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Micro-Trains - N Scale - 60 ft. Double Plug Door Box Car - Norfolk & Western (N&W) #50541 (SKU 489-12200050)

Available On: August 1, 2013

 
This 60’ box car with double plug doors is painted brown with white ‘steam-era’ lettering. It was built as part of series 50500-50559 in November 1963 and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. In the early 1960s Ford Motor Company prodded the railcar manufacturers to design a railroad car fleet to meet changing conditions in the automotive industry. One of these was the 60’ double plug door box car designed for transporting high-density components such as castings and transmission assemblies. This 60’ box car marked a revolution in rail-car development






$21.30 US
Country of Origin: United States