Dear Customers;

 
We received an image today from one of our customers with our new 5092 NSC Boxcars on his layout. We have asked permission to share the image with you. At first glance we thought it was an image of the real thing. Have a look. Now you will understand why these cars took so long. We really wanted them done right.

 

 

There are just a few of these cars remaining and we've already had some customers inquiring about ordering more!

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) (Light Green with White Lettering and Map Logo) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 1A (SKU 11-34001001)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - Pacific Great Eastern (PGER) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ Light Green Sliding Door and Map Logo) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 2 (SKU 11-34001002)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - British Columbia Railway (BCOL) (Light Green with White Lettering/ Dogwood Logo) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 5 (SKU 11-34001003)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - British Columbia Railway (BCIT) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ Light Green Sliding Door Dogwood Logo) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 5 (SKU 11-34001004)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo no underline) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 10 (SKU 11-34001005)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) Special Car with "Free Canada Trade Mulroney" lettering - Version 1C

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 1C/3 (SKU 11-34001006)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 1b (SKU 11-34001007)

 

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 7 (SKU 11-34001007)

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door and Vents) 1st Car with "100 TON PULP SERVICE ONLY" on left side.

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - BC Rail (BCOL) (Dark Green with White Lettering/ BC Rail Logo with underline) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door and Vents) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Vers (SKU 11-34001008)

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - Canadian National (BCOL) (Brown with White Lettering) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door and Vents) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 16 (SKU 11-34001009)

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - Canadian National (BCOL) (Brown with White Lettering) (rebuilt cars with Teams Free Rolling Panel Door and Vents) 12 road numbers available in 2 different 6 car sets (A and B) - Version 18 (SKU 11-34001009)

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NARC - HO Scale - NSC 5092 Cu Ft - 50ft Boxcar - British Columbia Railway (BCOL) (Light Green with White Lettering/ Dogwood Logo) with special graphics for Vancouver Train Expo (SKU 11-34001010-VTE)

 

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National Steel Car 5092 cf Combo Door Box Car 1971 - present

 

The Pacific Great Eastern / British Columbia Railway received 1,785 of these boxcars from National Steel Car between 1971 and 1973, making them the most numerous boxcar on the railway. They were seen all across Canada and the United States in forest product service. From 1989 some were re-built for pulp service and many have continued in service with CN since 2004.

North American Railcar Corporation will produce HO & N scale models representing the cars built in 1971 and 1972, and those re-built for pulp and forest product service. 

 

 

Introduction to the NSC 5092 cf Combo Door Box Car
 

1971 - present - PGE / BCR

 

National Steel Car built 1,885 5092 and 5101 cubic-foot combination door box cars between August 1971 and May 1973 for Pacific Great Eastern and British Columbia Railway (successor to PGE). These cars were delivered with 70-ton trucks with 33-inch wheels.

The original series were:

• PGE 5100-5399 (300) 8=9/71 (5092 cuft) domestic service only (to BCOL 5100-5399)
• PGE 5000-5099 (100) 9=10/71 (5092 cuft) domestic service only (to BCOL 5000-5099)
• PGER 40000-40399 (400) 9=10/71 (5092 cuft) international service only (to BCIT 40000-40399 and BCOL 40000-40399)
• BCOL 5400-5599 (200) 8=9/72 (5101 cuft) domestic service only 
• BCIT 40400-40784 (385) 9=10/72 (5101 cuft) international service only (to BCOL 40400-40784)
• BCOL 5600-5799 (200) 4/73 (5101 cuft) domestic service only
• BCIT 40785-41084 (300) 4=5/73 (5101 cuft) international service only (to BCOL 40785-41084)

 

 

Unique Features

While the body remained unchanged during the productions run, the ends, side sills, stirrup steps and plug door stops evolved over the production run. These features will be applied, as appropriate to each version.

Body

All cars were delivered with car bodies with welded panels, five panels to the left of the plug doors and seven to the right of the sliding doors and all were originally equipped with YSD 6-foot auxiliary plug doors and 8-foot YSD 6/6/6 corrugated sliding main doors with lift handles and were designed for forest products loading. All cars were delivered with riveted “bow-tie” panel roofs (licensed from Pullman Standard). Detail on the roof includes rivets along the seam caps between panels, along the ends and along the sides!

BCOL 5567 -Image courtesy Darrell Sawyer

Ends

Three end styles were incorporated over the production run:

• Type 1 – nine embossed horizontal ribs along with 11 rivets along each edge

-Image Courtesy Darrell Sawyer

• Type 1V – nine embossed horizontal ribs along with 11 rivets along each edge, with the addition of a 2”x3”x12” vertical vent near the roof line

 

-Image Courtesy Darrell Sawyer 

• Type 2 – nine embossed horizontal ribs along with no rivets along each edge

-Image Courtesy Darrell Sawyer

On all cars as delivered, the ends are riveted to the car body. All three end styles will be available on appropriate cars, with correct reporting marks and numbers as well as accurate paint schemes!

Side Sills

The first five orders were delivered with welded side sills that drops below the door opening and extended to the ends of the car. The following two orders were delivered with a similar side sill, but with a notch at the ends of the sill. Cars with both side sills are being offered, with appropriate reporting marks and series and paint schemes. We feel it is important to offer our customers cars with no details overlooked!

 

Un-notched side sill

Notched side sill

Stirrup Steps

The stirrup steps (Type 1) on the non-notched side sills are mounted to the lower edge of the side sill while the steps (Type 2) on the notched side sills are mounted behind the side sill notch, and are taller than the steps on the non-notched sills. Of course, the appropriate steps will be applied to the correct cars!

Combination Doors

All 1,885 cars were delivered with 6-foot wide Youngstown Steel Door (YSD) auxiliary plug doors (on the left) and 8-foot wide YSD 6/6/6 corrugated doors, with lift handles. Early orders were delivered without fork pockets on either side of the lift handle, while later orders were delivered with fork pockets. Of course, we are doing both versions of the doors! 

In the mid-1970s, “crank arms” were added to the top center of the plug doors to eliminate the risk of the doors accidentally falling off (this was a mandate for all plug doors, on all cars, on all railroads). Starting in 1991, BC Rail started shopping the remaining cars and the most notable upgrade were new sliding doors. The original YSD 6/6/6 corrugated doors were replaced with YSD panel doors.

On the HO plug doors, the left and right hand vertical crank rod pipes and rollers, door handle and crank arms will all be separately applied parts and not cast in place. In N scale, these parts will be cast in place so as to reduce the risk of damage during handling.

YSD auxiliary plug door -Image courtesy of Brian Wich

All three styles of YSD sliding doors, corrugated (with and without fork pockets) AND replacement panel, will be applied to the appropriate cars!

 

YSD 6/6/6 sliding door with lift handle

 

YSD 6/6/6 sliding door with lift handle

 YSD replacement panel door

The crank arms will be added to plug doors as appropriate, based on time period (HO scale)!

 Close-up of crank arm

 

Plug Door Door Stops

The first 800 cars (three orders: 5100-5399, 5000-5099 and 40000-40399) were delivered with large plug door door stops. The following 1,085 cars (4 orders: 5400-5599, 40400-40784, 5600-5799 and 40785-41084) were delivered with small plug door door stops. Starting in the mid-1970s, British Columbia Railway started modifying the large plug door door stops. To make them sturdier, a reinforcing angle and gusset were added by BCR shop employees.

All three door stops (small, large and large modified) will be available, applied to cars with the appropriate reporting marks and series, as well as the appropriate paint schemes!

Large plug door door stops -Image courtesy Tim Horton

 

Large modified plug door door stops -Image courtesy Darrell Sawyer

 

Small plug door door stops  -Image courtesy Darrell Sawyer

 

Other Modifications

When the shopping program took place starting in 1991 (and running through 1997), cars were renumbered into the BCOL 80000-80455, 80800-80826 and 80900-80979 series and all were stenciled as having a 5101 cuft capacity. Starting in 1989 (and running through 1997), some shopped cars were upgraded to 100-ton capacity and received modified bolsters and 100-ton trucks. These 100-ton cars were renumbered into the 100000-100012 and 100014-100299 series. Later, some of the 80000 and 100000 series cars were modified again, with vents added to the car sides along the floor line and roof line for baled wood pulp service. Baled wood pulp is often loaded into the cars still hot and wet, so the vent help reduce the moisture level inside the car reducing damage from rust and corrosion.

 

Reservations Due By: May 31, 2018

Expected Release: May 30, 2023