Body Version 9794-1 Car (with 10 side posts)

Introduction

Lot 9794 Version 1 – American Rail Box Car Co. (RBOX)

Lot 9794 was Pullman’s second order for their 5077 cubic-foot single door box cars, built at the Bessemer, Alabama plant 1=3/75. 1000 cars were built for American Rail Box Car Company for general service and placed into series RBOX 14000-14999. Lot 9741 differed from Lot 9602 in several ways (different body, different side sill, different ends, different stirrup steps):

• Type 2 body with 10 side posts (5 on each side of the 10-foot centered door) with all 10 side posts being fabricated from hat-section channels
• Type 1 side sill
• Pullman’s proprietary 15-panel “bow-tie” roof
• Pullman’s N4/5 “sine-wave” corrugated ends (with narrow top corrugation and vents)
• Pullman’s embossed-panel sliding doors
• Ellcon-National hand brakes
• Type 2 stirrup steps
• Rigid (non-cushioned) underframe
• Vertical-lever brake gear (hook and eye)
• NARCorp high performance/low friction 70-ton ASF Ride Control trucks with 33” diameter metal wheels
• Genuine Kadee #158 semi-scale magnetic couplers
• Original “early” Railbox paint scheme

This highly detailed replica of Pullman Standard’s 5077 cubic-foot single door box car (Lot 9794) 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 9794 PS 5077 cubic-foot box car is another example.

Road Numbers:

• RBOX 14018
• RBOX 14008
• RBOX 14880
• RBOX 14010
• RBOX 14088
• RBOX 14100

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