Prototype InformationBased on later rebuilds and upgrades of standard steel box cars, these improved 40' steel box cars with murphy ends hauled all sorts of general freight from the 1920s into the 1960s. Some cars lasted even longer, serving in Maintenance of Way work trains well into the 1980s.
Item Details
- Condition: Brand New
- Brand: WalthersMainline
- Model: 40' Steel Box Car with Murphy Ends
- Gauge: HO
- Scale: 1:87
Item Features
- Ready to Run
- Limited one-time run of this road number
- Finely detailed
- Finely painted and lettered
- Sturdy injection molded plastic body
- Flat steel-style roof
- Straight underframe
- Detailed underframe with accurate AB brake gear
- 5-5-5 Murphy steel-style ends
- Vertical handbrake staff with separately applied brake wheel
- Weighted for smooth performance
- Detailed Andrew truck side frames
- 33" scale diameter RP-25 metal wheelsets
- Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers
- Box style packaging