N USRA 40′ Steel Boxcar 2pk UP

Shortly before World War I, the NYC and PRR pioneered the constructionof all-steel box cars with steel sheathing. In 1922, the NYC begandelivering their NYC Specification 486 steel box car. These became thesecond most populous steel box cars on Americas railroads, second onlyto the PRR X29 cars. From the 1920s through the late 1950s, these carscould be found everywhere on the New York Central system, as well astraveling in interchange almost everywhere in North America.

Variations in design over the decadeswere relatively few.   In this production run, all ofour models will have rectangular-paneled roofs, AB brakes, ARAU-section trucks, and a steel-grid running board along the top of thecar.   We model two variations of doors and twovariations of end caps.   Some models will havecorrugated doors and some non-corrugated.  The two end-capvariations are 7-8 corrugated ends and Dreadnaught ends.

Inaddition to the NYC models, we are also offering eleven 2-packs ofmodels from railroads that ran the ubiquitous USRA 40′ steel boxcars.  The cars are almost identical to the NYC prototype inreal life. 

Thehopper car models come completely assembled anddecorated.   Each 2-pack contains two distinctivecars with different road numbers. 

NYC 40′ Steel Boxcar Variety Set B 1930’s 4-pack (NYC MC P&E B&A) NNYC 40′ Steel Boxcar Variety Set C 1950’s 4-pack (NYC RDG DLW NB) NNYC 40′ Steel Boxcar Variety Set D 1950’s 4-pack (NYC RDG DLW NB) NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar B&M 2-pack N6.5 x 4 x 1USRA 40′ Steel Boxcar C&O 2-pack N USRA 40′ Steel Boxcar CNW 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar D&H 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar GN 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar NH 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar NP 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar NYC Jade Green 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar NYC Pacemaker Red/Gray 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar SP 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar UP 2-pack NUSRA 40′ Steel Boxcar Christmas Edition 2-pack N