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

Introduction

Lot 9794 Version 1 – Southern (Railbox patch)

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. In 1983, all 1000 cars from RBOX 14000-14999 were transferred to SOUTHERN ownership and put into the SOUTHERN 14000-14999 series, with only the reporting marks changed. Features include:

• 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 lettering with reporting marks patched

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:

• SOU 14053
• SOU 14001
• SOU 14692
• SOU 14702
• SOU 14292
• SOU 14300

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Photo courtesy of Ron Hawkins