Body Version 1059-3 Car (with 10 side posts)

Lot 1059 Version 3 – CNW

Lot 1059 was Pullman’s seventh and final order for their 5077 cubic-foot single door box cars, built at the Bessemer, Alabama plant 7=8/79. 300 cars were built for Chicago and North Western for general service and placed into series CNW 163000-163299. This car represents a car shopped and repainted with black ends, yellow car body with a small red and black “System” logo and a Rail Car Specialties replacement sliding door. Features include:

• Type 2 body with 10 side posts (5 on each side of the 10-foot centered door) with all 10 side posts being fabricated from hat-section channels
• Type 3 side sill
• Pullman’s proprietary 15-panel “bow-tie” roof
• Pullman’s 5/5 “sine-wave” corrugated ends
• RCS 6-panel replacement sliding doors complete with latches, handles and other fine detail
• Universal hand brakes
• Type 3 stirrup steps
• Cushioned (15” end-of-car cushioning) underframe
• Vertical-lever brake gear (hook and eye)
• Brand New NARCorp high performance/low friction, super detailed 70-ton ASF Ride Control trucks with 33” diameter metal wheels with spinning bearing caps
• Genuine Kadee #158 semi-scale magnetic couplers
• Repainted yellow CNW livery with “system” logo

This highly detailed replica of Pullman Standard’s 5077 cubic-foot single door box car (Lot 1059) has been meticulously researched and designed and produced in plastic with accurate details in plastic, wire and etched metal. North American Railcar is pushing the technology envelope and offering model railroaders cars that they could otherwise never expect to be produced. The Lot 1059 PS 5077 cubic-foot box car is another example.

Road Numbers:

• CNW 163231
• CNW 163219
• CNW 163220
• CNW 163233
• CNW 163208
• CNW 163298

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