads like Northern Pacific - Great Northern - Burlington Northern and Union Pacific to name a fe

The Models -

Some features include:
*   Realistic design adhering to the prototypes.
*   Proper prototype ride height.
*    Multiple car numbers with sharp lettering.
*   Perfect accessories for you to add to your fleet to make your flatcars come alive and put those locos to work.
Southern Pacific F-70-26 Bulkhead Flatcar, SP freight car red;
Gunderson Brothers Engineering Co. 1964  10x numbers

Item # Car #
Item # Car #
50000 SP 508003
50005 SP 508154
50001 SP 508009
50006 SP 508155
50002 SP 508096
50007 SP 508301
50003 SP 508132
50008 SP 508303
50004 SP 508140
50009 SP 508384






$22.95 US
Country of Origin: China