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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)