Walthers Proto
PROTO 2000 40' Mather Box Car - Time-Saver Kit(R)
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Port Huron & Detroit #1030
Walthers Part # 920-54164
HO scale, $16.98, sold out at Walthers
* Partially Assembled - Build in Under 1 Hour
* New Numbers
* Laser Quality Painting & Printing
* Scale Size Handrails & Grab Irons
* Correct Trucks
* Metal RP-25 Wheels
* Magnetic Knuckle Couplers
* Correct Weight for Optimum Operation
* Perfect for Steam and Transition-Era
From the 1920s through the 1950s, when freight car manufacturing and
leasing were largely the province of big corporations like General American
and American Car & Foundry, the Mather Company remained relatively small,
privately owned and presided over by its namesake, Alonzo C. Mather. Using
proven designs and off-the-shelf components, his company cranked out
utilitarian cars using a minimum of specialized components or machine
tools. The hand-built cars were cheap to build and maintain, so the company
flourished because its cars could be leased at very competitive rates.
Because railroads couldn't afford new cars from the major builders, the
Mather Company's shops built or rebuilt many box cars for lease during the
Depression.
These cars remained in service through World War II and, updated with AB
air brakes and more modern trucks, many of them lasted through the 1950's
and into the 1960's, by which time the Mather Company had been acquired by
the North American Car Co. With their distinctive Mather construction and
sheet metal Mather Patent roofs, they could be seen all across the North
American railroad network.
Available in the following roadnames and numbers:
Akron, Canton &
Youngstown #1102
Akron, Canton &
Youngstown #1136
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois #405
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois #449
Chicago & Illinois
Midland #8062
Chicago & Illinois
Midland #8250
Fort Dodge, Des Moines
& Southern #14002
Fort Dodge, Des Moines &
Southern #14005
Illinois Northern
#2009
Illinois Northern
#2038
Manufacturers Railway
#7507
Manufacturers Railway
#7557
Muncie & Western
#1204
Muncie & Western
#1236
Port Huron & Detroit
#1030
Port Huron & Detroit
#1466
Tennessee Central
#7723
Tennessee Central
#7752
Undecorated
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