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Athearn Roundhouse - HO Scale - 50’ Single Plug Door Smooth Side Box - #57047 - Western Pacific (WP) - Brown With Yellow Lettering (Era: 1965+) (SKU 6360-79118)

Available On: January 1, 2020

 

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PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Pullman Standard introduced the all steel PS-1 box car in several diffent sizes including 40’, 50’ and 60’ lengths. Multiple door configurations and styles made these box cars very flexible. Pullman Standard had their own signature details, such as rolled non-terminating ends, and bow-tie stamped metal roofs. These were signature elements that identified the PS-1 among the other freight car builders of the time.

 

MODEL FEATURES:

• Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box

• Cars feature standard or cushioned underframe per prototype.

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Separately applied roof walk and brake wheel

• Positionable sliding doors

• Painted and printed for realistic decoration

• Weighted for trouble free operation

• 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage

• Replacement parts available

• Minimum radius: 18”

 

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE:

• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing

• Faded base colors matched to the prototype

• Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype

• Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

 

Order Due Date: January 25, 2019

Anticipated Delivery Date: January 2020


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