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Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - 60 ft PS Auto Parts Boxcar - Western Pacific (WP) #3702 - Oxide Red w/Yellow Lettering (SKU 141-76367)

Available On: August 1, 2017

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During the 1960's, Ford Motor Company, Pullman Standard and Santa Fe pooled their resources to develop a standard boxcar to meet the transportation needs of automobile manufacturers in the United States. Delivered in 1965, the Pullman Standard auto parts boxcar is the most prolific example of this type of freight car. It ultimately changed the face of automobile manufacturing and rail transportation.

Features:

  • Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
  • Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
  • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
  • Separately applied door closure rods, metal grab irons and etched metal end platforms
  • Coupler lift bars, trainline hoses, brake hoses, and hardware
  • Full underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details
  • Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 75, 83, 100 rail
  • Weighted for trouble free operation
  • Body-mounted, McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  • 100-Ton roller bearing trucks with operating bearing caps
  • Minimum radius: 18"
    Recommended radius: 22"
  • Era: 1963+






$44.98 US