PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

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, non-terminating 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:

 • Photo-etched cross-over platform
 • Separately applied grab irons, end ladders and brake wheel
 • 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
 • Weighted for optimum performance
 • Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
 • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
 • Painted and printed for realistic decoration
 • All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
 • Minimum radius: 18” 

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