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Athearn - HO Scale - 60 ft Berwick Hi-Cube Waffle Side Double Door Box Car - Union Pacific (UP) #269481 - Brown w/White Lettering, Small UP Shield Logo & MP Reporting Marks (SKU 140-96399)

Available On: August 1, 2015

Berwick Forge & Fabricating was not in the railcar buidling business for long, only about 20 years. But in that 20 years, they built over 23,000 freight cars in Berwick, Pennsylvania. They built a variety of railcar types with their 50' and 60' being the most successful. Many of these cars are still in service today.

Features:

  • Separately applied door closure rods, metal grab irons and etched metal end platforms
  • 100-Ton roller bearing trucks with 36” wheels
  • Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 55, 70, 75, 80, 83, and 100 rail
  • Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
  • Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
  • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
  • Separate wireform grab irons, etched metal coupler crossover platformsCoupler
  • Underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details
  • Machined metal wheels
  • Weighted for trouble free operation
  • Body-mounted, McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  • Multiple road numbers
  • Window packaging for easy viewing, plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
  • Replacement parts available
  • Era: early 1970s+
  • Minimum radius: 18"
  • Recommended radius: 22"






$38.98 US
Country of Origin: China