Body Version 9602-2 Car (with 12 side posts)

Introduction

Lot 9602 Version 2 – Conrail (yellow door)

Pullman Standard built 500 of their original 5077 cubic-foot, plate B, single door box cars at their Bessemer, Alabama plant during October 1972 (Lot 9602) for Penn Central in series PC 168000-168499 (PC class X-75). These cars were later transferred to Conrail and were repainted box car brown with a block “Conrail” to the left of the door and a medium Conrail “can opener” to the right of the door. Other features on the as-delivered version of Lot 9602 include:

• Type 1 body with 12 side posts (6 on each side of the 10-foot centered door) which include a Z-post for the first post with the remaining posts being hat-section channels
• L-channel side sill unique to this lot
• Pullman’s proprietary 15-panel “bow-tie” roof
• Pullman’s N4/5 “sine-wave” corrugated ends (with narrow top corrugation)
• RCS replacement 6-panel sliding doors
• Ajax hand brakes
• Type 1 stirrup steps
• Rigid (non-cushioned) underframe
• Horizontal-level brake gear
• NARCorp high performance/low friction 70-ton ASF Ride Control trucks with 33” diameter metal wheels
• Genuine Kadee #158 semi-scale magnetic couplers
• Repainted Conrail livery with yellow door

This highly detailed replica of a second hand Pullman Standard 5077 cubic-foot single door box car (Lot 9602) has been meticulously researched and designed and produced in plastic with accurate details in plastic, wire and etched metal. North American Railcar is pushing the technology envelope and offering model railroaders cars that they could otherwise never expect to be produced. The Lot 9602 PS 5077 cubic-foot box car is another example.

Road Numbers:

• CR 215377
• CR 215500
• CR 215310
• CR 215207
• CR 215317
• CR 215510

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Photo courtesy of Grant Lowry