60' PS Auto Parts Box Car - Louisville & Nashville 105547

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PROTOTYPE INFORMATION:
During the 1960's, Ford Motor Company, Pullman Standard and Santa Fe pooled their resources to develop a standard boxcar to meet the transportation needs of automobile manufacturers in the United States. Delivered in 1965, the Pullman Standard auto parts boxcar is the most prolific example of this type of freight car. It ultimately changed the face of automobile manufacturing and rail transportation.

Key Features:

• "As delivered" paint schemes
• Early version: photo-etched metal roofwalk and full height ladders
• Highly detailed doors
• Photo-etched stirrup steps
• 100-Ton roller bearing trucks with extended drawbar
• CB&Q: Separately applied "Burlington Route" sign board
• Era: Early 1960s thru 1970s
• Minimum radius: 11"
• Recommended radius: 15"
• Multiple road numbers
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
• Accurately painted and printed
• Highly detailed, injection molded body
• Separately applied brake wheel
• Machined metal wheels
• Screw mounted trucks
• McHenry operating knuckle couplers
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Clear plastic jewel box for convenient storage
• Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail