Upgrade your freight car fleet from the 1960s and beyond with the WalthersMainline 40' American Car and Foundry Modernized Welded Boxcar with 8' Youngstown Doors. Typical of thousands of general service boxcars upgraded to meet new safety regulations in the 1960s, the HO models feature:
- One time run of these road numbers, order now - limited quantity available
- Prototypes used in general freight service from late 1960s to 1980s
- Based on cars rebuilt to comply with new safety standards including:
- - No running boards or mounts on roof
- - Tall ladders and molded roof-mounted grab iron at B (brake wheel end) only
- - Short ladders at A end
- Detailed 10-panel body
- 8' Youngstown doors
- Late Stanray 4/4 improved Dreadnaught ends
- Stanray diagonal panel roof
- Correct 33" turned metal RP-25 metal wheelsets
- Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers