These 70 ton box cars carried the mechanical designation of RBL and ran across the rails from 1960 to the 2000’s. Prototype cars had insulation, load restraints and plug doors to secure cargo and maintain temperature control without refrigeration. They carried temperature sensitive products. These included products such as dried foods, canned goods, jar goods, drinks, packaged foods and even plans & Christmas trees.

The first release of this new model includes an undeorated version along with six schemes with two road numbers available for each.

Features:

• Fully assembled & ready to run
• As-built version with high ladders & see-through running boards
  
• Correct Plate B dimensions:
  
  • 50' 8-1/4" Long over endsills
    
  • 10' Wide
    
  • 15' Tall
    
• 9' Youngstown plug doors
  
• Detailed brake gear
  
• Hydra-Cushion cylinder detail & extended draft gear
  
• Late improved Dreadnaught ends
  
• Diagonal panel roof
  
• Riveted sides
  
• 70 ton roller bearing trucks
  
• Correct 33" turned-metal wheel sets
• Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers

Reservations Due By: August 30, 2016

Expected Release: May 2017

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