Between 1964 and 1966, the Pennsylvania Railroad built a large fleet of new multiple-purpose boxcars. Constructed as class “X58,” PRR rapidly produced 2,565 cars. PRR also produced another 100 X58 cars for Lehigh Valley. PRR outfitted the interiors of some cars with “loader” appliances and/or insulation which resulted in PRR designating each X58 as one of 4 sub-classes: X58, X58A, X58B, and X58C. Being highly-useful boxcars, X58 boxcars were rampant nationwide roamers during their service life. These cars appeared in a variety of Pennsylania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail and even Norfolk Southern schemes over their service life.

LV “Original 1965 X58″ Insulated w/ LD” in the very attractive and memorable white carside with black ends scheme, plus the Cornell red flag logo on the door. PRR produced the legendary X58 boxcars for Lehigh Valley, a railroad that they had part ownership of. The white cars include black “LD” and “Insulated” stencils, plus the large “LEHIGH VALLEY” spelled out in the panels of the right side of the car. Like PRR paint practices, this car has an unpainted galvanized roof and running board, except for the ends that have the characteristic paint spray line as seen in overhead photos of these cars when fresh. These gorgeous models have a keystone underframe and represents production from 11-65, and include an accurate tiny return route stencil box like their prototypes.

Features:

• Dimensionally-correct exterior post box car with trademark 1960s design features, produced from actual PRR blueprints and from photos and measurements taken from a real X58 at the Danbury Rail Museum in Danbury CT
   
• Different roof, brake appliance, and side/end ladder variations correct for era/paint scheme of each paint scheme
   
• Two different underframe variations, hydra-cushion and keystone
   
• Separate door rods and door roller detail
   
• “See-through” running board and crossover platform
   
• Full “lacy” AB brake detail and train air line
   
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
  
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
  
• Durable wire grab irons and “trombone-style” coupler lift bars
  
• Separate air hoses
  
• “Near-scale” extended draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
  
• Kadee “scale-head” couplers
  
• CNC-machined 33” wheels in ASF 70-ton roller bearing trucks, matching PRR practice
  
• Replacement 33” semi-scale wheels are available separately from Tangent
  
• Recommended age 14 years and older