PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50’ outside post, nonterminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50’ FMC cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer. These models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Positionable sliding double doors

• Separately applied brake wheel

• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Machined wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Weighted for optimum performance

• Fully-assembled and ready to run

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Painted and printed for realistic decoration

• Minimum radius: 18”

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