Athearn Genesis has announced new 60 ft PS Auto Boxcars

 

Chicago Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)

 

 

 

Southern Pacific (SP)

 

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

During the 1960’s, Ford Motor Company, Pullman Standard and Santa Fe pooled their resources to develop a standard boxcar to meet the transportation needs of automobile manufacturers in the United States. Delivered in 1965, the Pullman Standard auto parts boxcar is the most prolific example of this type of freight car. It ultimately changed the face of automobile manufacturing and rail transportation.

 

MODEL FEATURES:

• Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism

• Fully detailed full cushion underframe

• Full underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details

• 100-Ton roller bearing trucks with operating bearing caps

• Machined metal wheels

• Weighted for trouble free operation

• Multiple road numbers

• Minimum radius: 22”

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Separate wireform grab irons, etched metal coupler platforms

• Separately applied door closure rods, side ladders, metal grab irons and etched metal end platforms

• Coupler lift bars, trainline hoses, brake hoses, and hardware

• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Body-mounted, McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Era: early 1960s to present

 

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE:

• Faded base colors matched to the prototype, the perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

• Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype

• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing

• Some Prime for Grime models feature paint scheme variations

 

 

Order Due Date: November 27, 2020

Anticipated Delivery Date: December 2021

 

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