With the increase of automobile production in the 1920s, the railroads looked to larger box cars for the transportation of the vehicles. Using the then common single-sheathed wood construction with outside steel bracing, the 50’ double-door automobile car was born. Railroads quickly found these cars to be multi-purpose and many ended up in lumber and hide service.
These cars also were quite long-lived for a wooden car with some still in service until the early 1970s.
Features:
True scale size and details Unique radial roof body design Fishbelly underframe Weighted underframe Scale dimensions and accurate details Accurate painting and lettering Metal couplers and sprung die-cast Bettendorf trucks Separately-applied roof walk, ladders and brakewheel Either corrugated steel or wood doors as appropriate by road 2-rail cars have scale wheels and body-mounted couplers 3-rail trucks pre-drilled for Adjust-A-Coupler® system (sold separately) Minimum diameter curve: O-36 (3-Rail) Minimum radius curve: 36" (2-Rail)
