Moloco - HO Scale - Fruit Growers Express (FGE) 50ft RBL Plate B 7+7R 10-2 Centered Door Boxcar - Boston & Maine (BM) #152 - Repaint AX 7-79 (2nd Run) - Blue/Black/White with White Lettering (SKU 504-33003-01-run2)
Available On: June 1, 2023
In 1963 Fruit Growers Express at their Alexandria, VA plant started to build a standard car design for the RBL market. Specifically a centered 10-foot wide door opening was central to the insulated boxcar design (specific door opening ranged from 10-1 to 10-2). This popular configuration spread across the most reporting marks of all the FGE catalogued items. FGE purchased their underframes already pre-assembled by fabricators Berwick in PA they were shipped to the Alexandria plant to be rivet assembled. The entire boxcar was riveted together from the bottom up, in the 7+7 R pattern. These were insulated (foamed-in-place), had proven 20-inch cushioned underframe, Keystone, Hydra-Cushion and Freight-Saver. Many types and configurations and combinations of loaders were used as per customer specifications.
B&M leased these cars for beer service, assigned to Budweiser.
Design features faithfully rendered in the assembled car
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